the week that has been AND the inside story

'government must be afraid of her people, not people of her government." V for Vendetta

and Museveni asks Kabaka 'why havent you been picking up my calls in the last two years?" in a public address yeeyee!?

MONDAY
the Buganda saga begins, rather mildly though, all i know is the Kabaka is to visit bugerere and kayunga, etc and the UPDF insist they must be deployed to guard the dude but Buganda PM Segona could have eaten dirt before Kulaigye brought his green armed men. in other devastating news, probably a lovers tiff resulting in death on 8th floor worker's house. shudder. shudder.
My morning news week plus doubling over with articles to write and hand in for FLAIR and an interesting interview with Sarah Zawedde over lunch and then meet up with a pal over nitty gritties till late. my phone reminds me about my younger sister's bday. start making plans

TUESDAY
Buganda saga continues but i am really not following, i am doing some story on EAC and Education for my producer, Bitamazire stands me up for an interview. i decide not to call Karooro Okurut either for an already scheduled interview. hand in articles. make appointments to do proof reading of the Mag raw on Thursday. call up lil sis and tell her i wanna take her out for a movie or pizza. (meanwhile its a day too early for her Bday, my phone makes the reminder like two days earlier). take her for pizza anyway. Get dropped home by a buddy.I have no power.

WEDNESDAY
still no power! meanwhile another death at Workers house; 14th floor this time.murder? suicide? not known but the pictures were horrific, his brains practically gashed out of his split head! someone teases me that any day i wanna die i should go to worker's house!
The Buganda youth are beginning to boil, there is tear gas in Kayunga.
I MISSED 'Iam Arl,' BECAUSE there was no power. wished my sis happy birthday again.
went home early, too sleepy to think.watched twilight again. got scared. no power you know.

THURSDAY
Buganda saga rages on.done with news and a late lunch... the scuffle starts. i head to vision to do proofreading...and i am there till 9.15pm. cant go anywhere. my elder sis is calling like every five minutes till i get home at 9.50pm; where are you? are you safe? come home if you cant go to your place. will you get a taxi? no, don't risk your life. i have a bed at home. tomorrow will sort itself out. no, come home!every five minutes. i am so touched by her concern. Another buddy in wandegs calls asking if i am Kawa. time flies so fast all i can see is the pandemonium in town from NBS, Big Brother Forgotten completely as everyone starts calling home to find out how the kids, the hubby is etc. 8.30pm, another buddy calls asks where i am. i say work. he asks if i will get a taxi home. i say i am kawa, i can even do a boda from industrial area, he is utterly shocked and offers to pick me up and take me home if i fail to get a taxi, strongly urging me not to use a boda. i get home by Taxi anyway... in like 15mins all together (we should have riots everyday. clear streets!) he calls again, i say i am safe, young sis texts to find out if i am okay, older sis calls. i am fine and got a lotta more proof reading to do tomorrow.

FRIDAY
September 11th and we just had our September 10th! yesto...
dreading to be up at 4.45. wish i can call the driver and tell him not to come.i wake up in stages. totally exhausted! the news all over the televisions even in outside countries is about yesterday's chaos!. i quarrel with the watch man about the newsroom keys. meanwhile as i type, i haven't had news this morning, no one has come, no camera person. the streets are almost deserted. yesterday, Nateete police station was set ablaze, strangely only police and foreigners were attacked. in Kayunga, it was tight, radios CBS broadcast the riots live! the control person came in late complaining of transport and Baganda (she is a Muganda). the whole news room is so not around... not a very usual sight on a Friday. so anyway in a moment, i will fix me tea, and continue reading Archer's 'A Twist In The Tale' then go on to proof read at 2pm till late....the only highlight for this adrenaline-rush-packed week is good food, Boston Legal and a much anticipated sleep-in!
so how's been you're week?

so
UBC was the only TV that didnt run the riot story on any bulletin. it was number one
story everywhere else...but it being a government institute, panic run amock when the story run in swahili, the powers above were sending messages at record speed to newsroom, not to run the stories. i never saw the admin so involved. anyway...await sackings and whatnots from the preferred network.