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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog: August 2008

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog. I write whatever I like. Sunday, August 31, 2008. Paying taxes by sms, and other policies of a kind. As I did some quick research about Sweden before my journey to this Scandinavian country yesterday, I landed on this rather amusing information about the Swedish culture and government policies. Reading some of that information, presented unedited below, gave me the feeling this trip promises to be interesting - all three weeks of it. Parental leave can be used to take off time...

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog: September 2009

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog. I write whatever I like. Thursday, September 17, 2009. To shoot or not to shoot? A recent road accident along the Kampala-Gulu highway, which I was lucky to emerge from unscathed in the first place, has turned me into a frequent traveller to Bombo Police Station in the last fortnight. While returning from one such journey last Thursday, I ended up in the midst of rioting gangs who had blocked off the road right from Kawanda trading centre. At Kawanda, where we were holed up, t...

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog: December 2007

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog. I write whatever I like. Monday, December 24, 2007. Christmas on December 14th. I am normally not the most verbose person wherever I get to address any group of people. Which, ironically, is a far cry from what happens when I sit in front of a computer and thumb its keyboard, or grab pen and paper. But I didn’t, sorry; I couldn’t do any of that. The best that came out of my startled mouth was: “I don’t know [what to say]. I am so happy. I just don’t k...To a friend who found t...

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog: June 2008

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog. I write whatever I like. Friday, June 13, 2008. A question of pride. By this time two weeks ago, when I penned (or is it typed? My last post, the Uganda Cranes were gearing for their first match of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers with lots optimism, if not assurance. By some uncanny twist of fate, the Cranes opened their campaign facing the team they had played against in the last match of the 2008 Nations Cup qualifiers. Then, the game ended 3 – 0 in Uganda’s fa...Have since be...

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog: September 2006

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog. I write whatever I like. Tuesday, September 05, 2006. Just The Way You Are. It could have been worse! By some bizarre toss of the dice. You could have been born to die. Or, if you had to live,. You could have been born into the throes. Of the abyss of utter misfortune;. A life sentence into incessant suffering. We all wish we were much better. Than what we hitherto are,. But if you can go through today with a smile. And look forward to tomorrow with relish,. Links to this post.

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog: May 2008

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog. I write whatever I like. Friday, May 30, 2008. A nation waits, and expects. Uganda’s national team, the Cranes, will tomorrow, Saturday, kick off their campaign to earn a berth in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa at the Nelson Mandela national stadium. Opening day victories have in any case been formalities each time the Cranes have started such campaigns. Where the Cranes have come short in the recent past is in their failure to win sufficient games (especially away fro...

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog: January 2008

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog. I write whatever I like. Thursday, January 10, 2008. The death of democracy… and over 600 Kenyans. In the run up to the February 2006 presidential and parliamentary elections in Uganda, renowned Pastor Robert Kayanja, the founder and head of Miracle Centre churches, told the nation that he had received a vision from God. He (the Pastor, not God) informed. The first prophesy, according to this Ugandan, came true in the death of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who...

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog: To shoot or not to shoot...?

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog. I write whatever I like. Thursday, September 17, 2009. To shoot or not to shoot? A recent road accident along the Kampala-Gulu highway, which I was lucky to emerge from unscathed in the first place, has turned me into a frequent traveller to Bombo Police Station in the last fortnight. While returning from one such journey last Thursday, I ended up in the midst of rioting gangs who had blocked off the road right from Kawanda trading centre. At Kawanda, where we were holed up, t...

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog: An insult to the conscience of a nation (Cont’d)

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Benon Herbert Oluka's Blog. I write whatever I like. Saturday, July 26, 2008. An insult to the conscience of a nation (Cont’d). After posting my last piece, I got thinking about some of the most callous things that some of our leaders do and get away with; the kind of things that would get them either impeached, sacked or – if they had some humility – to resign. With Minister Lokeris yet to show any remorse several weeks since he made that statement, one would have expected some reaction from the Preside...