The golden mag

The man doesn’t know that there is a snake underneath. The woman doesn’t know that there is a stone crushing the man. The woman thinks: “I am going to fall! And I can’t climb because the snake is going to bite me! Why can’t the man use a little more strength and pull me up!” The man thinks: “I am in so much pain! Yet I’m still pulling you as much as I can! Why don’t you try and climb a little harder!?”

The moral is— you can’t see the pressure the other person is under, and the other person can’t see the pain you’re in. This is life, whether it’s with work, family, feelings or friends, we should try to understand each other. Learn to think differently, perhaps more clearly and communicate better. A little thought and patience goes a long way.

Be kind to people. Everyone we meet is fighting their own battle.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT!

Once upon a time, in the animal kingdom, there was hunger in the land. The Lion was killing other animals for food, makingf the other animals unhappy with the Lion but afraid to confront the Lion for fear of their own lives.

Eventually they got together and devised a means to put the Lion in a cage. Their plan was successful and the Lion stayed in the cage for weeks without food or drink.

One day, a certain young boy was passing by the cage. The Lion, seeing the boy, pleaded with him to come to its rescue. At first, the boy refused but after much persuasion, he became compassionate and agreed to free it on one condition: that the Lion will not kill him upon its release, without hesitating, the lion agreed and the boy opened the cage.

As soon as the Lion came out, it thanked the boy but pleaded with him further to complete the good work he had started. How? The boy should present himself as food for the hungry lion! Reminding the lion of their agreement, the boy retorted, "Why do you want to repay a good thing with a bad thing?"

The Lion replied, saying: "In the present world, bad things are used to repay good things. Good deeds are repaid with evil".

After a very long debate, both of them, boy and lion, decided to ask any three animals to confirm whether good is used to repay evil or vice versa (good for good/evil for evil). If all the animals say that bad things were used to repay good things, the Lion would devour the boy but if otherwise, the boy would be free.

The first animal they met was Goat who said, "It is true that bad things are used to repay good things. I am a living example. My faeces is used as manure for farming but when the crops are harvested, I am NEVER allowed to taste what my faeces produced. Human beings always pursue and prevent me from tasting any part of the product from my dung"

Then, the Lion turned to the boy and said, "1:0."

So, they went to the dog and the dog said, "Bad things are used to repay good things. Everybody knows that I go into the bush for hunting. I assist faithfully to kill an animal and when it is time for that same animal to be eaten, all I get as reward are bones. Besides, at night while others sleep I stay awake keeping watch and even used oftentimes as a sacrificial lamb for the thief's bullet."


Again, the Lion turned to the boy and said, 2:0 "One more chance."

The third and last animal they met was the tortoise. In answering the question, Tortoise said: "Before I give you my response, I need to know how this argument started and, also, we have to go to where it started."

So the trio went to where the argument began and the boy narrated the whole story and scenario . Then Tortoise asked the boy:

"Where was the Lion the first time you met him?"

"In the cage," the boy responded"

"Go back into the cage," Tortoise told the Lion. So Lion entered the cage.

When the Lion went back into the cage, Tortoise asked the boy:

"Was the cage open or locked at that time?" He answered: "It was locked"

Then Tortoise locked the cage and said to the lucky boy, "Let's go. There is nothing more to say."

LESSON:

Always seek to hear a story from its start off point before commenting or passing judgement. The two other witnesses were not wrong from their point of view, they are grieving based on what has been meted out to them but applied wrongly in the boy’s case.

Let’s be careful of the narratives if we are not the ones involved in a particular situation, it is the same sun that melts ice/wax that hardens clay.

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Uganda Cranes smile over lowly Somalia away in Djibouti

Henry Patrick "Salgado" Kaddu, left back Mustafa Kizza and holding midfielder Tadeo "Engineer" Lwanga gave Uganda Cranes a routine 3-1 win over lowly Somalia

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Patrick Kaddu after scoring for Uganda against DR Congo.

Goals from striker Patrick Henry “Salgado” Kaddu, left back Mustafa Kizza and holding midfielder Tadeo “Engineer” Lwanga gave Uganda Cranes a routine 3-1 win over lowly Somalia.

This was during the opening leg of the CHAN 2020 qualifier away at the Al Haji Hussein Guled Stadium in Djibouti on Saturday, played under soaring hot temperatures.

Farhan Mohamed Ahmed’s late – late consolation leaves the match wide open ahead of next weekend’s return leg at Lugogo in Kampala.

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Bobi wine and Mao

Democratic Party (DP) President and former Gulu Chairman Norbert Mao, also the principal of DP Block has advised People Power Principal hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu on a number of issues.

Mao’s advice to the Kyadondo East MP, a pop music star turned into a politician popularly known by his stage name Bobi Wine has come days after People Power unveiled list. Appointed to coordinate Mr. Wine’s activities a cross the country.

On the list, members of different Political Parties including Chairman Mao’s DP, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), JEEMA, National Resistance Movement (NRM), Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) and independents.

DP’s out spoken president Mao has clearly stated that opposition has not yet declared a joint Presidential candidate a head of 2021.

“We have followed with interest the debates going on concerning prospects for a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) bringing together all democracy seeking forces with the aim of ousting the Museveni regime.” Mao said

Mao explained that DP Bloc has developed a comprehensive framework for such a vehicle.

DP Bloc believes it is the only answer to the citizen’s outcry for change.

“Our people want us to unite and we must not let them down.” Mao stated.

Individual leaders and political parties must get organized, to work towards having a single Presidential candidate.

“That was the reason we launched the UYD/DP Reunion to reconcile and unify our party. That is why we reached out to the SDP and the PDP and together we have consolidated the DP Bloc.” Mao added.

Norbert warned Kyagulanyi to learn from lessons of the past attempts to have a joint Presidential Candidate in Uganda.

” We must also demonstrate that we have learnt the lessons of past attempts at coalition building by the opposition. So far all leaders in the opposition have proclaimed a desire for togetherness. However togetherness will not come by mere rhetoric. Our togetherness must be focused on the overarching and im

Cranes job shouldnt be a preserve of foreigners

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The Federation promises that this serves a capacity-building purpose, enabling local managers to learn from their more exposed foreign bosses



Mike Mutebi

BY Moses Banturaki

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The Cranes job is vacant, but I sense and understand the unease among Ugandan applicants. One has to go back 15 years to find our last indigenous national team manager - Mike Mutebi. It’s been five managers since then and if you discount those who serve in interim capacity, it seems we are intent on making the national team job a preserve for foreigners.

The interviews don’t segregate but foreign applicants clearly enjoy a head-start allowed by an infatuated federation and the myth of exposure, while locals have a powerful incentive not to complain, as those who do lose the opportunity to become assistants.

The Federation promises that this serves a capacity-building purpose, enabling local managers to learn from their more exposed foreign bosses.
The reality is often different, and we have just bid farewell to our third foreign manager in a decade, with no sniff-in for locals.

I think it must be devastating to spend a career building value models and networks but still find oneself on the wrong side of the magic line between those who get the top job and those who end up as assistants. And yet that is the fate of native managers.

It is like they are engaged in an endless struggle to build a fulfilling career, without being crushed by the indignity of being by passed by every time destiny beckons. Granted, not every local manager is qualified for the top job, but I believe many do tick the biggest box of them all – the ability to groom and promote local talent in the most cost-effective manner, something a foreigner far removed from the wretched realities of footballers in this land would always struggle with.

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