GOVERNMENT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR AGITATION
It has been gloomy past few days especially after the 25 th June demonstrations. The same kind of feeling I had after last year’s demonstrations. The plans and mobilization moments have had my spirits hyped and the peak is always during the demo days. But shortly after, the reality seems to strike. That it was not possible again to see the government act. I know for this to be effective, hard work, patience and sacrifice are needed. But I just see it is far too long. I don’t think I am the only one. This morning while scrolling the internet like I always do, I came across a video posted by FNF during the launch of We Refuse to Be Victims, a poetry collection by Ugandan poet and activist Sam Mugumya. Sam says that in dictatorial and colonial formations, the oppressed are not necessarily the victims but the victims are the oppressors. Because oppressors are slaves of power and inhumanity. He asserts that it is us, the oppressed, who are supposed to liberate them because we...