Thingamabobs

And so Jacob wrestled an angel all night long. Look at the so called strong men of today, Obama, ISIS, Boko Haram, Mugabe,Floyd Mayweather….they fight women, the senile, patients and incapacitated men just to fill their own egos with the illusion of greatness. I look at the so called game changers today and weep at their folly and ailment from delusions of grandeur. They are so small, so insignificant, inadequate and pathetic. I listened to Mirundi on a talk show the other day and he sounded like an old, bitter grandmother raving and ranting about the opposition and the Buganda Kingdom. Jacob however, displays to us the true demonstration of a real strong man. The Bible says, at the crack of dawn when the angel failed to pin him down, the angel said “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed. Who in this country could give us a similar replica of Jacob’s matchup with the angel? Besigye? Lukwago? Listen up, Beisgye just like many more of our generation have done more talking than actual positive/constructive implementation. He put up a fight against the ruling regime two times in a row to no avail. Is that worth calling a legacy as the media has so often put it? So must we christen Besigye as a hero now? To what end? Is a man who has caused so much financial loss to the many unsuspecting hard working Ugandans in downtown Kampala through his uncouth riots worth calling a hero? I read the other day that Bruce Jenner is up for the Arthur Ashe award of courage this year which brings me to the inkling that have we human beings upgraded to alien realms of existence to the extent that courage as we know it is no longer what it really is now? Oh Come on, Is the president and his regime any different? Did they beat Besigye fairly and squarely in the polls? Of course I do believe they did but come on, is my belief a dogma? Imagine the proverbial catholic being told that the universe isn’t quite exactly as disclosed in the book of Genesis. That in fact, aliens do exist, that several other galaxies other than our own exist. Why would some people feel obligated to fight for God in the name of religion? Why would you feel so offended if some other person of a divergent faith said a few things contrary to your own dogmatic conviction? Is that strength? Is that what we now know as strength? Someone said that Lukwago is one of the most prolific and resolute mayors the city has had so far! I look at him and wonder why his cowardice and antagonism isn’t seen by anyone else. I snigger at how he curmudgeonly hangs at Beisgye side at every one of those now run down demonstrations they engage in. Does Lukwago have his own personal views about politics and the city short of Besigye’s? I must be overly conceited to have all these views on all these people and so broad a subject like politics or faith of which am no specialist or consultant. Am just a young man who happens to be seeking a better understanding of the current state of affairs in our land. Do we have strong men in Uganda? I do believe so. But what is a strong man riddled with fear? So many of us have misconceived strength in quasi-brave acts performed by men out of cowardice. I guess Jacob looks down on our generation and scratches his beard in profound exasperation. The days are colder in the rainy seasons but the hearts of men inside are even colder than our coldest days. Mean, sick, calculating, overzealous, god-forsaken, weak, foul mouthed and puppet-oriented men roam the most high places of administration in this country. When you hear them speak, they sound like Goliath yet deep within, they are little, scared and spineless gay thingamabobs!