donkey
By George William Ochago
The Tired Poet
Worth Noting:
- It makes me ‘tear’, what is this kind of slavery where one works like a donkey in a gold field? They are never of value after exploitation; they will come back to them after tans of gold have been delivered. And that is how art teachers are considered in Uganda.
- The law and economics study are scientific I think, even the law makes don’t care yet most of them did social studies and law. A majority are blinded because they studied ‘Political Science’ and they think teachers of science teach them that.
- Otherwise, away from the quarrel; will these donkeys get or land into a better pasture someday? If these donkeys were not there, would the masters feed?
Happy New Month to those who are happy. To be bold, I had opted to be off media, I was a step closer to achieving it. I turned that opportunity down because my heart started bleeding, wounds in my chest became septic and I couldn’t watch that going on.
The reason I had opted to wean myself off media was a thing to deal with my mental health.
No wonder the burden has got heavier than my health related issues. I tried ‘media fast’ only two months making my five month target an invalid, it has become history now.
The temptation came to surface when I saw a majority of ‘donkeys’ working helplessly- they are fed less or nothing.
In Uganda, a majority of tax payers and a minority of public servants (teachers of art) have become more of donkeys (Ugandan modern slaves) than humans (Ugandan citizens). Imagine a pauper’s donkey working tirelessly in the field just to produce food to feed a certain class of people (Government officials and the Clergy) in Uganda. A middleman’s donkey (teachers of art) have to deliver everytime but they end up being paid something equivalent to nothing with all the long journeys without water(rent and transport allowances) anywhere to drink.
It makes me ‘tear’, what is this kind of slavery where one works like a donkey in a gold field? They are never of value after exploitation, they will come back to them after tans of gold have been delivered. And that is how art teachers are considered in Uganda. The law and economics study are scientific I think, even the law makes don’t care yet most of them did social studies and law. A majority are blinded because they studied ‘Political Science’ and they think teachers of science teach them that.
Otherwise, away from the quarrel; will these donkeys get or land into a better pasture someday? If these donkeys were not there, would the masters feed?
Something makes me feel, I should start cursing legislators. They are the ones who take a bigger cake. The President is just some kind of extravagant. He behaves like a hyena – always ready to die in the saucepan of meat as long he has eaten it all. They the ruling and the Clergy share a mindset, they manipulate natives and make them over work like orphaned donkeys. The poor tax payer has to pay tithe for God to bless him get more money and the government needs some percentage of money in the goods he buys. The fellow has to work day and night but gets less or nothing in return. I hope one day I will wake up when Ugandan donkeys have gone on strike – it will be a Multiverse of happiness for my brain.
As I end this, how will ‘A Uganda without Donkeys’ be? Everyone would either be owning a mansion or riding a bicycle.
There would be no citizens eating cabbage and kalo every weekday for the rest in their lifetime.
The Writer is a Ugandan Poet and an Activist for Change.
Email. georgewilliamochago59@gmail.com
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