Tuesday, July 13, 2010

UGANDA'S MONETARY ISSUES

One of the things that puzzles me is the way prices shoot up so high at a fast rate in Uganda.

About ten years back a Kilogram of Sugar which we don't even import, cost 900 UG Shillings; Today it's 3000 UG Shillings. The Mathematicians can calculate the rate of price increment.
Sugar which we manufacture!!!! The sugar canes are planted in Uganda.
A half Kilogram of Salt used to be 200 Uganda Shillings; It's now 1000 Ugandan Shillings. Books, Aqua (I write this in Latin for my own personal reasons!!).
Many Items have had their prices hiked, i don't want to talk about item by item. Last financial year in the budget some items whose prices were cut so admirably included beer. Can you imagine? So Uganda that year emerged the Number Alcohol consumer in the whole world sometime early 2010. Of all things, the price for beer is lowered!!!!

And surprisingly the poor people shall now consume alcohol and can't afford items like sugar, salt!!! In this year's budget i just gave up on analyzing it but it looked like all prices are high up again!!

Eventually in my mind i have never understood why prices have to be raised (I don't think they just rise! they are raised). And if this must continue where shall we get money to survive in this harsh environment??

I am not writing a political article but my brothers and sisters i wonder whether this is because our currency may be weak! Or when we develop prices for commodities also grow bigger?

Remember i am just analyzing. Good Luck fellow Ugandans. Guys out there, Is it the same case like here in Uganda?

Sunday, July 4, 2010

I CAN REMEMBER MY LATIN CLASSES

While in the Seminary i learnt LATIN. The haters we were calling it a dead language. Those guys who knew it so well the CICERO-ES called it the mother to all languages.
True Latin has most stem for most European languages though no one speaks it. Those who know Italian it's a sister to Latin. May be modified.

So in Senior from senior one as usual in the normal practices of a seminary we started studying Latin. The 1st words were Amo which means Love! I hope i recall. 1,2,3 we were supposed to stop Latin in senior two but the administration said we have to carry it on up to S.4.
In Senior 3 we had a humorous teacher i don't want to give details. so we fought a battle to refuse Latin.
We got all the Latin literature into the dust-bin. this was regarded as a strike so the next morning we were suspended a whole class for a week. On return we spied ourselves and lost i remember only two cadres.
Leaving senior 3 marked the end of studying Latin but after losing heroes!!

However, Latin is a prestigious Language i can still recall Latin:
"Oderunt dum Metuant" Let them hate, so long as they fear
"Agis Quod Adis et Si hoc comprehendere potes, gratias age magistro Latinae."Do well what you do and If you can read this, thank a Latin teacher.
"Tempest Bebende!" It's time to drink! "In caelum cerevisiae est nullum, Itaque hic bibemus illum!" (In heaven there's no beer, that's why we drink it here!
"Sine labore nihil" Nothing without work
"Te Amo" I Love You. I guess Rihanna knows Latin!!


Kandekire aho!!!!!
It's so good to know such languages!!!