Humanity First

At the time of The great King , Rwot Okot.

Three people came to him dragging a young man with them and said to him:
O King!!!
This man has murdered our father.

Rwot Okot: Why did you kill their father?

Young man: I'm a goat-herd. My goat ate from their father's farm, and he threw a stone at my goat and it died; so I also took the stone and threw it at their father and he also died.

Rwot Okot: Because of this, I pass judgment, on  charge of  murder, by sentencing you to death.

The Young man said:
I ask for 3 days before you execute the judgment. My late father left me some wealth and I have a sister to take care of. If you kill me now, the wealth and my sister will have no guardian.

Rwot Okot: Who will stand for your bail?

Young man: Looking into the crowd, he pointed at Ogwok

Rwot Okot asked: Do you agree to stand for him, Ogwok?

Ogwok answered, Aye (yes).

Rwot Okot enquired further: You agree to stand for someone you don't know, and if he doesn't return you'll receive his penalty.

Ogwok answered: I accept.

The young man left but after two days, and into the third day there was still no sign of young man.

Everyone was very afraid for Ogwok who had accepted to receive the penalty of death if the man failed to return.

Just before it was time for dinner,  the Goat Herdsman  appeared looking very exhausted and he stood before Rwot Okot.

The Young man spoke up: I have handed the wealth and the welfare of my sister to my uncle and I am back to receive the penalty. You may execute the penalty now.

In great shock and surprise, Rwot Okot said: And why did you return after having a chance to escape the death penalty?

Young man: *I was afraid, it will appear that humanity has lost integrity and the ability to fulfill promises kept".*

Rwot Okot turned and looked at Ogwok and asked him:  And why did you stand for him?

Ogwok responded: *I was afraid, it might appear that humanity have lost the will to do good to others."*

These words and events moved the complainant  brothers who had  wanted justice for their father's death very deeply and they decided to forgive the young goat herdsman.

In furious anger, Rwot Okot asked "Why?!!!"

They said: *We are afraid, it will appear as though forgiveness has lost place in the heart of humanity.*

I have also forwarded this beautiful message and passed it to you in fear that *it might appear that reminders towards doing good has lost place in humanity if I don't.*

My life could have been better.: Relating African Governments To The Tribal Wisdom ...

Relating African Governments To The Tribal Wisdom ...: Relating African Governments To The Tribal Wisdom of  The Dakota Indians   By BH OKOT kampala Uganda . The tribal wisdom o...

My life could have been better.: Relating African Governments To The Tribal Wisdom ...

Relating African Governments To The Tribal Wisdom ...: Relating African Governments To The Tribal Wisdom of  The Dakota Indians   By BH OKOT kampala Uganda . The tribal wisdom o...

Relating African Governments To The Tribal Wisdom of 

The Dakota Indians

 

By BH OKOT

kampala

Uganda.

The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that, "When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount." 

 

However, most African governments employ more advanced strategies with 'dead horses' like;

 

1) Buying a stronger whip. 

 2) Changing riders.

3) Appointing a committee to study the horse.

4) Arranging to visit other countries to see how other cultures ride dead horses.

5) Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.

6) Reclassifying the dead horse as living impaired.

7) Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.

8) Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed.

9) Providing additional funding and/or training to increase the dead horse's performance.

10) Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance.

11) Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses.

12) Rewriting the expected performance requirements

for all horses.

13) Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.

 

The Continent has struggled with making projects work. However,we keep making the same mistakes and less than half of them succeed.This article is to reawaken our governments to think outside the box.

 

#StopMakingTheSameMistakes 

REIGN OF TERROR

REIGN OF TERROR
Inspired by the tutorial-THE ENVIRONMENT

The trees sway in sorrow,
What means of survival should they borrow?
Should they just hide in a barrow,
Afraid of what will occur tomorrow?

The rivers have flown into a rage,
And are thirsty for revenge,
They condemn the man of this age,
Who fulfills them to the brim with sewage,
Is that what they teach in college?

Let's cry out for the ozone layer,
Gasps does she for lack of air.
She may even lack an heir,
For she was caught unawares,
with her bottom bare,
Her strength, no where,
And now her future is nuclear.

An age of error,
A time of fear,
The earth could tear,
But maybe that would be better,
Than Man's reign of terror!

WRITTEN BY:
BRIDGET ANKUNDA
MT ST MARY'S COLLEGE NAMAGUNGA
bridgetankunda@yahoo.com

SUPERVISED BY:
BH OKOT
TUTOR & MENTOR, RAISE PROGRAM
okotbonifacehenry@yahoo.com
 @BonOkot on twitter.

The Bomb That Never Exploded!

PREAMBLE:
Wednesday, 21st May 2014: 1:30pm: Makerere University Main library, by far one of the biggest and oldest libraries in Africa. The largest in East africa.Makerere University in the best university in Saharan Africa and fourth best in Africa. Popularly referred to as the Ivory Tower of Africa.That is the stage of our piece.

THE AUTHOR
I am  a fourth year Engineering student, finalizing my course in the next fortnight.I am extremely ambitious and hopeful for the future for my family and my country.I would literally do anything for World Peace. I am Okot Boniface Henry.I am on the stage, watch my mind unfold with a heavy heart.

 WARNING
This extract is a true story!

THE PIECE
My eyes focused on a script,
As though my entire living depended on it.

My heart calmly beating,
In rhythm with my hopes so bright.

The other thousand souls nearby,
calm,quiet and flipping pages they were.
We must share the same dream for the future.
rebuild our dear nation so broken.

The sun is so bright,
It had been away for days
I love this day

But wait a second!
Bomb! Bomb!bomb!
The only scream my heart hears
My ears could feel the noise
A scuffle ensues!
Even the gods would run!

Here is our part,



Glued in the corner,
Transfixed by fear,
Of irrational things I cannot change,
As panic covers up my eyes I don't know what I see,
Start to shake, so want to run away,
Unable to move,
Escape is mercy,
Shaking incessantly,
Terror strikes,
Heart pounds,
Reaching for evasive breaths,
Unable to gasp,
I see souls so helpless,
flying from the highest of floors,
Then tears,
With tears relief apparent,
Tears bring mercy,
Escaped at last!
Quickly hunt for calmness and reason,

 The strike of lightning is slow.

But wait a second,
Blood was the new paint,
Broken bones were the new exhibits,
Books once new,
now dirty floor carpet.


Police drags in,
A snail is faster.
The story so different,
No bomb,
Just a thief!

MY MESSAGE

Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/terrorism.html#hE2dvfyqQ0bDK136.99

 Terrorism is real.
 Keep Watch.
 Be your brothers keeper.
Our societies live in fear.
The one thing I am certain about is,
"After the rain, there is a rainbow"

Dedicated to the student who is in a critical condition at Mulago hospital, Kampala, Uganda owing to this incident.
Also dedicated to those in the fight against terrorism.

BH OKOT.

ICT building: One of the targeted buildings

Makerere main library extension

Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/terrorism.html#hE2dvfyqQ0bDK136.99

Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/terrorism.html#hE2dvfyqQ0bDK136.99

Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/terrorism.html#hE2dvfyqQ0bDK136.99

Did you know this fear existed! Part A

Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places.
Aeronausiphobia- Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
Agateophobia- Fear of insanity.
Agliophobia- Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Ailurophobia- Fear of cats.
Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease.
Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.
Algophobia- Fear of pain.
Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions.
Altophobia- Fear of heights.
Amathophobia- Fear of dust.
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.
Amnesiphobia- Fear of amnesia.
Amychophobia- Fear of scratches or being scratched.
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.
Ancraophobia- Fear of wind. (Anemophobia)
Androphobia- Fear of men.
Anemophobia- Fear of air drafts or wind.(Ancraophobia)
Anginophobia- Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
Anglophobia- Fear of England or English culture, etc.
Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
Ankylophobia- Fear of immobility of a joint.
Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers.
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society.
Antlophobia- Fear of floods.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.
Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity.
Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being touched. (Haphephobia)
Apiphobia- Fear of bees.
Apotemnophobia- Fear of persons with amputations.
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders.
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers.
Arrhenphobia- Fear of men.
Arsonphobia- Fear of fire.
Asthenophobia- Fear of fainting or weakness.
Astraphobia or Astrapophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia)
Astrophobia- Fear of stars or celestial space.
Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things.
Ataxiophobia- Fear of ataxia. (muscular incoordination)
Ataxophobia- Fear of disorder or untidiness.
Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection.
Atephobia- Fear of ruin or ruins.
Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
Atomosophobia- Fear of atomic explosions.
Atychiphobia- Fear of failure.
Aulophobia- Fear of flutes.
Aurophobia- Fear of gold.