ugnet_: RE-WRITE UGANDA'S NATIONAL ATHEM

[Edward Mulindwa]

Re-write that national anthem For about 41 long years Ugandans have sang the three stanzas of the 'National Anthem'. They have done this continually in schools in the same vein without trying to practice what they preach in it. It bothers one that people were forced to cram and recite things they do not understand. For instance, "Together we'll always stand," How can a country that has failed to abstain from war for even a single day stand together? Stanza two is probably the most incomprehensible "O Uganda, the land of freedom.......". Where is the implied freedom in this troubled land of ours? 'Our love and labour we give' Where is the 'love' and 'labour' when people are suffering and dying? With some girls sleeping in Parliament because of the free labour they give. How many times have we pointed a finger at Sudan, Rwanda and the DR. Congo? I am glad the composer of those lines is still around. He is not in exile. Will you, Mr George Kakoma and the other people who contributed to writing of that anthem render another edition of this piece of music that befits our dark purpose as a bellicose nation. Olukor Stephen, Light High School.             The Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"             Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"