Kampala- It has been a bit since I last wrote, I traded in one capitalist jockey for another and this one has me running on cylinders, well as many cylinders as a horse could possibly have. In the time I have not been writing much has happened.
Al Shabab is having its clock cleaned in Somalia. Joseph Kabila is doing a hapless impression of being the president of all of DRC. Still on the DRC, the army has had its butt kicked by some chaps with a name that paints a mental image of a street gang not a revolutionary army.
In Kenya some chap called Miguna Miguna ( this guys parents are wierd) kicked off something of a shit storm by giving his two cents worth on the political elite. The bazinga (thanks Sheldon) is the William Ruto is a man worthy of being president and Mwai Kibaki inspite of his advanced age is something of a crocodile. Patient in the extreme and unlielding in his negotiations, I guess the grandfather image thing is just to lull his opponents into a false sense of safety. And yes you guessed it Raila is a political clown who has a thing against note takers......go figure.
Closer to home the hits just keep on coming for the government. The vicious one-two combinations have the ruling party reeling as they lose one by election after the other. Then, clearly we have over paid for national ID cards and by over paid I am just being silly, these German chaps and their Ugandan cohorts have mugged us economically four hundred IDs produced at a cost of 100M Dollars. The good times keep on coming, for our economic stick up men at least.
Thats the 411 on Africa Mashariki, SSDC Same Script Different Cast or as my 'French' speaking friends would say Same Shit Different Day SSDD. I have to run now, the jockey calls.........
