I may stand for president.

I may stand for president.

Thursday last week, 22nd August 2019,I leave Jinja at exactly 9:00am for Kampala; I arrive in Kampala at 2:00pm. The drive would have ideally lasted for 2 hours, but it went up to 5 hours. Total amount of time lost on the road was about 3 hours. Anyone to pay for my lost time? No body.Can i complain to any office? I doubt if anybody would be willing to listen to such issues.
Kampala is a good place, but one of its downsides is the heavy traffic Jams and flooding during rainy seasons.

Now, Over 50% of Ugandan’s wealth (GDP) is concentrated in this area of Kampala and Wakiso.
The highest number of Ugandan Physical/city planners , some even with PHDs stay in Kampala/Wakiso.
The highest number of Ugandans, who have lived, studied and traveled in organized and developed western societies stay in Kampala/wakiso.
The highest numbers of Ugandan Pastors/ “men of God” with larger than life personalities who think (ignorantly) that they are more closer to God than anyone else stay in Kampala/Wakiso.
Most of the top Ugandan government officials/technocrats who ideally should be well learnt and exposed live in Kampala/Wakiso.
The highest number of Uganda’s top politicians/policy makers stay in Kampala/Waksiso.
Most multi-national aid agencies/Research Institutions/Embassies, etc have offices in Kampala/Wakiso.
Most of Uganda’s cultural Leaders(Kabaka,Kyabazinga,Omusinga,Iguru of Tooro and others ) live in Kampala. For the Kabaka,its okay, while the other ones i don’t even understand why they don’t live in their kingdoms.

Now with all those resourced and seemingly educated people people living in that territorial area known as Kampala/Wakiso,i don’t understand why they can’t find a solutions to the traffic Jam problem and flooding. As it stands,it seems either no one or very few individuals  have  any idea on how to go about it.Even those who may have an idea, no one has yet put it in practice or the idea is being put in practice at a very slow pace. Many other African Countries like Tanzania had a similar problem,but were able to solve it.

Every time I make an appointment to meet with any Ugandan politician, especially members of Parliament they either come late or even sometimes bounce appointments. To them, keeping time seems not to be an important issue, remember these are our national policy makers. So if they don’t value time, why would they be in a hurry to approve/allocate resources that would build infrastructure to solve the traffic jams problem?

Is there anything I can do about it for now? Will I just keep on complaining like that as the problem escalates? Earlier in our leadership class, we were told about how people are, on a daily basis, writing the stories of our lives with or without our consent.

So instead of sitting on the fence quietly watching and endlessly complaining, I may have to do something.The idea I have for now is that if this problem is not solved by the powers that be in the next ten years, I may look into the possibility of standing for a political office, and if necessary even the top office. That way, I will be an active participant in the story of my country.

Blessings- Edward