Goodbye Raymond, but do not gaslight us Do not gaslight us into believing that your decision to join government is simply a neutral professional move, or that we should celebrate it as an act of national service. Serving the state is not, by itself, honourable. The nature of the state you serve matters. Those who chose to serve apartheid South Africa could, by strict definition, be called public servants. Officials who used their knowledge, skills and positions to sustain brutal colonial systems in places like Congo could as well be said to be people who were simply doing their jobs. They were collaborators. They became active participants in systems of oppression. Their education and professional abilities did not make their service neutral. In some cases, those very abilities made the system more effective. observer.ug/viewpoint/goodby…

Europe is richer than Uganda, with better facilities, infrastructure, institutions, and systems. That's why asylum seekers flock there. To tell a village mate who is poorer than you (Uganda) to receive an unwanted guest is extremely disrespectful, more so when you promise to pay for the relocation of that guest. CPM