As an immunized
muzzukulu prone to the quintessential Uganda pastime of speculation, here we go. Privilege comes with responsibility- ‘to whom much is given, much is required.'
What then should we do with our privilege? The answers lay in the collective disgust towards the news of two adult children of Uganda’s eternal minister of Foreign Affairs, Sam Kutesa, being appointed honorary consuls.
If we find this disturbing, it is because privilege that perpetuates privilege stinks, it is the original
‘kuwunya.’
The stink hits hard when we see privilege shaking hands with itself, congratulating itself on collecting more privileges. We, the great-unwashed wanainchi, jeer extravagantly and froth at the mouth because we are not as privileged as Kutesa and his children.