(Lahatsoratra teny Anglisy efa tamin'ny Oktobra 2007)

Amin'ity herinandro ity, mamoaka fanontaniana manery hatrany izay manome ny feo ho amin'ny resaka hoavy ny Ugandan Insomniac:

Why are millions of Ugandans still living in abject poverty when an increasing number of people in the country can afford a brand new set of wheels and personalized number plates every year?

Nahoana no mbola miaina ao anatin'ny fahantrana lalina ny Ogandey an-tapitrasany kanefa mihamaro ny olona ao amin'ny firenena afaka mividy marika kodiarana vaovao isa-taona sy laharan-takelaka manokana ho an'ny fiara?

Mandritra izany fotoana izany, dia manana fomba fijery hafa i Daniel Kalinaki: izay miezaka mandresy lahatra ny tsirairay, indrindra fa izy:

Why is it next-to-impossible to find honest contractors in Uganda? Of course we know that government wastes a lot of our taxes on all sorts of schemes, school children are thrown out of their schools, buildings are razed and the ground is let to fallow, awaiting some hotelier to make up his mind. We know that people displaced by war are given rotten seeds when they finally get to return to their homes, complete with flexi-pangas to help them till the land and start new lives. We know all that, and more.
What irks me the most are the smaller things; the micro-corruption, the cutting corners that we are subjected to daily…

Fa maninona no mila ho sarotra be ny mahita mpandraharaha marina ao Oganda? Mazava ho azy fa fantatsika fa mandany ny ankamaroan'ny hetrantsika amin'ny tetikasa isan-karazany ny governemanta, voaroaka ny sekoly ny ankizy madinika, rava ny tranobe ary avela hikoa ny tany, miandry ny mpitantana hôtely mba hanapa-kevitra. Fantatsika fa nahazo masomboly efa lò ireo ny olona nifindra toerana noho ny ady rehefa niverina tany an-tranony izy ireo nony farany, miaraka amin'ny flexi-pangas mba hanampy azy ireo hanomboka hiasa tany sy hanomboka fiainam-baovao. Fantatsika izany rehetra izany, ary mbola misy hafa.
Ny zavatra toheriko indrindra dia ireo zavatra kely kokoa; ny kolikoly madinika, ny zoro tsy maintsy alehantsika isan'andro …

Reraka noho ireo zavatra hafa Ogandey kosa i Ivan:

I’ve gotten tired of saying we are not ready for CHOGM. I can only go on and about a topic for so long. What do you take me for? The Red Pepper? Harry Sagara? I will say this, the visitors are obliged to say they are crazy about our country no matter what. Sure we have people on the job, guys who started planting trees last week. Not to worry, the Ugandan variety of tree is the quick growing kind. We should see some sort of progress some time next year. While the visitors are here, we shall be encouraged to refer to them as “baby trees”. It will be politically incorrect to refer to them as “little”.

Reraka aho milaza fa tsy vonona amin'ny CHOGM isika. Tsy afaka manohy miresaka lohahevitra iray maharitra ela aho. Maninona ianao no tezitra amiko? Ny Sakay Mena? Harry Sagara? Hilaza izao aho, voatery milaza ireo mpitsidika fa adala ny firenentsika izy ireo na inona na inona. Azo antoka fa manana olona miasa isika, ireo lehilahy izay nanomboka namboly hazo tamin'ny herinandro lasa. Aza manahy, fa ny karazan-kazo Ogandey dia anisan'ireo haingam-pitombo. Tokony hojerentsika ireo karazana fandrosoana amin'ny taona manaraka. Na dia eto aza ireo mpitsidika, dia tokony hamporisihina isika hiantso azy ireo ho “hazo zazakely”. Tsy ara-dalàna ara-politika ny manondro azy ireo ho “kely”.

Saingy ny olona tena manan-jo hitaraina dia GayUgandan, izay very asa (saika) noho ny bilaoginy:

As a good suspicious employee, I will suspect that something is happening. I have worked too long for my dear employer to be summarily dismissed. But, that can be done in increments. And I may decide to resign to prevent further embarassment. Not being needed, but you hang on desperately.

Pathetic?
Maybe, and maybe not. Ok, I was outed by the Red rug. That was last month. I thought that I had done something to create a soft landing for myself. I talked to my immediate boss. I talked to my ultimate boss. And things seemed to be cool.
A few days to the end of the month, I get the ‘bad’ news. Lots of apologies, lots of sorries, but it all adds up to me losing part of my income. And being left with this suspicious feeling that it is because of my damned sexuality. Or the sudden suspicion of it that my colleagues at work have!

Amin'ny maha-mpiasa tsara ahiahy ahy, dia hiahiahy aho fa misy zavatra mitranga. Efa ela aho no niasa tamin'ny mpampiasa malalako mba ho voaraoka tsy misy fampahafantarana mialoha. Saingy, azo atao tsikelikely izany. Ary mety hanapa-kevitra ny hametra-pialana aho mba hisorohana ny fanelingelenana bebe kokoa. Tsy ilaina akory, fa mifikitra am-pahakiviana ianao.

Mampalahelo?
Angamba, ary angamba tsia. Ok, taitra noho ny karipetra Mena aho. Tamin'ny volana lasa izany. Noheveriko fa nanao zavatra aho mba hamorona fianjerana malefaka ho an'ny tenako. Niresaka tamin'ny lehibeko voalohany aho. Niresaka tamin'ny lehibeko farany aho. Ary toa nahafinaritra ny fandehan-javatra.
Andro vitsy taorian'ny faran'ny volana, nahazo vaovao ratsy aho. Fialan-tsiny marobe, fifonana marobe, saingy nanampy tamin'ny fahaverezan'ny ampahan'ny karamako izany. Tavela tamin'izany fahatsapana mampiahiahy izany noho ny ara-nofoko mahasosotra. Na ny ahiahy tampoka momba izany teo amin'ireo mpiara-miasa amiko!