"Lukwago takes one for the Team"

Arthur Koestler in his Novel 'Darkness at Noon' writes, 'He who had gazed upwards, instead of clinging on[the Revolution direction] became dizzy and fell out. Whoever wishes to avoid becoming dizzy, must try to find out the Swing's law of motion [Revolution principles].'

Our own Kampala Capital City Authority Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago seems to have looked upwards instead of gluing on the KCCA-swing's motion and has now become dizzy!

Any one who finds one’s self in the middle of a power promiscuous institution like KCCA whose harp is struck in tune to what’s dear to No.1, thinking otherwise is like joining a kitagururo-kiga dance with sore toes!

Solely riding on a voters-surf board against a state-powered KCCA-wave was always going to be tough on Lukwago and those of his ilk, to effectively cripple his strides in the institution, two more parallel and equally strong power centers were set up to counter his office; 

(1) held by the Kampala minister and (2) held by the Executive Director, with no definitive benchmarks on who is above who and who reports to who.

So, when most undertakings by the authority started rubbing local city residents the wrong way, they all ran to 'their' Lord mayor to equip back-up force, only to find a more verbal but toothless strike-armory!

Pushed to the wall, Lukwago's smartness had to come in handy, riding off the imagery of a cuffed pro-people leader, Lukwago has successfully portrayed himself as a persecuted democratically elected leader whose only undoing is countering an autocratic force in KCCA, but the beating seems to be a full plumbed one this time and for how long will he take in the beating... To be continued!

@gyezimania 

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