A public-private prayer: God save the Queen, bring her back

There have been some big crime stories in the past few years, but they were the sordid type, involving child sacrifice and jealous men who shoot their wives in the head when the poor ladies find more interesting companions.

The CHOGM public/private partnership deals provided wholesome entertainment that could be enjoyed by the entire family, like excerpts from a Jeffrey Archer thriller.

As for the Queen, we cannot thank her enough for being the spur for such a major injection of cash into our private sector.

Had she not accepted the invitation to come to Uganda, a number of our millionaires today would probably still be ordinary people.

Joachim Buwembo is a Knight International Fellow for Development Journalism. E-mail: jbuwembo@knight.icfj.org