Solution to the ‘worshipainment’ menace: The ‘silent’ disco model
Today, there are “silent” discos, which don’t even have to be soundproofed, as the party kids get their music straight into their small earpieces without the person standing next hearing it. ILLUSTRATION | JOSEPH NYAGAH | NMG
Most Ugandans aged 100 years or less (which is about everybody) despise witchcraft (though some practise it secretly). They despise it because of the evils associated with it, such as child ritual murders, and also for the many conmen without any special powers except deceit who infest the dark profession.
It is therefore noteworthy that possibly the most popular story shared by Ugandans online this month was in praise of a witchdoctor’s exploits. The lousy story alleged that a witchdoctor in eastern Uganda had made a pastor’s wife pregnant after the “man of god”had failed in the endeavour for 10 years.
