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So while an engineer should be recognised for all their training and qualification, every untrained handyman in Kampala slums insists on being called Yinginia as he vies for councillorship. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGA | NMG
Hey! greetings from The Late Joachim Buwembo, but don’t run away from me thinking I am a ghost; I am just being a true Ugandan, obsessed with titles. And now that we are in premature campaign mode, expect titles to be used with abandon. A title adds to your status.
But the problem with our titles is that they are rarely acquired on merit. So while an engineer should be recognised for all their training and qualification, every untrained handyman in Kampala slums insists on being called Yinginia as he vies for councillorship. If he wins, he becomes Lord-Councilor-Yinginia.
