Martyrs Day Musings ( Part Two)

... Back to answering the question at the vigil, we too ought to look further into the future. The Uganda we live in today might not be what we want or where we want it. In order to ensure that there is change, we need to become the missionaries today that begin to invest in these young basomi. The effect will be felt many years from today but it will come. 

So let the business man teach his skill and not merely donate money at the issue. Let the fisherman teach his skill and not just deliver a fish on a plate. Let the law teacher teach his analytical skill and not just the ‘right answer.’  Let the administrator not merely rubber stamp a decision but interrogate the rationale as to why it was made. Let the politician not merely seek political expediency but practice our motto - For God and my country. 

We need to help our young people to view themselves as actual agents of change. That they need not merely seek for easy money or quick fixes through zaala (gambling), obuloogo (witchcraft) or kondoism (robbery). Rather, our young people should be encouraged to develop the grit to work dedicatedly at what they are passionate about, and see the fruit of their labour grow the tree seedling to the fully grown tree that offers shade to all and sundry. Our youth should be encouraged to value the benefits of hard work and become self sufficient and not eternal beggars. That the phraseology Tusaba Govumenti atuyambe (we ask the Government to help us) should be replaced with Ask not what the Government can do for you, but what you can do for the Government.  Our young people should be helped to realise that the potential is within them to do exceedingly, abundantly, over what they can ever hope or imagine.(Eph 3:20-21).  

This is the call for the modern day missionary. It is a call, well cemented in the Judeo-Christian faith that we practice. We have a choice to invest and plant seed that we know will grow and germinate to what we want for the future and for our posterity. More so, we are encouraged that it is what God wants us to do for this season. We know it is not impossible when it is done with Him.

Happy Martyrs Day 2019

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