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Sydney Mugerwa

How the Uganda Gov’t banning social media is costing me my livelihood

Steve Jobs is quoted to have said: Stay hungry, stay foolish. In a young country like Uganda, this is not just a quote; it’s quite…

2 min readJan 27, 2021

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Sydney Mugerwa

Twenty-four Robbers

Not last night but the night before, twenty four robbers came knocking at my door. It could have been one, could have been two or ten or a…

6 min readApr 4, 2018

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Twenty-four Robbers

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Sydney Mugerwa

Dear Mr. President

Dear Mr. President, come take a walk with me. Downtown Kampala is fantastic this time of year. Don’t be discouraged by a broiling sun and…

3 min readMar 5, 2016

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Sydney Mugerwa

Playground Bully & Associates

The first school I went to, I was 4 and the second my mum waved goodbye and disappeared around the bend, I knew I was in trouble. It felt…

6 min readOct 1, 2014

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Sydney Mugerwa

Worms, Maggots & Cockroaches

Pit latrines. What lives down there? Worms? Maggots? I know Cockroaches do. I see them creep out at night like ninja turtles, expertly…

3 min readSep 26, 2014

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Sydney Mugerwa

DESDEMONA

Dear Desdemona, I have been trying to reach you these past few months. I have written a dozen letters that I baptised with my tears …

4 min readSep 20, 2014

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Sydney Mugerwa

Passage of Time

The silence was paper thin, razor sharp chipped in places with a retrospective dance of tongues. A well-used silence, it was an infantry…

2 min readSep 15, 2014

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Sydney Mugerwa

Kampala Road

Sensei called it kyoka suigetsu; flower in the mirror, moon on the water. She summed up what I felt that night after Japanese class when we…

4 min readSep 7, 2014

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Kampala Road

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Sydney Mugerwa

Sydney Mugerwa

I am Me. Please be someone else! I write. I speak and I am happy. Can you be Happy too? http://shootwice.wordpress.com|http://mypoeticinsanity.blogspot.com

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