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Many years ago, I used to work at a daily Fake News (according to some people) paper as sub-editor.
An upcountry correspondent, let’s call him Musengs, submitted a story he titled “meat falls from mouth”. It turned out that the unfortunate mouth belonged to a he-dog and the meat was a she-dog.
Apparently, villagers had followed the dogs in “hot pursuit” into a banana plantation to witness the “chewing”, only for the she-dog, suddenly, to make a break for it, leaving the villagers disappointed.
I was reminded of the story, when a certain dog of war tweeted (I refuse to say “xed” or “posted on X”) that it was “ceasing all cooperation” with the American ambassador for allegedly sheltering the leprous opposition leader Bobi Wine.
The “dog” is famous for controversial tweets, including the out-of-the-blue threat to overrun a neighbouring “kennel” within days (or was it hours). It also tweeted, truthfully this time, that the will of the Chosen One (not Jesus or God) prevails over that of everyone, including minister Norbert Mao and speaker Anita Among.
Everyone and their dog (excuse the pun) knows that the “will of the people” is one big, sick joke. At one time, the dog of war barked to drown Wine and to bite off another opposition leader MC Hammer’s big head with its big eyes (the head that is).
On both those occasions, it “barked down”. Not surprisingly, really, the “dog” coiled its tail and let the ambassador sip his red wine (pun intended) in peace. It tweeted that it had been “misinformed” about the alleged ambassador’s dalliance with Bobi Wine.
We all know what happened. As the English say, “he who pays the piper calls the tune”. Or as my lecturer in International Law at Makerere University, John Ntambirweki, used to say, when someone contributes to your wedding, they thereby acquire shares in your marriage for as long as it lasts.
OK, he didn’t say the “for as long as it lasts” bit (He wasn’t that cynical) but you get the idea. The Americans pay the bills. If our man Musengs was writing this story, he would title it “meat falls from mouth”, only this time, the meat would be the American ambassador and the dog, well… Use your imagination to figure out the rest.
The writer has a long miscarriage in journalism.
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