UGANDA: X-Files from the village - season II
The first publication of this story was Friday, May 24, 2019 UGANDA: X-Files from the village - season II X-FILES FROM THE VILLAGE – SEASON II By WABUYI DENIS Monday As we prepare gardens for the planting season, it is common to burn the bush to clear it up. The burning does not only help us to clear the gardens but the ash from the burning is believed to be a good pesticide that turns away army worms (tsihungu) and other pests that could attack our crops. It is common for these fires to spiral and end up burning other people’s gardens but if arrested early destruction is not always fatal. Tuesday Yes, we get disagreements and sometimes people get annoyed but our disputes are normally settled in jokes when a person brews busela and invites the aggrieved family to the beer party, and then slaughter a goat. We all drink, celebrate and everyone goes back contented with the other. This was not the case with Wauswa, Wotsomu’s elder son. After we had settled the case of him killing the child