Anger fuels Ugandans’ celebration of opponents’ deaths
By RICHARD KIZZA LUGOBWA LONDON. Since time immemorial death has been seen as a unifying factor as it brings unanimous sorrow and grief to all members of the community. Death as well brought reconciliation and cohesion as its reality provides the ripest time to see emptiness and the absurdity of life. Condolence messages like "my/our deepest condolences to the family.”, “heartfelt sympathies”, “thinking and praying for you in this difficult time” and so many others express the love and sympathy, and a gesture of sharing pain in time of death. Sadly, the situation has changed in Uganda. A new trend of a cross section of Ugandans deriving joy and celebrating death of opponents is increasing day by day. This widely criticized phenomenon which mainly targets leaders, supporters and enablers of the NRM ruling government is very shocking, inhumane and contrary […]
