It's said that laughter plays a big part in enabling human beings to live longer than would otherwise have been the case. Following on that, this must mean that comedians are the initial beneficiaries of this attribute going by what Rafiki recently witnessed in Makindye.

This fun-making man commonly heard on radio and going by the names of  Kayibanda, survived- or as they say, cheated death thrice in a single night. Here is the whole account:

On that fateful July 11 night, Kayibanda turned down pleas from his friends to have him accompany them to go and watch the world cup finals at the Kyadondo Rugby grounds; so, he survived the bombs that wreaked havoc there!

Then, as he headed home in his seventh-hand car, while somewhere in Makindye, the much abused vehicle developed mechanical complications and refused to move on;

Forced to park even awkwardly, the security-conscious residents here jerked into gear mobilising themselves after someone spread a roumor that thieves had got stuck. In quick action, a mob had gathered around including the battle-itching bodaboda riders; they all wanted to lynch Kayibanda and his traveling companion.

 During the fracas, Kayibanda was all along trying to plead with the rowdy crowd telling them that they ( he and his friend) meant no harm to the area but as mobs go, no one was listening to him.

It's then that a drunk plain-clothed army man arrived at the scene and, without asking questions, started  kicking Kayibanda and co. Realising he was cornered,  Kayibanda fought back in self defence. This infuriated the army man who drew a pistol and shot at Kayibanda three times.

It's only by God's grace that our Kayibanda is still alive having narrowly ducked the bullets. He fled the scene and as a law abiding citizen, dashed  to Kibuye police station where he picked a policeman with whom he returned to the area and collected the discharged bullet shells to act as exhibits in a case he had filed at the station. All we can say to Kayibanda is "Genda olye enkoko yo!"