It's my teacher who once told me never to disorganize nature because when you do and fail to get out of its way, nature will one time revert to you in a revengeful manner and deal you a blow you may live to remember. Fine, that was a lesson well taken including the full ramification of its implications.

It's with great sadness we in Maneno's world here and now reach out to you our countrymen, particularly those of you who lost their loved ones in the heartless bomb blasts that went off that black July 11.

True, a lot of ink has not been spared discussing the unfortunate events at Kyadondo Rugby Club and at the Ethiopian village hangout at Kabalagala. But still, this could not leave out yours faithfully to commiserate with the bereaved and  at least, if nothing else,  say, "Sorry."

 

Tough problems demand for tough solutions. Now, this is something for which I am claiming a copyright. I am as well recording it for posterity noting that it was not someone else, including you reading this, who said it before me.

Nedda ssebo; the craftmaship is mine and I am ready to fight for it nail and tooth. May I repeat it? Okay. I am saying that tough problems demand for tough solutions. Period. You can copy it at your own peril because nobody other than me is able to defend it to any other person's satisfaction.

I have come to that coinage following the tango I had the other day with this middle- aged mzungu, an American, so she said, down here in Capetown. Okay, you may fault me for being here and instead of concentrating on watching the world cup, I am obsessed with tumbling.

I had flown back home from this republic of S A preferring to watch the unfolding of the World Cup with my buddies and also cut costs but by the time you read this, I will have returned to Jo'burg.

You see Maneno has summoned me via an e-mail saying money is not a problem with him and that he wants me at his side to record a few of his frolicks.

Maneno can sometimes be a wonder. Put him in an environment and he will study it, find a way of exploiting it to his benefit and, many a time, go away laughing to his bank.