La Reversible

Henry Barlow nació en 1929 en Kampala (Uganda), donde murió en 2006. BUILDING THE NATION   Today I did my share in building the nation. I drove a Permanent Secretary to an importante urgent function in fact to a luncheon at the Vic.   The menú reflected its importance Cold Bell beer with small talk then fried chicken with niceties wine to fill the hollowness of the laughs ice-cream to cover the stereotype jokes coffee to keep the PS awake on return journey.   I drove the Permanent Secretary back. He yawned many times in back of the car then to keep awake, he suddenly asked, Did you have any luch friend? I replied looking straight ahead and secretly smiling at his belated concern that I had not, but was slimming!   Upon which he said with a seriousness that amused more than annoyed me, Mwananchi * , I too had none! I atended to matters of state. Highly delicate diplomatic duties you know, and friend, it goes against my grain, causes me stomach ulcers and wind. Ah, he ...