Phillip Aine- UCU
Politics appear to have dominated most of last week following the declaration to stand for presidency by former Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi.
This raged on, dominating both the news and even social media. But this has since changed over the weekend, if we are to go by today’s hottest debate on social media.
The debate which appears to be almost everywhere on social media is about Miss Uganda.
Well, if the pageant’s organiser, Brenda Nanyonjo opted average contestants for publicity gains, she must be reaping a heavy lot. But as she continues to enjoy the free publicity, this is at the expense of those that are participating in the event for they are exposed to the public wrath. And neither am I different. Of all those being whipped, I’ll crack my whip on Aisha Nabukeera, a foster child to Frank Gashumba.
Her name of course sends shivers; attracting sympathy from the largest section of the public because of her bad past but hey, this is a beauty contest! Everyone has their past, perhaps even worse than Aisha’s but this is a level ground.
Look at Aisha like you know nothing about her just like the other contestants. Now, is she in the right place? Ofcourse some will call it confidence, following her dream while others will mistake me for being
insensitive. But don’t forget we are looking for Miss Uganda and not Miss Confidence or one who follows up one’s dream.
Whereas we all have dreams, we are also aware of our boundaries. Just imagine if a blind or lame was contesting in the same event. Have you ever seen any? Don’t they have dreams? They do, but they are well
aware of their boundaries.
And if you break such boundaries, expect the worst! We will judge you from the same ground like other contestants and not your past and you should expect less sympathy from people like me. The person I know at the moment is the Aisha contesting for Miss Uganda.
If she won, which is likely because of the connections of her foster father, Gashumba or for publicity to the organisers, the biggest question is: can she stand besides say; Miss Rwanda and we say — Wow! ours is better! Is that possible? If not, then her triumph will likely mean we got no representative at Miss World this year.
My advice to her would be to concentrate on her studies and perhaps
become a lawyer in future.
This way, she will fight for the rights of other children to stop them from going through what she went through while a child. But for Miss Uganda, she is misplaced. She must have been misguided. And the worst from the public appears to be on the way, either win or loss.
