I am so exhausted right now and yet this is so fresh in my mind and heart a few more days and i will not not have it, the second half of the year has started off so busy, exciting and hectic at the same time, had a four days conference at munyonyo speke resort and those who know Uganda can tell how munyonyo is very lovely with lake Victoria view very beautiful and very expensive too, Luxurious as first i thought being in such a place, i would relax and have fun at the pool or by the lake side walking barefoot, well that was not the case i found myself amidst so many people from different countries people with different backgrounds and people with different mindsets i felt like it was the whole world gathered here in Kampala.
it was a mixture of scholars, Academicians, Policy makers, researchers, government officials Refugees, donors and so many other categories of people.i am not sure which category of people i belong to but i was there too...:)PREVILAGED
Thanks to Jade and Shelah for giving me the opportunity to be one of the people at this Informative and Educational conference, i have got so much knowledge my head is almost bursting and my heart is filled with joy to know what i know right now and i am privileged to be feeling this way. One of my school slogan was" Knowledge is Wealth" and indeed i feel so rich , stocked up and the sky is the limit where i can go with all the knowledge i got from the conference.
The theme of the conference was "Governing Migration"Yeah i know that sounds political right, yeah it was diverse, i t covered every thing from politics to social Economic issues to Gender and all that, with confidence and Authority the people presented what they had and strongly talked about what they believed in from how human rights being marginalized, to the gay community in Uganda who believe they are being persecuted and they have a right to be free, the prostitutes who believe it is a business that should be legalized, the urban refugees who felt they were forgotten, Asylum seekers who do not understand why they are left to wait for a long time and later to be denied, refugees being forced back into their countries and violent sex against gender and what men are really good for and remembering that men were also victims of sexual violence.
A wide variety of issues challenging and intriguing questions were raised and all this made me proud to be who i am and to be from the place i identify as HOME, am proud to be African.
i realized my importance both to the people in my community, my country and the world at large, i am so privileged, so privileged.
during the conference i got to meet some amazing people who took me into their world and told me about themselves, who they are, what they do and why they do what they do, Thanks to them for keeping me going even when i was tired and we were all tired they held me by my hands and told me we can go on and get there, we laughed so much, talked about what we thought about the different presentations , had an Academic Crush on Alex Bret from Oxford university, he is so smart, and Astrid one of the girls i met from Canada had a Crush on Chris Dolan the director of the Refugee Law Project, she lost focus every-time she saw him and we all would laugh about it, i had so much fun and got so much knowledge at the same time, meeting all these people made realize how wonderful God is and how he has a good plan for my life.
i am so Privileged.
