Happy Easter to you all.
Feels good to be able to sit down and scribble a small blog for my readers. After a long huddle of work, I decided to run back home and relax, see my mother that I had not seen in quite sometime.
On my way to mbarara, as I drove home listening to some country music on a wet highway, I noticed some hardworking men were busy burying a black thick wire in a trench.
Being a digital native, I could easily notice they were installing fibre optic cable. From the time Telecom companies as well as government started embarking going fibre, I have taken keen interest in the development of this ICT advancement. 1km into the drive I stopped to greet these humble Ugandans who are greatly contributing to the development of the country.
My arrival at an installation point did not look unusual to these people. They looked to be used to numerous supervisors who stop over to see what kind of work they are doing.
I noticed that the trench in which they were busy burying the cable was as shallow as a gutter dug to give way to stagnant water.
Excited by my arrival, these humble citizens were very free to tell me which company they were working for and the owner company. of the cable. Hoping for much from a young an energetic "supervisor", they quickly started narrating to me how they are suffering. Hectic work, poor feeding, no drinking water, poor accommodation, lack of treatment and having little information on what they are entitled to as labourers.
It was so evident that these people who are playing a very big role in overturning the development of the country are "MISERABLE."
Having said that, people of Uganda should not expect a functional fibre optic network if the people installing it are that miserable. We shall have a miserable network as well. My call goes to the labour unions to intervene in such cases because it is not only about the cable but the people of Uganda. Suffering Ugandans at that.
For now I remain Cedric Anil. I need to catch some sleep now.
Feels good to be able to sit down and scribble a small blog for my readers. After a long huddle of work, I decided to run back home and relax, see my mother that I had not seen in quite sometime.
On my way to mbarara, as I drove home listening to some country music on a wet highway, I noticed some hardworking men were busy burying a black thick wire in a trench.
Being a digital native, I could easily notice they were installing fibre optic cable. From the time Telecom companies as well as government started embarking going fibre, I have taken keen interest in the development of this ICT advancement. 1km into the drive I stopped to greet these humble Ugandans who are greatly contributing to the development of the country.
My arrival at an installation point did not look unusual to these people. They looked to be used to numerous supervisors who stop over to see what kind of work they are doing.
I noticed that the trench in which they were busy burying the cable was as shallow as a gutter dug to give way to stagnant water.
Excited by my arrival, these humble citizens were very free to tell me which company they were working for and the owner company. of the cable. Hoping for much from a young an energetic "supervisor", they quickly started narrating to me how they are suffering. Hectic work, poor feeding, no drinking water, poor accommodation, lack of treatment and having little information on what they are entitled to as labourers.
It was so evident that these people who are playing a very big role in overturning the development of the country are "MISERABLE."
Having said that, people of Uganda should not expect a functional fibre optic network if the people installing it are that miserable. We shall have a miserable network as well. My call goes to the labour unions to intervene in such cases because it is not only about the cable but the people of Uganda. Suffering Ugandans at that.
For now I remain Cedric Anil. I need to catch some sleep now.
