Some people get worried and stressed when they face small challenges at the beginning of an important day. Well, for me it’s different. My experience has been that somehow a day to end well always begins with obstacles. It could be your wedding day and it terribly rains in the morning; don’t panic. Stand still and know that He is God. 

Today is a very important day in my life for 2 reasons. First, it’s the day when as a Christian (specifically a Catholic) I join the rest of the world to celebrate the heroic lives of the Uganda Martyrs who demonstrated their faith by dying for the name of Christ. The inside story says they refused to do what King Mwanga ordered them to do, including homosexuality and getting involved in pagan rituals (but that’s a story for another day). 

The second reason I am happy is that today, the gathering of 500 business minds – the AUTHORS’ FORUM – which I organize has fallen on a public holiday and thus hundreds of people who had failed to attend because of work are coming to attend this evening! So as I was warming up for the magogomus event my phone screen gets broken (sorry for those who tried to reach me to no avail). I rush to Techno Service Centre and find it closed. I wonder why they are not operating when MTN, Orange and other companies in the same industry are open, given that theirs is a 24-hour service. But I also remember that when the cover for my phone got worn out I couldn’t get a replacement from Techno; they said they don’t sell such spares. 

The truth is that Techno smart products are amazing; my phone even came with a power bank, and this phone is able to do some things better and faster than my computer. The original cover that comes with a techno smart phone (H7) is the best I’ve ever owned and I would be willing to pay up to 150k for a replacement if I got that very one, but it’s not available and not having a proper cover is what resulted into my screen getting broken last night. 

Somehow I find someone who has access to those screens but tells me he can get it in 3 days and it will cost 250k which is the same price at which Techno gives it (in case you have a ready one that can instantly be fixed at a cheaper cost, be my guest now, I mean #Now). Eventually I buy a phone of 45k to get back on air and continue coordinating the preparations for the fantamasticaglofabulous Authors’ Forum. So both my lines (0704666851 and 0712868424) are back on air, just in case you need to book your seat at the event. I am now learning to use it; the ringtone is too loud but I haven’t invested in time to know how to reduce it. I also haven’t transferred the contacts to this new phone so if you call me and I don’t respond to you by name, understand (I never guess voices on phone because one time my then girlfriend called and asked me to guess who it was and I said a name of another girl; I earned myself bluetoothed mental slaps). What was I saying by the way? 

Oh, that a day to end well sometimes begins in a funny way. Now I know that today’s Authors’ Forum is going to be ballistic. The celebrated interior and exterior designing entrepreneur , Jane Werikhe, will be joining me on the panel and we shall engage the audience in a mind-provoking business debate on the topic ‘PARTNERSHIPS IN BUSINESS’. You can contact me (my contacts already given above) or Winnie (0774107287) to secure your ticket at just 40k. Please call early; not when the event has started because there you will be disrupting those who are already there enjoying. Holy Uganda Martyrs, pray for us. In Jesus’ name, Amen. 

With Love from ROBERT BAKE TUMUHAISE aka Mr Inspiration