How many ‘human exports’ will make our countries rich?
The rate at which we are exporting our young ladies and men to work in the Middle East and other countries, and expecting that we shall get enough foreign currency to develop our countries is amusing just like watching a mentally challenged person trying to walk on his head and hope he will cover a long distance. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGA
Madness, an eminent psychologist said, manifests by doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting to get different results. Health officials recently told us that 14 million Ugandans — that is a third of the population — are afflicted with mental challenges.
We are not mad, but we tend to act in accordance with that symptom of doing things the same way and expecting different results.
