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Conversation with Kizito on my drive to the EBB airport tonight…

There are no poor people in America.
But, there are!
If there are poor people in America, then why do the American people give so much money to us?
It is not the American people that give you so much money, it is the American government.
But, if there are poor people in America, then why does the American government give so much money to Uganda? Why doesn’t it give the money to its own poor people in its own country? Why does it come to countries like Uganda and why does it spend so much in places like Iraq, if there are poor people in America?

(Kizito makes a good point. The role of the US government in the development of the 3^rd world is unbelievable. Because our president opposes abortion, USAID is obligated to.)

Do you like all the NGOs in Uganda?
Me? I like the NGOs. They’ve done a lot of good for a lot of people in Uganda.

When asked about the Uganda government…

People in government have money. The rest of us have no money. There’s so much unemployment here, but if you know someone then you can get a job. There are a lot of people here who have a lot of education, a diploma, but they can’t get a job because they don’t know the right people. But, if you know someone, then you can get a job. The people in government know people and have all the money.