Uganda, May 19 -- Hey, hold your horses! This columnist.he ain't no good at matters scientific. At O-Level, he was all topsy-turvy at the simple mathematics exam he sat. Boy failed to work out basic sums. Besides, at 53, he really is an old timer, (whose pals in Texas would call an "Ol' Timer" or a "Good Ole Timer") with imperfect eyesight.

King Solomon said, "There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: folly is set in great dignity and the rich sit in low place. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth".

This Ol' Timer has seen a maid who drinks the baby's milk with a clear conscience. While the baby is forever crying and growing thinner, and str...