Uganda, March 3 -- Almost every Monday when Cabinet sits, there are new demands for supplementary budgets. Now I have learnt to keep quiet even when the president says Kasaija find money for this," Kasaija loudly whispered.

If this man's lamentations could fill a book, that book would be a chapter of biblical proportions. But let's be fair, the dear minister wasn't always like this.

He used to smile a lot. You recall the days when, to Kasaija, the economy was "Phewwww" and birds lazily flew overhead with romantic intent.

Those were the days, the minister said to himself. Sadly, those days are far removed from these bad old.

Anyway, the president, a very well read man, recently came up with a solution to make sure Kasaija would, like T...