Uganda, Feb. 8 -- There was a time in this country when a graduation was akin to a swearing in ceremony or a winning of the lottery. On such days and thereafter, as graduation parties were held, the air rung with ululations loud enough to raise the dead and rightly so because for the fortunate graduates and their families it meant joining the high table of fame and fortune through the most fair means; academic prowess.

But things have changed from the 1950s when graduations were first held. True, the ululations and parties still exist but they do not connote the same thing. To succeed today takes more ingenuity than a degree. You will understand what I mean when very soon, that graduation haze wears off and you find yourself so out of po...