Uganda, March 31 -- It's Easter, so, move over, politics! The question people ask me most is, what should I do, to write.well?

When someone asks a question like that, you know that is a writer! Real writers don't aspire to just write; they want to write well.very well!

A little story. By 1995, I was working at Slum Aid Project (SAP), in Katanga Slum, Kampala. My boss, Dr Rose Gawaya, bless her soul, had a frustration with my reports. She called me to her office and exclaimed, "Your reports read like novels!" I pleaded guilty as charged, without any remorse. "What do you really want to be?" she asked.

"A journalist," said I. At that time, the Uganda Management Institute (UMI) journalism school had a tough requirement for admission: firs...