OLYMPICS IS A WASTE OF TIME

Call me an extremist, insane or whatever. I do not care. But I will not let this point go escort free without a challenge. Iam talking about your trade disguised as games and having a name rumbling like wind called Olympics. Countries have spent millions of their dollars in order to send athletes to participate in this thing….Money that could be used to construct health units, provide scholastics materials to children and buy farm inputs to starving peasants in Africa. It is not fair!!!

Whoever came with this idea must be some brilliant fool. Imagine millions of people assembling in China and chasing the wind? What will the world lose if Olympics or the world cup was postponed in one year and all the proceeds sent to Africa for reconstruction and development? What would really be lost in an Olympics tournament? Do not tell me of Unity!!

If you feel hurt by these comments you can close this blog and proceed and read another one. But before you do that remember that the so- called international sports you are worshipping is creating small gods, building business empires for a few and serves no human purpose. It only creates humiliations and glory to those countries that have vested interests.

My country has for long wanted to get a medal from Olympics but in vain. I do not believe that we can not produce people who can run…. people with some skills. If you want to know how strong we are see how we have defied extinction under chronic poverty, exploitation, ignorance and disease. We have managed to survive under harsh and tough conditions. The medals we have won are written all over our faces and not in Olympics pieces of metal. Our medals run in our blood!

The last time, we won gold in an Olympics games was in 1972. The legend goes like this: that our leader Idi Amin (whom you like to demonize so much) had issued an instruction to our gallant man Akiibwa that, you should just run so fast without looking behind. If you do not come with a gold medal, immediately you land at the airport, I will shoot you. It is said that, this alone motivated Akiibwa to run like a wild beast. You racists did not give Akiibwa any praise until he humiliated you in those 400 huddles. Someone should listen to that commentary as Akiibwa sent Munich crowd to dead silence, if you are to understand my point.

Since then, we have longed for an Olympics medal but in vain. (I do not know why we need these metal medals? I will ask our minister of sports this question). The last time we won something from a major world sports record was when Dorkus Inzukuru humiliated the racists by wining GOLD. All the big business men with shamless faces and saliva dripping as usual surrounded her. i pity them.The whole country came to a stand still. Parliament was immediately constituted and a motion was moved to recognize this unique achievement. And that was it. Dorcus was probably, our only hope of getting gold in China but due to other factors (you should understand when I say other factors) she did not make it.

I have failed to understand the politics involved in wining medals in international sports. Somebody there should give me the formula. Oh yap, people say it brings glory, fame and honor to the athlete and country. Point taken! But sometimes your medals bring disgrace. Some times, a person really runs and you see that the fellow has won gold, no doubt. Take Marion Jones for example….. She won gold in most major events in 2000. We all believed the girl was talented and a superstar, until she recently confessed taking drugs. What a disappointment!!

Now Jamaicans have made it in China. One broke a world record and three all won medals in one particular even that they all participated. Is it coincidental? What was the secret? Are they special? You draw your on own conclusions. Keep your eye open, your ear on the ground and you will see and hear the truth!

We in Uganda still are waiting since 1972 to win our fast gold medal. I am optimistic that Uganda will win METAL in London come 2012 games. I am convinced London will remember that, we were once their colony and have suffered long without this piece of mental. This is just the public part of me saying so. However, If you asked me critically whether to receive glory from winning a gold medal in London and canceling those games so that a state of art learning facility is built in Uganda……i will definitely go for the later. I would also tell you Olympics are just a game for the rich and a waste of time. In fact, we do not talk much about it in our village. We have better things to talk about. We keep on wondering on how to budget for the one dollar for the day, keep wondering whether there will be food tomorrow. The life we are living is just misery and never satisfying. Our lives have been just the same-full of worries. We look at the future and it is just empty!!!!