{UAH} Sejusa Recounts His Misery In Exile
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Sejusa Recounts His Misery In Exile
Pat Robert Larubi
Sejusa narrating his woes in the UK at his home in Naguru
Former Head of Intelligence Gen David Tinyefuza better known as Gen. Sejusa has urged Ugandans in leadership positions to step out of their comfort zones if they are to get the understanding of the world beyond the lavish lives they live while in power.
Speaking to his guests at his Kampala home shortly after returning from his country home in Sembabule, the vividly flamboyant General reflected on his life experience in the exile.
"The host family I was living with in the UK stripped me of my rank and openly told me that as long as I am in the UK I will be called Sejusa and not General Sejusa," he recalled. "I had no option but to swallow my pride."
Shortly afterwards, recalled the General, things turned worse when he was asked to find his own apartment and establish his own life.
"This was the beginning of yet another life for me; I remember walking down the streets to but curtains for my room." "I had never lived alone or tried to hang curtains by myself or even make a bed."
"I had to become accustomed to all these new developments and environment so as to fit into the community. I learned how to light the oven and make my own breakfast. That is why when I made a stopover in the supermarket here in Kampala the girls rushed to hold for me the shopping basket but I felt I could do it on my own".
As the small crowd listened in assiduously, he described his exile in the UK as both a trying and learning moment for him.
"I grew old in barely 4 months. Forget about having posh cars and escorts driving you around; In the UK, I walked on foot to all meetings and this was the side of life I seem to have been ignorant off"
Upon his return last week, Sejjusa homecoming party saw heavy security deployment as he struggled through the outskirt of Kampala city to find way to his house in Naguru a Kampala suburb where he addressed the media, relatives and friends.
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-- Pat Robert Larubi
Sejusa narrating his woes in the UK at his home in Naguru
Former Head of Intelligence Gen David Tinyefuza better known as Gen. Sejusa has urged Ugandans in leadership positions to step out of their comfort zones if they are to get the understanding of the world beyond the lavish lives they live while in power.
Speaking to his guests at his Kampala home shortly after returning from his country home in Sembabule, the vividly flamboyant General reflected on his life experience in the exile.
"The host family I was living with in the UK stripped me of my rank and openly told me that as long as I am in the UK I will be called Sejusa and not General Sejusa," he recalled. "I had no option but to swallow my pride."
Shortly afterwards, recalled the General, things turned worse when he was asked to find his own apartment and establish his own life.
"This was the beginning of yet another life for me; I remember walking down the streets to but curtains for my room." "I had never lived alone or tried to hang curtains by myself or even make a bed."
"I had to become accustomed to all these new developments and environment so as to fit into the community. I learned how to light the oven and make my own breakfast. That is why when I made a stopover in the supermarket here in Kampala the girls rushed to hold for me the shopping basket but I felt I could do it on my own".
As the small crowd listened in assiduously, he described his exile in the UK as both a trying and learning moment for him.
"I grew old in barely 4 months. Forget about having posh cars and escorts driving you around; In the UK, I walked on foot to all meetings and this was the side of life I seem to have been ignorant off"
Upon his return last week, Sejjusa homecoming party saw heavy security deployment as he struggled through the outskirt of Kampala city to find way to his house in Naguru a Kampala suburb where he addressed the media, relatives and friends.
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