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Editors WordFirst things first , happy new year to you !! Hope we all survive January. Sec-

ond the Obama selfie compilation and hilarious commentary in the previousissue was provided by Aliguma Edwin. Apologies for missing that out. Third,

things are tight. The worlds economic environment is weird as dynamics

change and market forces become skewed. Gone are the days of the

single disciplinary professional. These days you need to have your finger

in many pots in order to eat. SO take up a new skill in 2014, learn a new

language or start a tour business. E-businesses are booming and extra

consultancies on the side can earn you some extra income. Travel a bit

and relax. No use in working for the money if you cant spoil yourself a little.

Enjoy 2014 , indulge yourself in this issue.

Write to us and let us know what you would like to read about or see in

the WorkZine. And big congratulations to Aamito , Africas Top Model who

happens to come from Uganda which means Uganda has the hottest

women in Africa. But then again , everyone already knows that

EnjoyBusingeAbidWeere

editor@theworkzine.com

p.s If you are having wedding meetings and the like, the WorkZine will freely

publish the nofications for you as part of our social commitment to getting

free wedding invites :)

Safyrez

Peter Iglesias

Jason Ntaro

Mukiga Diva

BusingeAbidWeere

Lindsey Kukunda

KayigwaRafayili

THE

TEAMWriters in this issue

toallthe

workingmoms

outthere

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Iwasinthebackseatofthetaxit

his

morning,nexttoanAmericanguy

whowasreallystartingtogeton

mynerves.

Itappearedtheladyontheother

deofthephonewasaUgandanwho

ouldnotunderstandhisaccent.

o,risentome!hekeptsaying.WharamTRYI

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thatthegirlyougatmeisntSUIRABO!Inee

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threallysoftskinandsoftheinds.Yougatit?

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WhymustAmericansbesoloud?Andwhyw

asheasking

orstrangethingsinpublic?Thiswentonfor

fivewhole

minutes.Itwastimeforaction.Ipulledthe

phoneoutofhis

andandspokeintoit.

Hello,mynameisLindsey.Whatyourfriendi

ssaying

sthathewantsawomanwith,what?Softski

nandsoft

hands.Okay?

Softskinandwhat?

Nowonder.

Softhands.

Softhands,eh?!

Yes.Softhands.

So,hewantsmetogethimawomanwiths

oftskinand

Finding Lovey Lindsey Kukunda

in asofthands

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asWin.ImNathan.

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indsey.

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tomeetyou.

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asensationthelikeof

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foolish.Myinnerself startedtohiss.

Stopbeingsuchagirl.Lookatthemanandthrow

yourphonenumberat him.Throwitnow!

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wasthickeningrealfast.Icouldliterallyfeel mybreath

livingmybodyasmyblushreachedunprecedente

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levels.

Ihastilylookedawayagainandpinchedmyself

tomakesurethiswasreal.TomakesureIwasnt

dreaming.

ThatwouldbethepointwhereIwokeup.

Damnit!

This star, to be precise

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A l a b Co at a nd h e e l s : a n

Int e r v iew w ith E st h e r W a m

b i

Whichfivesongswouldyouchoosea

syouexamineyourpatients?

Hahahahaoh.Heregoes:5songswh

ileexaminingpatients

1)AllTheGlory-MiCasa

2)Ironic-AlanisMorisette

3)Maxwell-Cold

4)Sade-NoordinaryLove

5)EricWainaina-Selina

Whichisyourfavoritedishtocook?

FavouritefoodtocookLemonGarlicC

hickenandRicewithColeslawSalaad

.

Ifyouwereforcedtocookfoodforam

anyoudidntlikewhohassuperglued

onyou,

whatwouldyoucooktomakehimrun

away?recipeplease?

Chapatiandgroundnutsauce.Icant

cookchapatiwellnomatterhowhard

Itryand

withgroundnutsbecausethe2donot

justgotogether

Whatdoesyourdaytodayworkenta

il?

Mydaytodayworkinvolvesresearch

ingonanylegalmatterthatcomesto

our

consultancy.Ireadplentyofarticles,g

ettherelevantmatterandwritearepo

rt.Ialso

attimeshavetocomeupwithideasw

iththehelpofacolleagueonwhichp

rojects

wecandotoeconomicallyempower

differentkindofpeopleinsocietylike

the

impoverishedmembersofsocietyandwomen.Italsoinvolve

sporingthroughdifferent

materialsandwritingareport.

Wearetoldthatwhentheanti-minis

kirtbillpassed,youwentonprotest.

.why?

IprotestedontheAntiMiniskirtBillbec

ausewomenhavearighttowearwh

ateverthey

pleaseandhavingalawthatdictates

whatweshouldorshouldnotwearis

draconian

andhypocritical.Sayingitwillreduce

rapeanddefilementisplainridiculous

sincethe

twooffenseshavenothingtodowith

howoneisdressed.

IamaLegalProjectOfficer

witha

consultancy.I lovecooking,reading

books,watchingseries,moviesand

documentaries,spendingtimewithmy

madmadfriends,art,fashion.Ilove

jazz,MaxwellandSade,WorldMusicandnow

House

SOwhichoftheWorldsMostFamousEsther'sd

ontyouwant

tobenamedafter?

ProblemIdonot knowFamousEsthersotherthanthe

oneofthe

Bible. Shemayhavesavedherpeoplebutalsowas

responsible

fortheslaughterofmanypeople. Intoday'sworldandlawthat

wasgenocide.Imaynot admireordespiseherbeca

useitwasa

UsVsthemsituation.

Ifyoucouldstartyourcareerall overagainandy

ouhadto

chooseinbetweenbeinganandrologistorgynae

cologist,

whichonewouldyouchoose?

IfIhadtochooseIwouldbeanandrologist.Thatwa

yIcanreally

reallyexaminemaleanatomywithoutbeingthought

oddorweird

andheyIwill bewearingalabcourtandheelswhile

doingthis....

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I have a very interesting friend, Max. Max is your run-of-the-mill good guy.He'll buy you drinks or food whenever you meet. He'll do you plenty offavours, just for the sake of friendship. But he has this one annoying habit.

Whenever he meets a girl he fancies, he insists on taking me along on hisadventures, usually in an effort to get me engaged in a social capacity. Iknow guys like to be tight with their bros even when they get hooked up,but sincerely, if your bro is still single, then it is ridiculous. How Max insists tohang out when he clearly has company is still a mystery. I wonder what it willbe like if/when he finally gets married. He might suggest I hook up with hissister-in-law, knowing how he can be sometimes.

One day, on a lazy afternoon, Max calls me to meet him at Oasis Mall forsome pizza. I usually respond to food plot with the utmost urgency. I'm at theMall about 30 minutes later. I find Max engrossed in the most amusing ofconversations with a pretty young thing, who I'm later told is called Flavia. I

take a seat and wait for their chat to come to an end. I assume he just knows

her from somewhere and was passing time while waiting for me. Flavia stays.We order the pizza, and my dilemma continues. I've never seen Flavia beforeand Max has never mentioned her. I'm not sure exactly how I'm supposed tointeract with her. After several minutes (and slices of pizza), I get tired of thesuspense and discomfort of watching them giggle. I go for the jugular. "So...

What's going on between you two?"

They look at each other with mild amusement, and a hint of confusion. Ilook at them eagerly, because in all that time I have noticed that my interestin pretty young thing has been piqued. I need to know wassup so I canproceed accordingly. As they fidget for the correct response, it occurs to me

by Safyrezhttp

that perhaps I should've been more subtle. Then again, Imight have missed Max's clues. She eventually blurts out

that they are just friends. Max doesn't look too bothered.But I make my exit as soon as I'm done eating. I feel theymight have a little more talking to do about their situation.

When he calls me later to join them for a drink, I knowbetter than to accept. I tell him I'm pretty busy at themoment, finishing something important at home. I hangup and resume playing 'Batman: Arkham Origins'.

Max has it in his head that I'm usually available for hisexcursions. He also has a habit of leaving out importantdetails in the excursions. One day, he suggests we go to

the beach on Saturday. I ask which beach, and he justretorts that any of the numerous beaches in Entebbe willbe good. Seeing as I've run out of episodes of SleepyHollow, I say 'What the heck? I could use a little sun andsand.' Plus, the allure of eating deep fried fish at thelakeside is all too tangible. At least it looks better than

the half loaf of bread I was eyeing for lunch. We agree tomeet somewhere in town. Nanti he has a car. He arrives at

the spot with an unfamiliar passenger. Yes, a passeSingular. Dammit Max! Now I have to be a third whbeach?I could have wrangled a random friend-zoned chic

this equally random outing, just so I don't look like dwanzie. Now I have to stare at the lake while the t

them catch up. Max knows I don't do too well in sosettings. I'm starting to think he thinks I'm his perso

jester.When we get to the beach, it is considerablypopulated than I was hoping. I see mothers with th

toddlers everywhere, and a few scattered high-schDefinitely not my type.

I resort to taking an introspective walk along the bepondering on the mysteries of life and purpose. I calmost see my future in the waves as they crash atfeet. I wander to the roadside and mindlessly boardKampala-bound taxi...

friendWe all have that

oNe friend...

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Recently it was reported in one ofUgandas daily newspapers that apharmaceutical company QualityChemical Industries Limited was

to list its shares on the UgandaSecurities Exchange. That caught my eye and Ihad to understand medical access in Uganda.It turns out Uganda has rather abyssmal healthservices.

The medical access numbers are dismal. The country only has about 4,742drug shops, 1,500 clinics and 114 hospitals. It should be noted however,

that 80%of these are situated in administrative areas of Kampala, Jinja andMbarara. This leaves a great deal of the country under served with healthservices.

The country spends about 7.3% of its GDP on health. This about $7.86 perperson. Of the expenditure on health services about 70% is private and

the other government expenditure. Liberalisation of health services hassomewhat enabled several individuals to open up clinics and drug shopsand a few organisations set up hospitals and pharmaceutical industries.Most of these pharma firms are foreign owned or jointly owned withUgandan investors.

There are about 11 pharmaceutical companies of which the subjectof my interest Quality Chemicals Industries Limited is a part of. Thepharmaceutical companies produce only 10% of the drugs used in thecountry with 90% imported. The government National Drug Authorityis charged with the regulation of drugs in the country with the National

Kayigwa Mark Rafayili

MedicalAccess

Medical Stores carrying out the importation and distributionin the country.Quality Chemical Industries Limited, like many of the otherpharmaceutical plants, produce drugs under license of alarger foreign company. In the case of QCIL, its association

with Cipla has enabled it access to invaluable researchand development in fields of HIV/AIDS and malaria. Ciplais a world renown pharmaceutical company with severalcountry drug authority approvals for the production ofgeneric drugs and these include US FDA, WHO-Geneva,

MHRA-UK, TGA-Australia, SUKL-Slovak Republic, APVMA-Australia, MCC-South Africa, PIC-Germany, DanishMedical Agency, ANVISA-Brazil, INVIMA- Colombia,Department of Health-Canada and MOH-Saudi Arabia, among others.QCIL produces a malaria drug,Lumartem, and a triple combinationantiretriviral made of Lamuvidine,Nevirapine and Zidovudine. Thecompanys production capacityis about 6million tabletsper day with projections to

triple the capscity with expansionof the facilities. The anti-malarial drugproduced by the company are greatly neededas the country has the third highest malariaburden in Africa. It accounts for between70,000 and 100,000 deaths every

year. 1 in 5 visits to a hospitalin Uganda are because ofmalaria and accounts for up to

34% of total expenditure amongthe poorest Ugandans. Accordingto the World Malaria Report 2012,there were a total of 11,824,484reported malaria cases in Uganda.QCIL is the only manufacturerof antiretrovirals in Uganda where theprevalence rate of HIV has been said to increase toover 6%. There are over 1.2million people living with AIDS

in Ugandain Uganda and an equal number of orphaned children by thedisease. The cost of drugs for HIV/AIDS patients was among

the leading cause of mortality in the infected as it was veryexpensive for the patients to pay for these drugs especially

where the disease was in the later stages. The cost of drugswss cut from over $600 per month to just $20.In all, the case for expansion of drug manufacturing and in

particular having Ugandans be apart of this investment shall go along way in improving medical

access in Uganda as well asinspire larger pharma firms ininvesting in our healthservices.

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Im walking down this road again, But I am notbothered.

The wind is gently blowing,Clouds parting showing peaking sun as rays gently pour

through.Droplets of warmth caress where e cold winds once

wrapped my skin,And slowly the tingle of life gains a certain charge,As though in sun is life.

Somehow the scent of e queen of the night lingers alittle,

How her beautiful petals opened my own beauty lastnight...

(Yes, I saw a glimpse of my beauty last nightyes lastnight!).

Last night a taste of the essence of life...no strife,

Beautiful herbal trances like ayahuska roots Im on atrip.

The ip of what was noisy sounds,Slowly drowned into a whisper,

Then empty echoes of hollowed thickness and now Iam spell bound!I am in bliss.

The groans and moans of ecstatic erotic tones,

Colors already known but still revered as thoughunknown.

She leaves me weightless.Nothing within this mans control can dominate her

captivat-ive curves,Like calm waters on bends in cool soft rivers un-

rushing,Saturated with sweet eager kisses of supple

honeysuckle!

THE BROKE

MUNYANKOLE

By Peter Iglesias

He sways his ragged veil across the pinedhead throut his mugged hair, and the glanceof his shattered shirt reshows a fair pair, hischristian pair of pants swaggers so rare for,but he smells fine in a circle of a thousand

horns or more.While he moves, the gentle touch of his

sharp nose showers!a sweat of care - like a lion's roar he cares

less of the dung in his cheap tyre-madesandals and of course (yeah) he's the

kanyankole, a village man from the west- hesoon remember

and while he moves carrying his 'nkoni'on shoulders; He recollects memoirs -thesculptous hilltops and canopies he once

ruled !dreaming of that golden stick his hands once

held 'kanyankole' was a god of war in hispast though this is the 22nd century and allin his dreams are the cattle he once had!

"Sorry! Poor kanyankole will always be that-the bitter truth": A cow mewwed

Shethetruebeingofnaturesngerprintnowimprintslo

lullabies

Likeacagedfreesongbirdmelodioussweetvocal feats

passion.

Sheippedthescriptofknownurgescryptic,

Letmesipfromthishernectar,

Herlipsgentlerthanoatingcloudsofnature!

Thoselusciouspartingpetals,softandgentle, plumpye

simple

BeautifullikeCherryblossomandforeverIwanttoho

theminminegaze.

HerbeautyamaizeinwhichIamlost,inadaze

Herskinasunsetcomplexionsofterthansilk,

Clearpearlywhiteteethandasmiletoperfection!

Ipeeringdownathermagnicence,

Givinghermyeachandeverybitofinnocence

Effervescentfeelingsferventcopiouswecopulate

Shemycopulant!

Silent. Outsidethewindswhispersweetnothingstolea

Caressingthesoilsasraindropsfallsmalldropletsfa

Pitterpatterwegofaster,Breakthebeatandbringitback.

Fingersdiggingdeeper, musclesgettingtighterIfeel

Shefeelsmeandinthattrinityofusthree,

Mindbodyandsoul entwinedinone.

Wecreatedpassionasherandmebothbecomeone

Bothundone,

Asbothofuscome!

Emote (In defense of

The walk of shame).By Jason Ntaro

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KNOWYOURRIGHTS:

Ever wondered where men go to when they need aon their engines? Everyone knows that women ggynaecologists when their plumbing needs check

where do men go ?The answer is andrologist.Unlike its female counterpart , gynaecology which is the suof jokes and adult movies, the andrologist job has receivedlittle to no publicity in the main stream media. An andrologis a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy who specialize

male health, particularly as it relates to urological or reprodhealth. Andrologists may be physicians or surgeons. They

typically urologists who are board certified in a specializedsuch as erectile dysfunction or impotence, male Infertility, ourologic oncology. Andrology-the science of man, male boname comes from the Greek words andros man and logscience. Indeed, for a man is Andrologist virtually the samegynecologist for females.

ANDROLOGIS

JOBS THAT NEED

PUBLICITY:Didyouknow thefirst attempt to limit AsiansfromtradinginUgandawas by President A.MObote, who urged Asian businessesto sell stakesto the Ugandangovernment.Tis wasmainlyduetothe perceived injustice created by the Colonial government byrestricting trade tothe Asianswith laws like the "Native African

rade Ordinance", whichprohibitedAfricansfromtradingwithin arangeof 8miles from any trading center.

Te second andlast attempt wasby President IdiAminwhosystematicallyexpedited the expulsion process,legally.Hisfirst attemptwasby the"rade LicensingAct",which prohibited Asiansfromtrading atcertaintrading centers.Tis was soon followed bythe DepartedAsiansDecree, whichofficially expelledAsians, andtheirpropertywas giventogovernment, who then distributed itto citizens, albeit in avery disorganizedmannerleading toeconomic collapse.Inorderto reverse the expulsion, the currentUgandan governmentcameup withtheExpropriated Property Act,which restrictsdealings incertainproperty. Underthislaw, property that wastakenduring previous regimeswas returnedto their

Asian owners.Before purchasing propertyespecially in towns and tradingcenters, please crosscheckto makesure it does not fall inthe category of "ExpropriatedProperties".

Ifyouhaveany question about this lawor anyother laworrights,please call 0751520037, post it on ourFacebook wall, orsenda privateFacebook messagethroughthe inbox. Forthe moretraditional ones,

you couldalsosendan emailto ask@barefootlaw.org.

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