Baskadia

Being born from a humble family in my country is one of the first financial mistakes you can make, we call them connections and without connections in my country, well all I can say is that you will have to be the cheap labour we all studied at school in commerce. After school, I have been questioning my choices as a University graduate who did so well and to be honest, school did not prepare me for life after graduation... all I can say is that all that doesn't matter anymore. My other genuine suggestion is that they should put a course at University that is called "Life after Campus" so that students can know what to expect because all they taught us was that if you do well, you will get yourself a job in one of the best organizations but it looks like even if you apply, your applications are not even looked at, well maybe they already have their own people. As a young girl who dreamed of a big life of opportunities, they don't seem to be there anymore, as my best friend always says "I gat you" Well girl, I gat you too, but how will we find ourselves men who can be our best friends yet we cannot help them in a financial criss, I guess we have to work more harder. Rich people always say "I worked very hard, so you can always work hard" but do they know people who work harder are the poorest people in the country, someone told me you don't need to work hard, you need work smart but do you really think poor people don't work smart? Personally I think it's the "connections" like I said in the beginning or luck or maybe something I haven't figured out yet but I'm trying to.

Anyway I'm just a random village girl from Rubanda district we can say it was once Kabale district who doesn't know anyone from the government nor the army or any high places, it's just me, my degree, my friends and family. One day I was applying for a job and someone who had connected me asked me if I had any relative in the army for reference and no I didn't know anyone nor have a relative in the army, he told me I was not serious, shocking right? I haven't quit moved on from that one. Was I not serious with life just because I did not know or have any relative in the army or is it because I had no "connections" again the first financial mistake.

I'm just a random mukiga girl who has done well in school and I am a quick learner and all the great qualities that I posses as an employee at least i have been told this by people I have worked with, isn't this all I need to get a job or I need to be someone's daughter or sister or relative as an addition to my qualifications. My mother always tells me everything will be okay but will it? I don't know how my parents did it but I went to good schools and I never lacked at school, I guess that's why they could not afford a car or even a luxurious house or even afford a nice suit for my father like his collages. I thought I would do all these things for my parents but will I? I will first afford a suit for my father first I guess. God protect them for me until I get successful.

There are some of us who work from Monday to Monday and we get so tired every single day... don't we deserve an off to just sleep, clean and enjoy our houses that we are working so hard to pay for, everyone deserves an off right? What do I know! For centuries everything has been very unfair starting from the bottom to up. So do I think things will ever be fair? Not for many.

Everyone deserves a voice and that is me and you, we might not be able to change what we go through but we should know that we are not alone and saying out what you feel, what makes you sad every single day, makes you feel better, and more better when you know that some other people are passing through the same unfairness. Like I always wish someone out there could ever read my story and maybe it makes them feel better.

There are very many things that I would love to write about , about what I go through every single day and maybe someone out there can tell me that I will get passed through it because they did but do I have someone to read my story. Well I don't know..

Random village girl from Rubanda... Pretty