Ugandan Personals

Thanks to the overwhelming number of you who thought of me on Thanksgiving. I was certainly feeling the long-distance love as my email was overflowing. I did indeed do my pre-Thanksgiving curry with my British friend and enjoyed the meatless chicken for Thanksgiving Day (many of you have inquired what I mean by meatless chicken and I literally mean that the chicken lacks meat, it’s just skin and bones).

Today’s paper had a particularly eye-catching spread for the personal ads and I thought it would be interesting to share a few. Some say quite a bit about the state of social affairs in Uganda, especially with regard regionalism/ethnicity and the incidence of HIV/AIDS:

I am 31, HIV positive and not yet on ARV’s. I am looking for a nice working lady of same status, who is ready to stay with me. She should be age between 23-32.

I am 32 and would like to get in touch with a single Ugandan male for a serious and mature relationship. I am a university graduate with one child. I would prefer a person from either central or western Uganda and educated at least up to university level. He should be ready to have an HIV test.

I am 28 and a single mother of one. I am HIV positive and I need a man to marry me. He should be of similar status, born again Christian or Catholic aged between 28-40, educated.

I am in need of a sponsor to help me get my diploma in law. Both men and women of goodwill are welcome. For women who may need to help me at the same time need to be loved, they are welcome because I am still single and searching.

I am 30 and HIV positive. I would like to get in touch with a sugar mummy for a serious relationship. It should be secretive.

I am 28, unemployed, looking for a financially stable sugar mummy who is sexually starved. [THIS GUY IS A REAL CATCH]

I am 35 and HIV positive searching for any serious soulmate of similar status who should be working, understanding and a good Christian ready for long-term relationship leading to marriage. Most preferably a Westerner, Rwandese, or Muganda aged around 28.

I am 29, born again and looking for a short, brown and beautiful Munyankole lady…

I am again back in Kampala so that I can catch a bus to Kigali on Monday (also good timing, as I was much too frustrated with work in Gulu this week). It’s been almost a year since I left Rwanda and I can’t believe I am finally going to return. It is an interesting time for me to go, as Rwanda is once again in the news – today’s paper reported their intention to once again attack former genocidaires in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and accusations by the Ugandan government that the Rwandans are supporting Museveni opposition in western Uganda. I will be there on World AIDS Day, so I hope I will be able to partake in whatever events are planned. I have also been attempting to get some more pictures flowing, but I have yet to find an internet cafe in Kampala for my camera, so hopefully soon!