Author: The Standard Editor

It is 9:00 pm. Nantume Racheal, the owner of Snack Series Bakery located in Bugujju, a suburb near Uganda Christian University (UCU) is closing her shop and heading home. For many businesses around the university, 9:00 pm is prime time for students to purchase goods from them. However, Nantume’s day has ended and she is going home. 

It has come to my notice that many persons are blinded more by wealth other than health nowadays. Many people have worked tooth and nail to become rich.

On a typical Monday afternoon with the scorching sunlight conquering the entire atmosphere, I see her struggling to climb up a pathway moving with packs of foodstuffs. She is delivering the foodstuffs to offices scattered all over Uganda Christian University UCU), Main Campus. Drips of sweat can be seen flowing down her frail looking face. She stops along the pathway and cuts a tired pose but her determination propels her forward to make the food reach its destination. 

An evening chat among four friends at Uganda Christian University (UCU) rolled into rolex, a Ugandan delicacy of unleavened flatbread with egg, onion, tomato, green pepper and more. The topic wasn’t about just eating it, but selling and making money. They started a business called Rolex Republic.

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