Follow up to Moses and police.

The young man arrested for asault is now out on bail and with luck will have learned his lesson. The CID Lady rang me two days ago to tell me when the case was due to come up, September 8th. so that I could try and keep the day free. She then, as so often happens here, asked if I could find some help for her, financial of course. She has been in the CID for 12 years, her parents, I presume from Aids, died some years ago and she is left with six siblings who need looking after, one is in primary school, which although nominally free, in fact requires about USh15,000 per year for books and tests. Three are in secondary school, which is not free and needs about USh220,000 per term. Her salary is USh150,000 per month, the sums do not add up and she is permanently in debt. 150,000 is equivalent to about $80. As things are at the moment the police are not taken seriously by the politicians who seem to prefer the army as the tough effective men, so their salaries have lagged behind very badly. I have written to our local police station in Ireland to see if they would like to help her out, such a small amount of hard currency would help such a lot.
The University starts in earnest on Monday. A lot of very hard work past and to come but plenty of enthusiasm and determination to make it work. I am convinced this University is destined to make a real difference in Uganda, we just need a lot of money, as any business does during its start up phase. Both for our own needs and to meet the demands of the National Council we must get some buildings up within the next wo years so that has to be the next priority for me. The present infrastructure is sufficient, just, for the immediate future so long term planning must become my top priority which suggests a lot more time spent working at home to get peace and quiet, also I see more of Kathie that way, a real bonus.