Reach for the sky, it’s the limit

Some young kids have rekindled the spirit of patriotism that for the last couple of years seems to have taken the backseat in the land of a thousand hills. In their simple home-made attires and even  simpler backgrounds, Rwamakondera, a dance troupe that includes former street kids, flew their country’s flag high in Holland winning the top honours — and hearts —that were up for grabs. It has been long since some kind of success has come our way in the cultural world, apart from Uduseke (since our football team has turned out to be an expensive bagful of failed promises). Some leaders were bitten by the Mobutu bug and started dipping their sticky fingers in the little we have, thinking that simply because their colleagues had hidden their heads in the sand, they would get away with it.