Okay, Maybe Kyankwanzi is a Good Idea

After today’s events in Kawempe North, where cameras were snatched, and reporters got a taste of “unofficial” voter education, it seems like our perspective needs a little adjustment.

Well, well, well. Maybe we were too quick to scoff. Maybe, just maybe, that Kyankwanzi trip isn’t the worst idea we’ve ever heard.

We get it. At first, it sounded like a trap. A press corps boot camp? In a place where the trees whisper revolutionary slogans and even the mosquitoes salute? Suspicious. But after today’s events in Kawempe North, where cameras were snatched, and reporters got a taste of “unofficial” voter education, it seems like our perspective needs a little adjustment.

Because let’s face it: we’re clearly outmatched. The baton-wielding, boot-kicking, journalist-flinging experts have been putting in the work. They’re in top form, sprinting across polling stations like it’s the National Resistance Marathon. Pun not intended. And us? We’re out here trying to dodge slaps with nothing but press tags and sheer indignation.

So, maybe, just maybe, we should go to Kyankwanzi. Not for the ideological gymnastics but for the real training. Imagine a newsroom where every journalist can disarm a baton mid-swing, roll out of a teargas cloud like an action hero, and land a well-placed jab when that “officer” reaches for the camera.

By 2026, we’d be a force. Press conferences would be ours to control. Election coverage? A battle of skill, not submission. “No go zones” would be a challenge, not a warning.

So yes, dear government, we see your point now. Kyankwanzi is necessary. But don’t blame us if we return fitter, faster, and far less easy to bully. See you on the battlefield, sorry, the campaign trail.