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Blessed with a morning shore, Friday 24^th was a day to cherish, the Bravo Shoes Ambassador took to the pulpit and made a historical oath to take a charge of over 600 students at King Solomon Junior School in Bulenga, Mityana Road.

Charlene ‘Pinky’ Irunga Kwikiriza a Primary 5 student sworn in as the new incoming Head Girl in the warm company of Sam Bright MUHINDO, the Bravo Shoes Community Support Organisation (BSCSO) Education Ambassador, who was a special guest of honor.

“I, Charlene Irunga Kwikiriza, solemnly swear to serve as a prefect, performing my duties without fear or favor. I will abide by all the school rules and regulations as well as act as a good example to all my fellow pupils, so help me God.” She signed out.

They say that leadership comes from God, this teaches that legitimate leaders have authority, in the sense of a right to direct others regardless of their weight or height.

The story of King Solomon in the Bible, book of 1^st Kings is interesting, it demonstrates how seemingly a personality and character can transform someone into a responsible person.

According to 1 Kings 3:7-12, “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern these great people of yours?”

The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this.  So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice,  I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be.

This is the character of Pinky, a 9-year-old charming loving girl, with the embodiment of a distinguished leader and a selfless unselfish being flowing in her veins and blood.

Name someone who cares deeply about others’ well-being but not for their own? I will bring you Pinky

“Specifically, Pink is a person whose only purpose is to help others, not caring about what happens to herself (physically or otherwise), though without actively seeking pain but feeling the pain of others,” said Anne Kaka, the mother of Charlene as she described Pinky.

There are no words that can describe her gratitude towards her daughter but through this essay, I will describe some of the characteristics that make her own role model.

Pinky has already shown this by raising Sam Bright MUHINDO as a young brother by holding his hand from the dungeons of life Bwera- Kyasenda, Kasese District in Western Uganda.

It was an important day in the history of the school and in the life of young Pinky and the day attracted the cameras from KSTV, a local television station.

Sam Bright MUHINDO as a guest of honor had the best gift for his elder sister, he gave his signature dance tune and left the students in amazement with a crowd chanting with imitations.

Sam Bright MUHINDO did not stop at that but he gifted his friend with a customized water bottle bearing a picture of Pinky. It was such a surprise! Before he took snacks in the spirit of appreciation and congratulating his hero.

“Pinky is my best friend, her school is King Solomon Junior School and my School is Namuwaya Education Center, end of quotes Sam Bright MUHINDO told his South African-based friend on a what’s App call after the event.

Charlene ‘Pinky’ Irunga Kwikiriza said that former Woman Member of Parliament Kasese District and NTV’s Farida Nakazibwe her role models who inspire her a lot and hoping to meet Nakazibwe one day after getting a chance to meet with Hon. Winnie Kiiza.

Pinky was able to gift her best friends Christine and Samantha and the Head Prefect with a pair of Bravo Shoes each a gesture that left them speechless.

Her best subject is Science and when it comes to food, KFC is her favorite at any time.

CrayFish, a fish specie in form of a scorpion is caught in Lake Rutoto formerly known as ‘Nkugute’ located in Rubirizi District along Bushenyi-Kasese Road.

The lake shaped like a map of Africa, is one of the mysterious fifty-two crater lakes in Queen Elizabeth National Park, according to Asiimwe Sowedi, a fisherman at Nkugute, the lake is situated beneath mountains like Kantungu, Maramagambo, Rwemitagu, and Ruraama.

Asiimwe says this type of fish is the most common in the lake apart from Tilapia and other types of fish which Asiimwe and others rely on and are able to raise at least Sh20,000 on a good day of fishing under their fisheries Group called Engaara.

According to Erisa Arinaitwe, the Assistant Fisheries Officer at Rutoto Sub-County, the CrawFish is a delicious product highly consumed by Asians in Uganda and a few Ugandans.

“CrayFish is highly consumed by the Chinese in Kampala, it survives in swampy and isolated areas with cold water, and has so far been discovered in Lake Bunyonyi and Lake Nkugute. It has a potential market in Asian countries like China, Korea, Japan Malaysia among others,” he said.

However, there is still a lot of research being carried out by the government on this fish specie. It seems the crayfish quite like it in Africa because they multiplied into East Africa.

In the Lake Bunyonyi area, they actually left the locals a little overwhelmed. They aren’t part of the traditional diet, they were initially just seen as a nuisance & only used as an abundant source of livestock feed or fish bait.

Commonly known as the Louisiana crayfish and also known as the red swamp, the crayfish, according to the National Geographic News, are widely distributed in lakes and other bodies of water throughout Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, South Africa, and Egypt, Zambia, Seychelles, and Mauritius.

As part of connecting with communities, Bravo Shoes Community Support Organization always tours different areas of where our children come from, to appreciate the beauty of Uganda and also train our children to connect with nature and appreciate life and our environment.

By Author Yesigye Brian

We didn’t know that Sam Bright Muhindo is an ardent fan and a player of Ludo. It is a board game in which players advance counters by throwing dice. He couldn’t help going back to one of his favorite games after catching up with hommies playing the game.

The popularity of Ludo is only compared to football, in Bwera, Sam and his oldies could afford a real blue dice and the rest was a piece of box paper with a pen drawn lines numbered in ascending order, 1 to 5 and 16 plastic bottles for all the players.

As Sam was winding up his game, his siblings were into the last phases of organizing to go to Atlas Modal Primary School, thanks to Ben Gavin. Sam’s siblings Ronnet Bambu 12 and Brighton Bwambale  3 year -old boy got the opportunity to step into school thanks to Sam’s popularity.

At their home, before they could set off, Bravo Shoes Community Support Organisation founder, Yesigye Brian Bravo called for support from all the organization’s followers to come on board to support Sam’s family.

“We plan to construct a very nice simple house for Sam’s family and we would wish to come back here when Sam and his siblings have a house better than this every time they come back from school,” he announced.

Inside the house, Sam was busy taking his sister and young brother into hygiene lessons and going through all the school materials sponsored by Ben Gavin. The materials included suitcases, blankets, bedsheets, school bags, new clothes, Ariel, shoe polish, tooth blushes, and detergents.

Others included a mattress, a bucket, sandals, a mosquito net, bars of soap, uniforms, and a pair of Bravo Shoes.

In the queue was Raymond Thembo 12, who Muhindo blessed with a chance to go back to school and also checked in at Atlas Modal Primary School.

According to Biira Juliet, Thembo is Muhindo’s best friend and the two used to go and dance at village weddings.

“Am so thankful for Sam Bright, he chose his friend because they normally go out to dance at weddings. I also thank Bravo Shoes Community Support Organisation for giving us this opportunity, I am over the moon,” she said.

Upon reaching the school, Muhindo, his siblings, and a friend Thembo were welcomed with a dancing challenge.

The Head Teacher, Zephania Muhindo received his new students with a promise to improve them by giving them the best.

We wish them all the best in their education!