The KCW is always taking language classes. She has had something signed up at Alliance, but then her schedule did not make it. And the accent of the tutor was not giving. Now she has fully subscribed to a Duolingo alternative, but she has also been busy thinking about the SoFar event happening in CapeTown, but the South African embassy has delayed her visa. Then she will complain; “I will just withdraw my visa and book my flight to Canada.
There is a new breed of Kampala women; it is cropping up everywhere. And the more you see it, the more you cannot unsee it.
You could even say, they are going to define the next decade of Uganda. Let us call this woman the Kampala Cosmopolitan Woman (KCW).
Just as you had the basummers, you had the Subaru drivers, you had the golfers, the Rotarians, you now have a new club in town of the KCWs.
Not that this club has a name, for a fact, they detest these names and identities, but for us to get somewhere, we must forwardly refer to them as the KCWs.
Who is a KCW?
Education: Chances are high she went through a girls’ only school, the kind that drill social graces into their students. Although her life could have started with a Makerere or Kyambogo, that was just the start.
As we speak, she has just graduated with an MBA from a top business school in Europe. You will either see her at Insead, at Said or at IESE. And while she was at it, she was also in the process of some top certification.
She is either a CFA in the making or pursuing a legal speciality. For the KCW, it is not done until there is more than two degrees in the bag.
Her Girlies
Of course, she has her gang of four; there for all seasons. And yes, you do not get to belong to this gang if you are not a KCW. They have attended each other’s graduation in turns.
Part of their ritual is to catch up somewhere in Tuscany or Vienna, have a dry martini, as one of them insists on her olives. Yes, the KCW is extra on things.
She has her oddities, but they speak not of ‘kajanja’ but of refinement. Yes, she swirls her wine and complains about the lack of character in Argentine Roses……………………CONTINUE READING………………………
