One-on-One with ex-Makerere University student, Galo Githo

“I am agog with excitement going back to class. But it’s also a sad reminder of the decades of precious peasant years I was forced to waste,” Galo Githo says.

Kampala – 2, April 2021: On April 1, 2021, TND News’ Milton Emmy Akwam had an online one-on-one interview with the former Makerere University student, Stephen Renny Galo Githo, to ask him about his current life, resuming classes after Makerere expelled him in 1996, and support from his friends, former students, among others.

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Below were our chats.

Qtn: Hi Galo, Congratulations on your admission to Drake University in the USA. How do you feel starting classes again?

Ans: Thank you Emmy and the entire TND News Team for lending a hand in pulling me out of darkness into the New Dawn of the Millennium! The last time people had heard about me was in the last Century! 

 Unbelievable! So many people from all walks of life are happy for me. The truth is I have a lot of things to put aside to embark on the arduous task of rebuilding my life. This includes shedding off all kinds of bitterness and anger. And embrace love and a liberating sense of oneness. This is in tandem with the efforts of all the people of good will who have come together and excavated me from the dung heap of history where I had been dumped.

 I am agog with excitement going back to class. But it’s also a sad reminder of the decades of precious peasant years I was forced to waste. But all the same it’s an uplifting experience and I am thrilled. The class is both online and physical. Technology challenges abound, nonetheless it’s an interesting journey. Being the first International Student for the Course and the only one representing the Southern Hemisphere in the cohort is in itself very challenging.

Qtn: Since you were brought back to public life, how’s life like, compared to back then?

Ans: A lot of catching up for sure. I am no different from the ordinary Ugandans and indeed Kampala has changed in more ways than one. I am persuaded to believe I would be perched somewhere in a Kampala office or in some hospital or a lecture theater had I not been brought down before acquiring the relevant professional and social tools to face the hard life of Uganda for what it is.

Qtn: A lot of investments have been made on you, in your names by your former Makerere University students, friends and well-wishers. What is the meaning of this to you?

Ans: Yes. A lot of investments; financial, physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. It’s a humbling experience. The world would be a lot better if we all cared. I am grateful that out of care, I am receiving care. I am the recipient of countless acts of kindness. And the feeling that a lot of people are sacrificing to allow me regain a life and a freedom is very mortifying to say the very least. I am thankful to God for these priceless hearts.

Qtn: Tell us more about the Galo we now know and Galo in five years.

Ans: Galo Githo Stephen Renny in 5 years is a journey. And like all journeys there are obstacles and bridges to cross. The fact that we cross one bridge doesn’t remove the possibility of failing to cross the next. To success we celebrate, from failure we learn. The secrets of success however are wrapped up in failure. Life is a relay, one is handed a button, and everyone closes the eyes and cheers on. I need cheer leaders to encourage me to run the crucial leg of the relay and scale the heights.

Milton: Thanks for speaking and for allocating your time.

 Galo: Thanks and God bless you.

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