My worst meeting ever.

Yesterday I participated in one of the worst meetings ever. An executive committee meeting at my local partner organisation. The trouble of the organisation has been evident even before my arrival to Uganda, but as people in northern Uganda are extremely hesistant to speak their mind openly, afraid of confrontations and obedient to hierachy and authorities, it takes long before we can deal with the actual point.

People would rather talk in corners, and wrap accusations in polite phrases, so you actually forget for a while what is actually said. People accept bad leadership, lack of communication, and they accept to wait for things to happen by themselves. To be precise, the meeting took around 11 hours. I left it around 6 pm out of frustration. I remember I used the term 'ridiculous!', and tried to bang the door properly to the payot. I have never done that before.

Comments

[david sabiiti kibagoo]

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[Mary]

Hi Pernille,
just came across this blog while searching for news from Uganda. I am a volunteer working with different villages from Africa. Currently I'm working with a village called Kyomya near Njinja. I will be happy to be following your blog to learn more about Uganda.
Mary

[Aaron in South Sudan]

I think mine was three days negotiating over a car that was being held up, with around 20 community leaders. Good times!

I feel your pain. :)

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