Paul and Pearl are beggars, operating in 2 different domains of life, though both do the same thing, beg!
Paul (full names with held, for security reasons) is a street beggar, beginning the day at 8am, where he is airlifted, due to his swollen feet, to his corner just outside the post office building where he plies his trade. Years of experience have taught him to humbly stretch out his hand, with a sympathetic frown on his face, a deadly combo of sympathy and an expression of “life will end tomorrow, if u don’t sort me out now!”
Pearl, full names Pearl of Africa on the other hand, is a chap who often throws Paul some money, while on his way to his window office at the adjacent Bank of Uganda building. He sits on the 4th floor, and is responsible for making sure there’s enough money in the government coffers to run the budget!
Pearl usually tells Paul, after tossing him a coin or two, not to waste the money on un necessary things like bathing soap, he should try to eat as poorly as possible so as not to waste his money! Pearl also goes ahead and draws a “structural adjustment programme” for Paul, where he WILL not have any priorities of his own, but will be run by Pearl’s whims! For example Paul will NEVA buy Dettol soap, but will stick to the Key Blue Bar soap, that way, he will remain with bad skin, and heavy ring worms!
Pearl also instructs Paul to allow his many wives to dictate where Paul will be sitting to beg, despite Paul having control over himself!
Pearl, who practically lives off the fact that he is more powerful than Paul, gets the aura of a super human, and as long as he has more money, Paul will remain at his mercy for as long as Pearl works with BOU.
When we caught up with Pearl, he had just sat at his desk, his job being at risk, for the budget wasn’t going to work out, if he didn’t get some money ASAP! So Pearl also went to his street, in New York, where he sat down at that entrance of the World Bank building, stretched out his hand, with a sympathetic frown on his face, a deadly combo of sympathy and an expression of “life will end tomorrow, if u don’t sort me out now!”
World, whose first name is First, (First World, duuhhh) the tells Pearl how to live his life. He will not spend more money on Defence (dettol), but rather on anything else (key blue bar soap), he will allow all his wives to tell him where to sit and get the most money (multi-parties), he will also not do anything without asking World first (Structural Adjustment Program), so this way, World will feel so good, and cant live without the aura of invincibility, as long as Pearl remained a beggar!
So for all ye Africans who look down and frown at our beggars along the streets, just remember, that bugger u look up to, yes that one, who bought a new Lexus and has a high paying job at BOU, is a beggar, just like Paul, the Post Office chap!
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