Does anybody remember the line
from the 1994 movie – Forest Gump, when Jenny Curran (Robin Wright) shouts out
to Forest: “Run Forest, Run?” Closer to home, The Man In A Hat, decided to pull
off that scene though nobody shouted out: “Run The Man In A Hat, Run.” A few
weeks ago, The Man In A Hat spent a week wandering from some place called
Galamba down to Birembo. According to those in the know, he was reliving the
trek he did during the height of his bush war struggles in the 80s which,
culminated in him seizing power on this day – 34 years ago.
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| The Man In A Hat In A Cream AIRFLOW Hat |
But the trek is not the crux of
this Sunday’s ramble. One thing about The Man In A Hat, is that fashion bores
him. It’s not his forte even though, his daughter – Natasha is a fashion designer
and who I am told is in charge of his wardrobe at State House. He is more
comfortable in army fatigues and un-tucked shirts than he is in an Egyptian
cotton shirt or a fine tailored Italian suit. And when it comes to hats, I’ve
never seen him in a baseball cap with say ‘NY’ on it, but he has three
favorites. A faded green beret, a green army hat with flaps that cover his ears
and a cream AIRFLOW hat. For the trek, he opted for the green army hat with
flaps that cover his ears.
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| M7 Just Loves The Hat With Ear Flaps |
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| Has Anybody Ever Seen M7 In A Baseball Cap? |
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| The Beret - Another Favourite Of M7 |
When it comes to shoes he is not
particular. He doesn’t wear fashionable shoes like Dr Martin Aliker’s and
procured from Jermyn Street in London - a street that holds court to stylish
and classic bespoke shoe makers like Crockett and Jones, Russel and Bromley or Barker
Shoes. Rather, his are nerdy and probably stitched by some 18-year-old Bata
trainee with glasses as thick as a magnifying glass. He’s into boots – army
boots at that, and he has two that he likes best – canvas and almost knee high
if not, black leather ones. But it’s the leather boots that he likes most though
for the trek, he opted for the canvas boots.
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| M7 Seemingly Can't Do Without The Green Canvas Boots |
However, and like one of my close
friends – JLM always tells me, sometimes there is ‘need to confuse the enemy’
and he did just that for on two occasions during the trek, he wore and wait for
it, wait for it, sneakers! They were black with white soles and while I tried
to zoom into the picture to see what brand they were – Jordan’s, Nike, Reebok
or Adidas, it was hard to tell.
Did M7 Wear Adidas Sneakers For The Trek?
Assuming the sneakers were Adidas,
the nearest Adidas store to State House Nakasero is on Kampala Road opposite
Post Office and I am sure he doesn’t know that nor has he heard of the brand
either. He most probably told Aide to get walking shoes and in this case, Aide
must have picked up Chinese ones as all army gear and boots are seemingly
supplied by them.
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| M7 Needs Some Footwear Swagg |
The most important factor about
the trek, was that – as if following in the peripherals of his security detail,
the bazzukulu and those who jumped on the
bandwagon for ‘just’, was an unmarked bullion van that hoarded countless
numbers of brown envelopes filled with cash. As is the norm, whenever The Man
In A Hat travels, he travels with wads of cash.
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| Is M7 The CEO of Bank of Brown Envelope? |
What I can’t figure out, is who at
State House decides how much goes into each envelope. I assume there must be a
minimum – probably 500k? But wait up. Whenever he puts his arm out for an
envelope, and he sees me, I swear he whispers to Aide: “Hmm, that muleebesi TB again. If I have to give him an
envelope, make sure you give me the 20k envelope.”
M7, so you know, I can lip read
whatever you tell Aide about me.
Pictures: newvision.co.ug, Daily Monitor, Adidas, AIRFLOW, New York Caps
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