Kulyenningi and many children his age grew cleverer and cleverer. Looking and listening on the way to school and on the way back, they learned many things good and bad. On the way to school or on the way home late, they encountered street fighters, pickpockets, beggers, and crazy people of all sorts. They rejoiced upon seeing a man covered in mud and blood after falling off a bicycle, like those who said "look at this!" instead of taking pity on him and helping him up.
Kulyenningi and his friends gradually learned to stop when corpses were lying in the street and have a look. Corpses started showing up regularly in the streets. Some were naked because shameless people had removed all their clothes to keep for themselves or sell. Some corpses were those of people who had been killed by bakkondo or had died in traffic accidents. The police were not able to remove corpses from the road quickly, perhaps because they lacked cars.
At school, Kulyennyingi's friends made many friends—you know how little ones waste no time in making both friends and enemies. They made friends with rich children and poor ones who spoke many different languages. As young ones especially pick up languages that are not theirs, Kulyennyingi's friends quickly learned the languages of children from other parts who were with them at school. The rich children would buy them snacks like banana pancakes, samosas, fry-cakes, sweet porridge, peanuts, and so on.
Kulyenningi and his older brothers had been in school for three years when their father blocked the road to try to get money. At that time he was pumping gas for company cars. He would come to an understanding with drivers whose souls were as small as his and pump more gas into their cars than they would need to carry out their jobs. The drivers, once they arrived at safe places, would siphon some of the gas from their cars and sell it, splitting the profits with Lumiramwenge. Lumiramwenge also made use of company stores that were lacking things. The things for restocking he would also steal and sell, and then accuse the workers of having stolen them.
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Kulyenningi ne bato be abasinga obungi baali baana bajagujagu era nga bakalabakalaba. Bye baalabanga ne bye baawuliranga mu makubo nga bagenda mu masomero ne mu madda baayigiramu ebintu ebirungi n'ebibi. Abantu abalwanira mu makubo n'abasazi b'ensawo n'abawemuzi n'abazoole aba buli ngeri baabalabirizanga nnyo ne batuuka mu ssomero oba eka ng'obudde buyise. Baasunyukanga okulaba omuntu akagaali gwe kakubye ke ddimwa ng'avulubanye ettaka 'omusaayi naye ng'abaliwo bamugamba nti "Na kano kaakano", okwandibadde okumusaasira n'okumukwatirako ave wansi.
Kulyennyingi ne banne baagenda bamanyiira mpola okuyimirira awali emirambo egisuulidwa ku makubo bamale okugyerolera kubanga gyali gitandika butandisi okuba egya bulijjo ku makubo. Egimu gyabanda bukunya nga bakaggwensobazitunde bamaze okugyambula engoye bazeefunire oba bazitunde. Egimu gyabanga gya bantu abattidwa bakkondo oba abafiiridde mu bubenje be'ebidduka. Police yali tekyayinza kuggya mangu mirambo ku makubo, mpozzi olw'obutaba na mmotoka zimala.
Mu masomero abaan ba Lumiramwenge baafunayo emikwano mingi, omanyi abato tebalwa kukwana ate tebalwa kukyawa. Baakwana abaana b'abagagga na'ab'abaavu abaayogeranga ennimi eza buli ngeri. Abato nga bwe banguyirwa okuyiga ennimi ezitali zaabwe, abaana ba Lumiramwenge baayiga mangu ennimi z'abaana b'amawanga amalala be baali nabo mu ssomero. Abaana b'abagagga baabaguliranga n'ebyokulya nga kabalagala, sumbusa, amandaazi, muwogo, ebinyeebwa n'ebirala.
Kulyennyingi ne bane abakulu we baawereza emyaka esatu nga bali mu masomero nga kitaabwe agaziyizza amakubo ge yafunangamu ensimbi. Mu kiseera ekyo ye yali agabira mmotoka za kkampuni peterooli. yagendanga n'ategeeragan ne baddereeva ab'omwoyo omutono nga ye, n'ayiwa mu mmotoka ze bagenda okukozesa amafuta agamu mmotoka ze bagenda okukozesa amafuta agasukkiridde ku ge baabanga beetaaga olw'emirimu gya kkampuni. Baddereeva bwe baatuukanga mu bufo obwesiifu ng'amafuta agamu bagaggya mu mmotoka nga bagatunda, ensimbi ezivuddemu nga bazigabana ne Lumiramwenge. Sitoowa za kkampuni ez'ebintu ebitali bimu nazo yazirinako obuyinza. Ezo nazo yazisomolangamu ebintu n'abitunda: n'awaayiriza abakozi nti be baabibba.
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