Dear Editor,
 
I never thought I would one day write such a letter to you of all people.  Your writing is the only reason I search for ‘Informanté’ with religious fervour each and every Thursday.

When it comes to the use and command of  the queen’s language no other scribe in our land pens it like you do. The icing on the cake as they say is the controversy you tend to stir up with your column.
Where a lot of people agree on a certain point of view, you have the uncanny ability to come up with a well researched and well authored different view. Many times over later events have proven your predictions to be absolutely correct. Maybe too correct. ‘Yours Truly’  I had so much admiration for you as a writer and the bad thing with admiring someone perhaps is the fact that in the end you will brag about it.
It all started quite innocently really, and let me mention at this stage that I am married. Please note I have deliberately opted not to use  the phrase happily married in the sentence. I once was, but that is a story for another day. Back to being married: My lovely wife like so many women likes to be showered with attention.
However, after much persuasion and cajoling we agreed as a household that Thursday evenings are daddy’s nights to sit on the couch and read “Informanté’. Note again it is not any other newspaper but your newspaper. Simply because in arguing my case I told my wife that your columns could not just be skimmed over. They needed proper, undisturbed and thorough scrutiny.
I told her your column holds more truth than the two testaments of the Bible put together. Don’t ask why I had to say that. It was during a heated debate which I needed to win. Needless to say, I stuck my neck out for you. I won the debate and also the freedom to read every Thursday night. In the process I coveted my wife to be a regular reader of your column. I guess by now you are wondering where exactly could be the problem in all this.
Well the problem lies in your column of 11 Thursday February. Like you and as a man I do not see much wrong with what John Terry did. Personally, I cannot believe the hype that is surrounding the Tiger Woods affair or affairs. I know too a lot of political figures with as many concubines as His Excellency Jay Z has. I am a man and given the same position, the same status as these men, a 70% chance exists I would do the same.
King David’s wisdom failed him when he saw a naked lady bathing. Samson also had other strengths besides his physical prowess. Bill Clinton failed to negotiate his way past Monica and Jimmy Swaggart’s morals were undone by a cheap hooker.
Closer to home, Zimbabwean Bishop Pius Ncube who became famous for standing up to Zanu-PF could not stand up to the desire of a woman . As man, we all know it. We will neither resist nor attempt to resist if a woman avails herself. We are like that... However, these are things we say when we are alone. You broke a golden rule last Thursday. Imagine getting home and having a copy of the “Informanté ‘ thrown in your face. Yes this is my gripe with you. When I got home, my angry wife had a long list of accusations waiting.
My favourite writer was defending the actions of unfaithful men. If you supported these men by implication it in turn meant I supported them. She had a point . Since you started writing, I have always agreed with you and let it be known I agree. I, stood by you when you called Togo cowards, thought you made perfect sense when you said Harry Simon must not box again. I stuck with you and my wife knew it. How could I then last Thursday claim I do not agree with your take of events. I wonder what motivated that column. Maybe you could explain why you had to reveal to the women folk out there our thoughts. Yes we support and at times envy the likes of Mr Woods, but Yours Truly, you should know we do not admit to such in the presence of women. How could you??
 
Disenchanted
Mukono