Andrew Kyamagero And His True Devotion To His Relationships

By Arthur M. Katabalwa

Andrew Kyamagero

It is the season of good will and all that stuff. But seriously, this is the time when people across the globe especially those who have a Christian element in their faith show some love and togetherness. It is of course a difficult time for other reasons especially if you have lost a loved one.

Yes, it is a surprise! Sometimes it may seem like my religious intentions are in short supply. But I am fundamentally a Christian who is really bad at the whole thing despite coming from a religious back ground. Having said that, I do recognize things that my professed religion of choice prescribes. This is the time that we need to hear of good stories and basically feel good about ourselves. This season is peppered with countless stories of goodwill. And it is for this reason that I want to pay tribute to an enduring friendship that I have observed for the past five months.

Andrew and Liana share a light moment.

I met Andrew and Liana through my professional work here in Uganda. And on first observations, I thought the two had something romantic going on. You see, I have been engaged on several occasions in discussions whether someone can have a completely and purely platonic relationship with someone of the opposite sex. Indeed many inches of newspaper columns have been written on this subject validated by scientific data. Many people believe that ultimately a male mammal has some sexual hidden agenda in any relationship with a female.

Andrew and Liana work very closely in a small room sometimes under considerable pressure. They don't share a desk and for hours on end they actually have their backs to each other. But walk into that room and one can feel the closeness of these two as they continually support one another.

Andrew with the true love of his life, Linda

As said, the first suspicion is that they are having an affair which would be difficult professionally. And indeed on many occasions I have referred Liana in marital terms to Andrew which she so graciously responds without flinching like it actually exists. It is a pleasure to see. One will know when they have a tiff, an argument especially when Andrew irritates her.

Recently Andrew and I met in some rather tragic circumstances and I spent an hour or so talking. That is when I got to hear about Andrews' partner Linda. She is a very calm, intelligent and exceptionally pretty lady. We stood in the garden away from her earshot and I asked him about her, trying to rationalize the two relationships that Andrew had with these two ladies. From the response the difference is very stark! Andrew speaks about Linda with a passion that is boundless, almost shaking with emotion. Linda is the world to him. She does no wrong and he feels like she tolerates him so much she actually saves him from himself. It was a conversation that lasted for about an hour most of which detail will forever remain confidential.

But for me it has served the purpose of looking and observing two relationships of one man between two women. Whereas I don't know Linda personally to much great length, the passion and  love by which Andrew speaks of her has no bounds. It is forcefully powerful, yet to observe Andrew and Liana at work is to see an easy friendship. It just so happens that Liana is a girl, a very pretty girl at that.

Christmas should be made of stories like this and personally I feel proud that I have come to know people like Andrew and Linda. They are an awesome couple fully committed to one another. They are facing life's' trials and tribulations together with a spiritual fortitude that is beyond compare. Yet that relationship is helped by the fact that Andrews' best friend is a woman. And there is no contradiction in that.

Merry Christmas to you Andrew and Linda. May God bless you both. You are both an awesome couple and I am proud to call you personal friends. Merry Christmas to you Liana. You are a great friend to all of us not to just Andrew. And Merry Christmas to you all.