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Acidri Innocent 🇸🇸🇨🇩🇺🇬
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Simple|Human|Loving|WestNiler
Arua, Uganda انضم Temmuz 2013
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Acidri Innocent 🇸🇸🇨🇩🇺🇬 أُعيد تغريده
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Today, we join the world in commemorating World Wildlife Day under the theme: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Conserving Health, Heritage and Livelihoods.
Uganda’s rich biodiversity goes beyond iconic wildlife; our forests and ecosystems are home to invaluable plant species that support healthcare, preserve cultural heritage, and sustain community livelihoods.
As we celebrate this day, we reaffirm our commitment to conservation, sustainable use, and protecting the natural resources that continue to shape our nation’s future.
#WWD2026 #ExploreUganda

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Caught up with the man himself, the headteacher and priest of socio-economic transformation @job_matua and we had a productive discussion this morning 😊
#WeNeedToGrow
#PromotePeace_and_Love
#Socio_Economic_Transformation
😉

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In 1879, Ugandan healers were performing cesarean sections with a survival rate that stunned European doctors—while much of the "civilized" world still saw the procedure as a death sentence.
British explorer Robert Felkin documented the operation in detail. The surgeon used banana wine as an antiseptic, herbal anesthetics to manage pain, and cauterization with a hot iron to control bleeding. The mother survived. The baby survived. The technique worked.
This wasn't primitive luck. It was sophisticated medical knowledge passed down through generations—refined, systematic, life-saving.
Yet the dominant narrative tells us modern medicine arrived in Africa with colonizers and that before European intervention, the continent had no science, no innovation, no expertise.
But here's the contradiction: if African medical practices were so "backward," why were European observers documenting them with awe? Why were these techniques—rooted in empirical observation and botanical knowledge—producing outcomes that Europe itself struggled to achieve until the late 19th century?
The Buganda Kingdom had what the British Empire didn't: working cesarean sections that saved lives.
So what else were we doing that got erased, ignored, or rebranded as "discovered" by someone else?
Sources:
- Felkin, R. W. (1884). "Notes on Labour in Central Africa." Edinburgh Medical Journal
- Ajayi, J. F. (1965). Christian Missions in Nigeria 1841-1891. Northwestern University Press
Credit: African Echo

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Acidri Innocent 🇸🇸🇨🇩🇺🇬 أُعيد تغريده
Acidri Innocent 🇸🇸🇨🇩🇺🇬 أُعيد تغريده

"Who else remembers that 'midday darkness' in Mabira back in the 90s? 🙋♂️" Could have been even better earlier i gues Naye Tugende mpola.
Let me tell you guys about my memories in Mabira,But don’t lose me yet, this is really not about Mabira.
It is about another wonder in West Nile: Zoka Tropical Rain Forest.
For those of us born in the 90s, school trips or family drives to Jinja were a rite of passage. I remember the Mabira canopy being so thick it created a midday darkness over the road. I remember the bus going dead silent when a massive snake would glide across the tarmac, we had to wait, out of respect and a bit of fear, because the elders told us those were the Misambwa, the spirits of the forest. Between the screeching of monkeys, the chorus of birds, and the heavy air, Mabira felt like a living, breathing giant.
Sadly, that feeling is mostly a ghost now. The darkness has thinned out, and the spirits have moved on.
But I got that exact same feeling back when I went to Zoka. It is the only natural tropical forest of its kind in Northern Uganda, and it carries that raw, ancient energy we used to find in Mabira. The same thick canopy, the same heavy silence, and that unmistakable feeling that you are walking through something sacred. The birds there don’t just sing; they own the air.
As a storyteller, this is why I’m pulling back the curtain on my archives. I realized that if we don’t drive the narrative ourselves, we lose the essence of our home. We grew up watching movies where a single foreign hero would wipe out 200 enemies, shaping our minds to see them as superior. They told their story so well it became their reality. It is time we did the same for our own heritage, However, there is a painful side to this.
My colleague @SolomonSerwanjj recently highlighted the heartbreaking reality of what is happening in Zoka. The very people supposed to protect this forest are often the ones overseeing its destruction turning ancient trees into charcoal just to earn a living. It is a "black gold" trade that is bleeding the forest dry.
This is a call to action.
To the birders, the hikers, the nature lovers, and every Ugandan: Go to West Nile. Check out Zoka. Support places like Arraa Fishing Lodge. @opigojimmy
When we show up in numbers, we create a "critical mass" that makes it harder for these resources to be destroyed in silence. If we don’t value Zoka now, we will wake up one day and it will be a "once upon a time" story, just like the Mabira of my childhood.
Let’s not just watch the story end; let's be the ones who change it. 🫡🇺🇬
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The man who wrote "How to Save Your Marriage" in the U.S. shot his wife and posted the photo online.
Dale Carnegie, author of "How to Win Friends and Influence People," died completely alone. Benjamin Spock, who shaped modern parenting and sold millions of books, had sons who tried to place him in a nursing home. Maria Montessori, the world's most celebrated educator, gave her own son to foster care to raise other people's children. A Korean author behind the bestseller "How to Be Happy" took her own life after years of depression. The pattern is disturbing: the people selling life answers often couldn't save themselves. Coaches. Gurus.
Influencers. They package clarity, confidence, and control while privately unraveling. Teaching wisdom doesn't equal living it - and sometimes, the louder the advice, the deeper the chaos behind it. Self-help isn't proof of mastery. It's often proof of searching.
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Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it... Some memories are worth remembering and meeting up with miss @AngelicaRossNow, known for her legendary role as 'Candy' in the hit TV show POSE ❤️ was one of them.

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Have you booked your exhibition space for the upcoming #WestNileAgribusinessExpo2026??
Don’t miss this year’s opportunity to be part of this great event.
Book your spot today!! info@omia.co.ug or Dial:*284*173#
#Farmersfirst #WestNileAgribusinessExpo2025




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The hope of tomorrow lies in the young generation. Let’s nurture their passion for conservation before it’s too late. Support the cause- "Running to educate the children of fallen Rangers" #UWHM2026

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Congratulations @LAlionzi ✓
Alionzi Lawrence (Dangote)@LAlionzi
By the will of the great people of Arua City, I was declared Mayor-elect this morning. Deeply humbled by your trust. Your vote is a sacred mandate we shall repay tenfold through committed service over the next five years. Grateful to God, the people of Arua City, and my team.
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Arua City Mayor — Officially Declared ✍🏽
Alionzi has won the mayoral race with 32,663 votes, opening a massive margin of 29,466 votes over Draecabo Trinity Ceaser, who scored 3,197 votes.
Pirio Gasper followed with 1,712 votes.
#AruaCity #MayoralRace #ElectionResults

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