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During one of our outreach sessions, a girl didn’t raise her hand, she folded her words into a piece of paper and placed it quietly into someone’s hand. It read: “How can you help me if I fear to ask my parents for pads, and if my parents are poor?” That note has stayed with us because this is what period poverty actually looks like. Not just the absence of pads, but the silence that grows around it, the fear of asking, the shame of needing, the girls who disappear from classrooms quietly, hoping no one notices. She didn’t ask for much, she asked to be seen in a world that had already taught her that her needs were too much to speak aloud. At Period Talk Uganda, we show up for that girl. The one who writes notes instead of raising her hand. The one who stays home and says nothing. The one who has learned to make herself small around a need that is entirely human. We are building spaces where no girl has to fold her pain into a piece of paper just to be heard. Because every girl deserves dignity, not silence. Let’s break the silence together. #PeriodPoverty #MenstrualEquity #GirlsEducation #EndPeriodStigma

RE: SPEAKERSHIP RACE I wish to draw the attention of the public to the matters regarding the Speakership race. After wide consultations and deep introspection, and to maintain harmony and clarity in my beloved party, the @NRMOnline, I wish to categorically and unequivocally state that I will not be offering myself for the Speakership race of the 12th Parliament. I am greatly indebted to H.E @KagutaMuseveni, my party, the @NRMOnline, and members of the 11th Parliament for giving me the opportunity to serve as Deputy Speaker and Speaker. I am equally indebted to my family and friends for the solidarity and support they have extended to me over the last five years. I pledge my total support to the candidates who will be endorsed by the President and the Party, and Implore all colleague MPs of the 12th Parliament to do the same. I shall remain available to the service of my country as the party and the President may assign me. In the meantime, I pledge to continue cooperating with all ongoing investigations as initiated by the relevant organs of the state to get to the root of all the allegations raised. FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY. ANITA ANNET AMONG