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In 1981, Jimmy Carter walked out of the White House. He had been the most powerful man in the world. Leader of the United States. Commander-in-Chief. A man with access to anything, anywhere. Then suddenly, it was over. Most former presidents take a different path. Million-dollar speeches. Book deals. Private jets. A life far removed from ordinary people. Carter didn’t do that. He went home. Back to Plains, Georgia. A small town. No spotlight. No luxury lifestyle. And then he did something almost no one expected. He picked up a hammer. With Habitat for Humanity, Carter started building houses for people who couldn’t afford one. Not posing for photos. Not supervising. Working. Sweating under the sun. Carrying wood. Hammering nails. Side by side with volunteers. Year after year. Into his 70s. Into his 80s. Even into his 90s. This wasn’t a one-time gesture. He helped build and repair thousands of homes across the world. The same man who once sat behind the most powerful desk on Earth was now on rooftops, fixing homes for strangers. No cameras needed. No applause required. While others chased wealth after power, Carter chose something else. Service. He lived longer than any U.S. president in history. Long enough for people to look back and realize something simple. Power didn’t define him. What he did after power did. And in a world where leaders often take, he kept giving. Story based on historical records. This post is for educational purposes.

While appearing before the Joint Committee on Defence & Internal Affairs and Legal & Parliamentary ( @Parliament_Ug ) Affairs, the Governor of @BOU_Official Dr. Michael Atingi-Ego concluded his submission on behalf of the bank by noting, and I quote: "True national sovereignty is built on economic strength and financial independence. While the goal of protecting national interests is legitimate, the Protection of Sovereignty Bill 2026, as currently drafted, risks reversing three decades of successful financial development through liberalisation that has sustained economic growth. By adopting these technical refinements, Parliament can safeguard the nation without compromising the world-class financial infrastructure essential for Uganda's journey to a USD 500 billion economy." Bank of Uganda, too, is simply inviting the movers of this draconian Bill to BIN IT!

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"Chairman, a country without reserves is not sovereign. The potential of this Bill to destabilize Uganda’s balance of payments is our primary concern as a central bank. For example, last financial year the overall balance of payment surplus was USD 1.5 billion. That’s how we were able to increase our reserve coverage by USD 1.5 billion. Today as we speak our reserves are close to USD 6 billion. Why? Because these inflows have been coming in. The moment you tamper with these inflows here, we risk running down our reserves, and that is economic disaster for a country.” Governor Atingi-Ego on the Protection of Sovereignty Bill 2026 in an appearance before Parliament today.

Money in the bank can never make you prosper. My prosperity will depend on how well I invest the money I have. I only operate bank accounts because I cannot keep money hidden in a pot in my backyard. Money should only be held in the bank for specific reasons, as its owner waits for the right payment time. Otherwise, those who become wealthy always invest their money - as opposed to looking at pleasing fat bank balances. It's, however, wise to keep some money for emergencies like illness or some critical purchase. #WorkAndProsper - CPM

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Uganda’s proposed Sovereignty Bill is the ONLY law in the world openly attempting something this sweeping: it legally turns its own citizens abroad into “foreigners”. The Bill is explicit. A “foreigner” includes “Ugandan citizens residing abroad”. That single clause redraws the boundary of citizenship. It means diaspora money, relationships, and even family support can fall under foreign control rules. So the implications are not abstract. -A mother in Mbale receiving school fees from her son in London. -A boda boda rider in Gulu financed by a brother in Dubai. -A small shop in Mbarara stocked using capital sent from Boston. All could, in theory, fall under foreign influence rules. Then the net widens. The definition of an “agent of a foreigner” includes anyone “directly or indirectly… financed or subsidised” by a foreigner. Not directed. Not controlled. Simply funded. -A journalist paid by a locally registered outlet that receives donor support. -A researcher on a project with partial foreign grants. -An NGO worker whose salary traces back, however distantly, to external funding. All can be classified as “agents”. Clause 22 then imposes a hard ceiling: “a cap on foreign funding of approximately UGX 400 million within any twelve-month period”, beyond which ministerial approval is required. So: -A private hospital built with diaspora investment. -A school supported by an international foundation. -A construction firm using a foreign loan. Then comes the sharpest edge. -Clause 13 creates the offence of economic sabotage, criminalising anyone who “publishes information… that weakens or damages the economic system”. So: -A newspaper reporting a currency slide. -An analyst warning about debt stress. -A civil society group highlighting inflation pressures. Even if accurate, such reporting could fall foul of the law. Finally, Clause 5 prohibits activities that promote foreign interests “against the interests of Uganda”, a phrase the law does not define. Put together, these clauses do something unprecedented. -They do not just regulate foreign influence. -They redefine who is foreign. -They extend control from politics into everyday economic and social life. In most countries, including Ethiopia and Ethiopia, sovereignty laws manage outsiders. Here, Uganda redefined outsiders to include its citizens, basically rewriting the 1995 constitution. Of course it’s in the preparatory and consultation stage and could change for better - or WORSE!

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Yesterday in our hospital, I saw something that shook me. Not because someone was blééding. Not because someone stopped breathing. But because a mother looked at her newborn… and turned her face away She delivered safely. Normal vagînal birth. Healthy baby boy. Strong cry. Good weight. Everything went perfectly. Her husband was dancing outside the labour room. Family members were calling non-stop. It was a celebration. But when we placed the baby on her chest… She didn’t hug him. She didn’t smile. She didn’t cry. She just stared at the ceiling. At first, we thought she was tired. Labour can do that. But hours passed. She wouldn’t breastfeed. Wouldn’t carry him. Wouldn’t even look at him. If the baby cried, she covered her ears. That was when I felt it. Something was wrong. I sat beside her and said gently, "Your baby is beautiful." She whispered back, "I know." But her eyes were empty. Later that yesterday evening, when the room was quiet, she finally spoke. And what she said broke me. "I don’t feel anything." Tears rolled down her face. "I waited four years for this baby… and I don’t feel like his mother." Postpartum depression. It doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like silence. Sometimes it looks like distance. Sometimes it looks like guilt eating a woman alive. Her husband didn’t understand. He kept saying, "Just be happy. The baby is fine." But she was drowning inside her own head. That very night, everything escalated. The baby was crying loudly. She started shaking. Breathing fast. Then she screamed, "Take him away! I’m scãred I might hūrt him!" The room froze. Her husband looked shocked. The grandmother started crying. But I knew this wasn’t wickedness. It was a mind under attãck. And the stakes were high. Because untreated postpartum dépréssion can steal both mother and child. We moved quickly. Doctor involved. Mental health team called. Medication started. Constant monitoring. But the hardest part wasn’t the treatment. It was convincing her she wasn’t a bãd mother. She kept saying, "Maybe God made a mistake giving me this baby." That sentence hūrt. Because I have seen women lose babies they prayed for. And here she was, afraid of her own thoughts. But this morning, something small happened. The baby started crying while I was adjusting the cot. Before I could move She stood up. Walked over. And picked him up. Naturally. Instinctively. She held him close. And for the first time… She didn’t look afraid. She looked connected. The baby stopped crying almost immediately. And she started crying instead. But this time, it was different. She whispered, "I can feel him now." I had to turn away because my eyes filled with tears. Recovery didn’t happen overnight. It was gradual. Therapy. Support. Prayer. Medication. Encouragement. But by the time she was discharged, she was breastfeeding confidently. Smiling. Holding him without fear. The same woman who once covered her ears now sang to him softly. Yesterday reminded me that not all emergencies blééd. Some are silent. Some are inside the mind. Some don’t scream on monitors. But they are just as dangérous. And just as deserving of miracles. To every mother reading this: If you don’t feel connected immediately, you are not wîcked. If you feel empty after delivery, you are not broken. If your thoughts scãre you, speak up. Postpartum dépréssion is real. But it is treatable. And it does not define you. You are not a bãd mother for struggling. You are a human being who needs support. And hear this clearly: Your mind will not defeat you. Your baby will not lose you. Darkness will not win in your home. Even when love feels distant… Healing is possible. And sometimes the greatest miracle isn’t a loud cry in theatre. Sometimes it is a mother whispering, "I can feel my baby now." Share this with a mother who needs to know she is not alone. Cc: Preshcute utonwa

"She saved a stranger’s child with $15. Decades later, she discovered why he had been searching for her. In 1982, a Kenyan boy named Chris Mburu stood on the brink of losing everything. He was the brightest student in his rural district, studying by lamplight inside an earthen house without electricity. But his family could not afford his school fees. Without help, his education would end — along with any chance of escaping a life spent picking coffee in the fields. Meanwhile, across the world in Sweden, an 80-year-old kindergarten teacher named Hilde Back came across a notice for a child sponsorship program. She chose a name from a list: Chris Mburu, Kenya. She began sending $15 every school term. There was no recognition, no expectation of gratitude — just a quiet decision to help a child she believed she would never meet. That small amount changed everything. Chris stayed in school. Over time, he and Hilde exchanged letters. She asked about his teachers, his studies, and his dreams. Through her words, he realized she wasn’t just part of an organization. She was a real person who believed in him. And he never forgot her. Chris eventually graduated at the top of his law class at the University of Nairobi. He later earned a Fulbright scholarship to Harvard. He went on to become a United Nations human rights lawyer, helping prosecute genocide and crimes against humanity around the world. Yet one thing always weighed on his heart. He had never properly thanked the woman who made his journey possible. In truth, he barely knew who she was. In 2001, Chris founded a scholarship program for children like himself — talented students from poor families whose potential might otherwise be lost. He asked the Swedish Ambassador in Kenya to help him locate his mysterious sponsor so he could name the foundation after her. They found her. Hilde Back. Still alive. Still living quietly in Sweden. Chris traveled to meet her for the first time. He expected to meet a wealthy philanthropist. Instead, he found a humble, warm woman living simply — genuinely surprised that anyone considered her actions remarkable. Then filmmaker Jennifer Arnold began documenting their reunion. During her research, she uncovered something Hilde had never told Chris. Hilde Back had not been born in Sweden. She was born in Nazi Germany in 1922 to a Jewish family. At sixteen, when Hitler’s Nuremberg Laws banned Jewish children from attending school, strangers helped smuggle her to Sweden. Her parents stayed behind because Sweden’s refugee policies did not allow older Jews to enter. Both were later sent to concentration camps. Her father died there. Her mother disappeared, never to be heard from again. Hilde survived the Holocaust because strangers helped her escape. She lost her own education because of who she was. Fifty years later, she quietly paid for the education of a child across the world — a child who would grow up to fight the same hatred that destroyed her family. When Chris learned her story, he wept. Hilde, meanwhile, had no idea that the boy she sponsored had devoted his life to prosecuting genocide. In 2003, Hilde traveled to Kenya for the inauguration of the Hilde Back Education Fund. The entire village welcomed her as an honorary elder. In 2012, she returned again to celebrate her 90th birthday, surrounded by hundreds of children whose futures had been transformed through her generosity. Hilde Back passed away on January 13, 2021, at the age of 98. Today, the Hilde Back Education Fund has supported nearly 1,000 Kenyan children in continuing their education. Many have graduated from universities around the world. Many now give back — mentoring younger students and contributing monthly donations to support the next generation. One woman. Fifteen dollars. One child. That child created a foundation. That foundation changed hundreds of lives. And those lives continue to change others.

Sometimes in Africa the number of opposition defections to the ruling party (the side where the groceries are) can be so high, by the end of a term, the opposition benches in Parliament are empty. In Nigeria, three years in, in the 10th National Assembly, 22–24 Senators and 65–70 Representatives have defected from opposition parties—primarily the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP)—to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), granting the government a two-thirds majority. There’s a long history to this. Uganda at independence started out with the then prestigious opposition Democratic Party having 22 MPs (46.1% of Parliament). By the time President Milton Obote banned opposition political parties in December 1969, only three brave DP souls hadn’t defected to the ruling UPC: Alex Latim, Gaspare Oda, and Boniface Byanyima, often cited as the ultimate symbol of principled defiance in Ugandan politics. One of the most notable cases of mass defection occurred in Kenya’s early post-independence era. In a rare "voluntary" liquidation, the entire opposition KADU party, led by Ronald Ngala and Daniel arap Moi, dissolved itself and crossed the floor to join Jomo Kenyatta’s ruling KANU. This turned Kenya into a de facto one-party state overnight. In Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah’s CPP systematically absorbed opposition United Party MPs through patronage and pressure until the opposition benches were effectively empty. In more recent instances, electoral dominance led to a "zero-opposition" reality. In Ethiopia, the EPRDF, the now-moribund ruling coalition then won 546 seats in 2010, leaving just one opposition MP. By 2015, they claimed 100% of all 547 seats. In Equatorial Guinea in 2017, the ruling PDGE won 99 of 100 seats. The lone opposition MP was promptly arrested and his party dissolved. By 2022, the PDGE swept all 100 seats, eliminating the opposition entirely.

@DailyMonitor What they are telling the NRMs on vote protection is the opposite of what the Army is saying. Interesting times

EC faces pushback from clergy over polling station restrictions. EC Chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama failed to convince IRCU leaders why voters should be compelled to leave polling stations after voting. bit.ly/4spkT96 #MonitorUpdates