David Eboku

Any explanation you give for producing no results is an excuse. Any explanation you give for overcoming challenges and producing is an innovation, creativity, or resourcefulness. You can choose to explain– give an excuse– or be resourceful.

@NathanKuteesa The last time my bank tried me on credit card, I explained how credit cards work elsewhere, the agent was amazed. Here, the bank charges whether you use credit or not. Then they charge you a penalty if you don't pay on the defined date. Then they charge you until you pay.

But Ugandan banks are very funny. I need a business credit card, and you’re telling me I need to open a fixed deposit, and the money I fix, you’ll give me 80% of it in credit, while I still pay credit card charges and late payments fees. Why do I need a credit card then if …

@softlynia_ Have you read The Power of Regret, by Daniel Pink? It could help.

I know it was “legally wrong.” I know the power imbalance. But when you grow up with no love at home, and the only adult who shows you affection is someone like her… it messes with your head. I regret not acting on it. I regret being too scared. To anyone who has ever had a forbidden fantasy with someone who was supposed to protect you: Do you regret not going through with it? Or are you glad you didn’t? Be honest with me I need to know I’m not the only one carrying this kind of regret. If you’re new here, follow me @softlynia_ for more raw, real-life stories like this.

I regret not sleeping with my biology teacher when I had the chance. I was 17. She was 27. And to this day, that decision still haunts me.

Wow!?

It's annoying, non productive and damaging to run meetings for days on end and produce mothing. Since you are now in the leadership, you could cause a course on meeting essentials to be taught to leaders in government.

@Jevrix9 Everything makes sense with more information. Now emergency numbers should provided for those are in emergency. Do they can call only if it is emergency.

Our receptionist had one strange rule: After 6PM, she never answered work calls. Not for clients. Not for managers. Not even for the CEO. People in the office complained constantly. “She’s lazy.” “She doesn’t care about the company.” “She acts like the rules don’t apply to her.” Still, she came early every morning, never missed deadlines, and handled angry customers better than anyone else. One Friday night, a major client called the office repeatedly after hours. The CEO tried reaching her six times. No answer. By Monday morning, everyone expected her to be fired. The client arrived before the meeting started. Instead of being angry, he asked to see the receptionist personally.

@AttoGladys You are blessed. You can see the results of your work helping humanity instantly. If you could catalogue them, one day you will 10,000!

Her sight was failing. “My family chased me from the garden when they noticed I was pulling out the plants instead of the weeds,” she said quietly. "That was when they decided that enough was enough and brought me to the hospital'', she continued. Gently led by the hand of an attendant, she entered the consultation room. On examination, I found that both of her eyes had total white cataracts, completely blocking any light from entering her eyes. She had been living in total darkness. Puzzled, I asked, “Why were you trying to weed when you can’t see anything?” She replied softly, “I didn’t want people to think I was blind and helpless.” We had the privilege of operating on her. What happened the next day, when her bandage was removed, left everyone including the other patients in awe. It was as though she was seeing the world for the very first time! “I can see the color of your dress. It’s blue!” she would exclaim excitedly whenever someone walked past. The excitement was contagious. She could now see everything she had missed. A by passer could easily mistake her to be insane. But we have seen this before. We know what it means to have sight restored. So, we let her have her moment. Later, I watched her walk into the consultation room for her postoperative assessment, unaided. She was smiling and making eye contact. In medical school, we were taught to begin examining a patient the moment they walk in: “Observe their actions, gait, mood, and affect,” my teachers would say. And that day, as always, I did exactly that. There was no doubt that she was seeing. Another patient whom I had just attended to was struggling to stand, reaching for her walking stick. Before I could react, this woman, who had been blind just the day before, stretched out her hands and helped her up. To say I was amazed would be an understatement. What moved me even more were the words of the woman she had helped: “Yesterday, when we came, this lady couldn’t see anything… and today she’s the one helping me? Miracles are real indeed.” Moments like these change the way I see life. The lessons linger long after. I am grateful to God for the opportunity to witness such transformations—and even more grateful to be a part of them.

July 2023!

@fobita @AttoGladys Have you heard about Afrikaans language?

@DavidEboku @AttoGladys A good step would be to deBantusize official English. They must be forced to pronounce words right. People must not be pipo, ability must not be abilite, capable gotta not be capabo... Sylvia should not be Silyvia and fifite instead of fifty must be criminalized 😁

Yes. It's in the group of nonetheless, notwithstanding, respectively, hereinafter, convoluted, comprised and the like.

@AttoGladys What good is it if the people you speak to do not understand you?

@AttoGladys Did you know that French was once the official language in the united Kingdom? Then, the ordinary people spoke English. Once they realised that French was complex, they adopted English. We don't need to avoid English but we need to adopt clear, open and accessible English.

@CharlesMwanga @AttoGladys There's a concept known as a 'plain language'. They could pass a law on plain language, as is done elsewhere, where the tyrant of language has been tamed.

@AttoGladys There is going be more difficult words to pronounce as they regislate; we are likely to have a bill to take away the difficult words from the English language!

I dreamt that the word ‘solemnly’ was tactically removed to save many of our MPs….

The Gospel is spreading and more testimonies are coming in. Invest some money in Unit trust. Buy some Treasury Bonds.

@KomugishaPeace In Africa, it's the woman. Aside from that, the order in the house may become difficult to manage and can be detrimental to peace. For some women, a man in the kitchen is a vote of no confidence. Any flexibility around that matter must be considered carefully. Carefully.

If both man and woman are working and have no maid at home, who is supposed to come back home and cook in the evening?😳

@Amy_beke @GODFREY_Kutesa There will always be someone more successful and richer than your husband. Even the richest man in the world changes. It's better to seek and find internal alignment in yourself. Define what you need and want in life. When you get it you will know. Then settle down.

Nobody talks about the pain of being married and seeing another man more successful and richer than your husband.😭

@PJ_Lowry @luxemiaa In my house, when we share something and you keep your piece, we share it later. Why tempt others? In this case, the only issue is finishing everything.

@luxemiaa You have nothing to apologize for. I have a standing 48 hour rule in my house. If you put anything in the fridge and don't touch it for two days... it's fair game. I would rather someone steal something than forget about it and let it go bad.

My husband bought two KitKats one day. One was for him and one was for me. I ate mine immediately because that is what happens when you give me chocolate and expect patience. He put his in the fridge and then left the next day for a two-week work trip. That KitKat sat in the fridge the entire time he was gone. Every time I opened the refrigerator, it was there staring at me. I held out for several days because I am a supportive wife and I respect personal property. But sometime during week two, my self-control gave up. I ate it. I fully intended to replace it before he got home, but of course I forgot. So when he returned from his trip, he opened the fridge, looked around for two seconds, and.........

@BushHerbert1 @MukasaMulya @nssfug Well done. So, if you start now you can get it. In the past it wasn't, that's the experience.

@DavidEboku @MukasaMulya @nssfug I calculate the average annual interest using figures for the last 10 years (from FY 2014/15 to FY 2024/25). The average is 11.86%, approx. 12%

Think Retirement Planning beyond NSSF Savings! 98% of @nssfug member payout is spent within 2 yrs. The fund likes to call this wastage, but I call it inadequacy. People simply receive peanuts after many years of work. The current average payout is UGX 16M. 1/6

@faustineareu @BushHerbert1 @MukasaMulya @nssfug Unit Trust is a recent development. The effect of 12% per year for 35 years is in the future. The discussion is about the current situation with NSSF. Their average is not 12 % yet. Moreover unit trust compound monthly while NSSF compounds annually (save for the smartlife).

@DavidEboku @BushHerbert1 @MukasaMulya @nssfug Average unit trust pay in Uganda!

@BushHerbert1 @MukasaMulya @nssfug Really!? Where do you get the 12%?

@MukasaMulya @nssfug Really? Let's say one earns gross salary of Ugx 1m, and started work at 25 years of age(Monthly Savings=Ugx 150,000; Annual interest=12%). At retirement their total savings are Ugx 965,000,000. A retiree cannot fail to survive on this amount. Help me make sense of your research

@GODFREY_Kutesa It starts with you and I. Uganda has more than 56 tribes following the enactment of the 1995 constitution and it's subsequent amendments. The extent to which these are known is affected by poor reading culture plus structural issues around the capital, transport and marketing.

Help me understand this , In Uganda we have close to 52 tribes each carrying its own history, traditions, and wisdom worth discovering. Yet there’s a pattern that disturbs my mind: why do most celebrities and tourists believe they’ve truly experienced Uganda after visiting Buganda? After touring the #Twekobe, paying respects at the #Masiro of Kasubi, tasting Baganda cuisine, and picking up a word or two of Luganda the passport is stamped, so to speak. So the question am asking : does Buganda represent Uganda, or is it simply the most organised and visible tribe? Is the concentration of tourism in #Buganda purely geographical because it sits at the centre of the country, with Kampala as its backdrop or is there something deeper at play: a kingdom that structured itself early, that made itself legible to outsiders, that knew how to present its culture with confidence? Because while Buganda commands the spotlight, 51 other tribes are waiting in the wings with stories, ceremonies, cuisines, and languages that most visitors never encounter. Uganda is not one culture dressed in bark cloth. It is 52 cultures, and the world has barely scratched the surface.