JR Mukombozi

@africatodayMG Can the same thing happen to

The last attempt of Idi Amin Dada to return to Africa. In 1989. This was the last time Amin visited Africa. He is seen here in Zaire on a plane that was to send him back after Mobutu’s government rejected his visit and detained him for one week. Amin’s travels began on New Year’s Day, when he appeared unannounced at the airport in Lagos, Nigeria, on a flight from his home in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Using an assumed name and carrying a Zairean passport, Amin swept through the airport in long, pink-flowered robes. He stayed briefly at the Lagos Sheraton, where he waved enthusiastically at Nigerians who recognized him. Then he continued on to nearby Gabon and his apparent final destination, Zaire. It is not clear what Amin hoped to accomplish in Zaire, where he had family and scattered supporters. The French news agency Agence France-Presse, reporting from Kinshasa, the Zairean capital, quoted "reliable sources" as saying there was "no doubt" Amin was hoping to get back to Uganda via Zaire. The two countries share a long, sparsely populated border. An Air Zaire pilot, however, recognized Amin as he got off the plane in Kinshasa. He was consequently arrested and held for more than a week at a military airport in the capital. He was questioned about his passport, which was discovered to have been part of a batch stolen from a Zairean government office several years back. A Zairean official was quoted in Nairobi newspapers as saying that Amin’s presence was a problem. "We cannot allow him in without endangering our relations with our neighbor Uganda, where Idi Amin is still considered an outcast." Diplomats in Kinshasa were quoted as saying that Amin’s presence was "an embarrassment" to Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko, who once had close links with him. After being held for one week, Zairean officials put Amin on a Zairean government plane and flew him to Senegal, where he was supposed to board a flight back to Saudi Arabia. That night, however, Saudi officials refused to allow Amin on the plane. The authorities gave no explanation, but one source was quoted as saying he lacked the necessary visas. After being stopped in Senegal by officials Thursday, Amin reportedly reboarded the Zairean jet that brought him there and returned to Zaire before being allowed to enter Saudi Arabia again. In Uganda, news of Amin’s travels sparked mild interest but little fear. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Amin should be brought back to Uganda to face trial. He added that the Ugandan government was in contact with Zaire, and that it was "high time" his country demanded that Saudi Arabia turn Amin over to Ugandan justice. Political observers in Uganda regarded Amin as a spent political force. He was considered much less threatening to the Museveni government than former president Obote, who was in exile in Zambia. Some claimed Obote’s troops carried out abuses that equaled or exceeded those of Amin’s army. This was not the first time Amin had ventured out of exile. In 1980, a year after invading Tanzanian forces chased him out of Uganda, he reportedly made a brief visit to Zaire. In 1985, apparently thinking the time was right for a return to power, Amin left Saudi Arabia for southern Sudan, announcing that he intended to lead guerrilla forces against then-president Milton Obote. Amin never entered Uganda, however, and when he returned to Saudi Arabia, officials there greeted him coolly and stripped him of his VIP status. Amin had lived with some of his family in the port of Jeddah from the time he was toppled. His expenses were catered for by the Saudi government as an act of Islamic charity to a fellow Muslim. He was known in Jeddah for his habit of sitting down for chats at local teahouses.

@newvisionwire @KagutaMuseveni @nssfug The idoit doesn't realise that buying bonds is lending money to govt which should use that money to build roads, schools & hospitals. The money is simply wasted or stolen. The problem isn't NSSF. Why don't we reduce the state House budget which consumes 1trn per year.

#LabourDay2026: President @KagutaMuseveni has questioned the investment strategy of the National Social Security Fund (@nssfug ), asking why such a large pool of funds is not being directed toward high-return infrastructure projects like toll roads instead of relying heavily on government bonds and similar instruments. He emphasized the need for more profitable and strategic investments that can accelerate national development and improve returns for contributors. #VisionUpdsates

@DailyMonitor But the man studied political science. His son who doesn't have a degree is CDF. The man is a walking talking contradiction.

Museveni: What can you do with a SWASA, psychology and procurement degree? President Museveni has criticised graduates for what he described as “carelessly selected courses” that do not solve Uganda’s unemployment crisis. | Details👇🏽 monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…

@DailyMonitor How about we reduce the state House budget which is now 1trn including supplementary budgets.

Museveni says NSSF money should build roads, not sit in govt bonds President Museveni has again criticised the investment strategy of NSSF, urging the Fund to channel savings into profitable infrastructure projects. | Details👇🏽 monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…

@DailyMonitor What the idoit doesn't know is that when NSSF buys bonds they lend money to govt which should use that money to build infrastructure. It isn't NSSFs fault that the money is simply wasted or stolen. The man is senile.

@DailyMonitor How about stop wasting money on Dei Pharma (700bn), Atiak Sugar (600bn) and Inspire Coffee (200bn). 1.5tn of tax payers money has been stolen or wasted.

Uganda has appealed to financially capable countries to each contribute atleast $1m (Shs3.7b) towards refugee support following funding cuts by the US.

@DailyMonitor The problem isn't the taxes par se. It Is that the taxes are either stolen or wasted. . .

Uganda’s PAYE tax rate of up to 40% remains the highest in the region, followed by Kenya at 35%, and Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi, which all tie at 30% bit.ly/4cLPvLj #MonitorUpdates

@DailyMonitor Someone once told us that he would definitely not stand after 75. Never trust a Ugandan politician.

QUOTE: "I have heard a section of people out there speaking rubbish, that I plan to stand for presidency in 2031. I want to tell Ugandans [that] even where I am now, I have overachieved. I did not even expect to be a Speaker. In 2031, I'm retiring from active politics. I don't have that patience to be a president. This country still needs people like.....I don't even know how to cock a gun. I don't even have the urge or wish, but I'm happy I'm a Speaker"- Bukedea Woman MP, Anita Among. 👉🏿 bit.ly/4cV4X8S #MonitorUpdates

@SsemujjuNganda1 This is where the rest goes. Our taxes are simply stolen or wasted by people who love to quote bible.

Ugandans in formal employment, this is where your PAYE of 30% salary is going. Thank you your contribution towards the nation’s building.

@TumukundeI76198 NRM MPs

A group of idiots is called

@PSSEKABIR What three million. The tax payer spends 454 billion on him of which 120 billion is classified so you can't know how it is used.

Museveni, who earns a monthly salary of about 3 million, is now presiding over the distribution of 37 billion in so-called “upkeep” for newly appointed NRM MPs. At a time when Ugandans are struggling with high living costs, this reckless use of public funds exposes the regime’s misplaced priorities—rewarding political loyalty instead of addressing the real needs of the people.

@DailyMonitor @KagutaMuseveni @Parliament_Ug In Uganda tax payers money is stolen or wasted by a backward and primitive class of politicians while roads schools and hospitals rot.

Is President @KagutaMuseveni's decision to give each NRM MP-elect Shs100m of taxpayers' money the best way to fight corruption in the @Parliament_Ug? #MonitorUpdates #MonitorQuery bit.ly/4tILhuv

@DavidLRubongoya In Uganda tax payers money is simply stolen or wasted. URA keeps demanding more and more. This regime must fall.

40bn squeezed out of a struggling, poverty-stricken, heavily indebted population and gifted to NRM MPs. All known public finance procedures thrown outside the window! Many times, you wonder what more you can say about this country called Uganda. Did I hear Museveni tell those MPs not to be corrupt? Only to crown the retreat with a grand corruption scandal! #FreeUgandaNow

@KampalaJournal The theft and wastage of tax payers money is staggering

Museveni gifts 100m to each of the NRM attendees including Moses Ali and Kadaga who missed out 359x100,000,000=35,900,000,000 (thirty five billion, nine hundred million Ugandan shillings.)

@nilepostnews A pack of lies. . .

Kyankwanzi: Museveni Outlines Uganda's Tenfold Growth Strategy to New MPs. #NilePostNews nilepost.co.ug/news/333790/ky…

@nilepostnews Don't hold your breath

Uganda to Launch Two New Satellites to Space - Museveni #NilePostNews nilepost.co.ug/news/333456/ug…

@UGCitizen256 Don't hold your breath. After 40 years this is what they have built.

After four decades in power, it is exquisitely ironic that a government student still cannot access basic sanitary pads forcing countless girls to miss school every month. One must admire the architectural genius of Uganda’s solitary internet portal at Mpooma, installed with zero backup, making it delightfully easy to shut down the entire national internet during elections. Equally masterful was inheriting three electricity turbines, then gifting two to Rwanda ,leaving a Nile-blessed nation starved of power, even as you vow to take us to the moon. Pathological liar.

@DailyMonitor Says the man whose government kidnaps, tortures and kills political opponents, loots public resources and lies about it all.

Museveni urges Ugandans to renew commitments to hard work Mr Museveni called on believers to reflect on the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus Christ bit.ly/4mhLEtM?utm_me…  #MonitorUpdates

@nypost Iran beware

Uganda willing to fight in war alongside Israel, military chief says trib.al/HSoNhAL

@BRICSinfo Iran should get ready

JUST IN: 🇺🇬🇮🇱 Uganda's Military Chief says "any talk of destroying or defeating Israel will bring us into the war. On the side of Israel." "If Tehran dares hit us with missiles. We shall retaliate with our own missiles."