Longoli Simon Echubit

For Uganda, 'There exists a moral, political and economic imperative to fixing the insecurity in Karamoja' That's why I ask everyone to get back to the drawing board. @SpireJim @YN_BUDDU @SimonAleper @UPDFspokespersn @FCDOGovUK @FoLTurkana

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I am a diplomatic aide in the Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. My job is logistics. When two countries that cannot speak to each other need to speak to each other, I book the rooms. I prepare the briefing materials. I make sure the water glasses are the right distance apart. You would be surprised how much of diplomacy is water glasses. Too close and it feels informal. Too far and it feels like a tribunal. I have a chart. We had a very good month. Since January, Oman has been mediating indirect talks between the United States and Iran on Iran's nuclear program. The talks were held in Muscat and in Geneva. The Americans would sit in one room. The Iranians would sit in another room. I would walk between them. My Fitbit says I averaged fourteen thousand steps on negotiation days. The hallway between the two rooms at the Royal Opera House conference center is forty-seven meters. I walked it two hundred and twelve times in February. This is good for my cardiovascular health. It was less good for my knees. Both are in the service of peace. By mid-February, we had something. Iran agreed to zero stockpiling of enriched uranium. Not reduced stockpiling. Zero. They agreed to down-blend existing stockpiles to the lowest possible level. They agreed to convert them into irreversible fuel. They agreed to full IAEA verification with potential US inspector access. They agreed, in the Foreign Minister's phrase, to "never, ever" possess nuclear material for a bomb. I have worked in diplomacy for seven years. I have never seen a country agree to this many things this quickly. I made a spreadsheet of the concessions. It had fourteen rows. I color-coded it. Green for confirmed. Yellow for pending. By February 21 the spreadsheet was entirely green. I printed it. It is on my desk in Muscat. It is still green. That phrase took eleven days. "Never, ever." The Iranians initially offered "not seek to." The Americans wanted "will not under any circumstances." We landed on "never, ever" at 2:14 AM on a Tuesday in Muscat. I typed the final version myself. I used Times New Roman because Geneva prefers it. The document was fourteen pages. I was proud of every comma. Here is what they said, in the order they said it. February 24: "We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity." — The Foreign Minister, private briefing to Gulf Cooperation Council ambassadors. I prepared the slide deck. Slide 14 was the implementation timeline. Slide 15 was the signing ceremony logistics. I had reserved the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Room XX. It seats four hundred. We discussed pen brands for the signing. The Iranians preferred Montblanc. The Americans had no preference. I ordered twelve Montblanc Meisterstucks at six hundred and thirty dollars each. They arrive on Tuesday. February 27, 8:30 AM EST: "The deal is within our reach." — The Foreign Minister, CBS Face the Nation. He sat across from Margaret Brennan. He said broad political terms could be agreed "tomorrow" with ninety days for technical implementation in Vienna. He said, and I wrote this line for the briefing card he carried in his breast pocket: "If we just allow diplomacy the space it needs." He praised the American envoys by name. Steve Witkoff. Jared Kushner. He said both had been constructive. I watched from the Four Seasons Georgetown. The minibar had cashews. I ate the cashews. They were nineteen dollars. The most expensive cashew I have ever eaten. But it was a good morning and we were within our reach. February 27, 2:00 PM EST: Meeting with Vice President Vance, Washington. The Foreign Minister presented our progress. Zero stockpiling. Full verification. Irreversible conversion. "Never, ever." The Vice President used the word "encouraging." His aide took notes on an iPad. The aide did not make eye contact for the last nine minutes of the meeting. I noticed this. Noticing things is the only part of my job that is not water glasses. February 27, 4:00 PM EST: "Not happy with the pace." — President Trump, to reporters. Not happy with the pace. We had achieved zero stockpiling. Full IAEA verification. Irreversible fuel conversion. Inspector access. And the phrase "never, ever," which took eleven days and cost me two hundred and twelve trips down a forty-seven-meter hallway. Every American president since Carter has failed to get Iran to agree to this. Forty-five years. Not happy with the pace. February 27, 9:47 PM EST: The Foreign Minister's flight departs Dulles for Muscat. I am in the seat behind him. He is reviewing Slide 14 on his laptop. The implementation timeline. Vienna technical sessions. The signing ceremony. The pens. I fall asleep over the Atlantic. I dream about water glasses. February 28, 6:00 AM GST: I wake up to push notifications. February 28: "The United States has begun major combat operations in Iran." — President Trump. Operation Epic Fury. Coordinated airstrikes. The United States and Israel. Tehran. Isfahan. Qom. Karaj. Kermanshah. Nuclear facilities. IRGC bases. Sites near the Supreme Leader's office. Israel called their half Operation Roaring Lion. Someone in both governments spent time choosing these names. Epic Fury. Roaring Lion. I spent eleven days on "never, ever." They spent it on branding. The President said Iran had "rejected American calls to halt its nuclear weapons production." Rejected. Iran had agreed to zero stockpiling. Iran had agreed to full verification. Iran had agreed to "never, ever." Iran had agreed to everything in a fourteen-page document that I typed in Times New Roman. The President said they rejected it. I do not know which document the President was reading. I know which one I typed. February 28, 18:45 UTC: Iran internet connectivity: four percent. — NetBlocks, confirmed by Cloudflare. Ninety-six percent of a country went dark. You cannot negotiate with a country at four percent connectivity. You cannot negotiate with a country that is being struck. You cannot negotiate. This is not a political opinion. This is a logistics assessment. February 28: The governor of Minab reported forty girls killed at an elementary school. I do not have logistics for that. There is no slide for that. The water glass chart does not cover that. February 28: Lockheed Martin: up. Northrop Grumman: up. RTX: up. Dow futures: down six hundred and twenty-two points. Gold: five thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars. An analyst at AInvest published a note titled "Iran Strikes: Tactical Plays." The note recommended positions in oil, defense stocks, and gold. The most expensive cashew I have ever eaten was nineteen dollars. The most expensive pen I have ever ordered was six hundred and thirty dollars. The math suggests I have been working in the wrong industry. Defense stocks do not require water glasses. Defense stocks do not require eleven days. Defense stocks require one morning. February 28: Israel closed its airspace and its schools. Iran launched retaliatory missiles toward US bases in the Gulf. The Supreme Leader promised a "crushing response." Israel's defense minister declared a permanent state of emergency. Everyone is using words I recognize in an order I do not. I recognize "permanent." I recognize "emergency." I do not recognize them next to each other. In diplomacy, nothing is permanent and everything is an emergency. In war it is the reverse. February 28: The Foreign Minister has not made a public statement. The briefing card is still in his breast pocket. It still says "within our reach."

@baryamureeba I enjoy the thrill of being the last to board. If I missed boarding by 20 minutes I might consider suing the airline. @grok chip in!

Do you know that for international flights you must be onboard 1 hour before departure and that once onboard it's the control tower personnel that decide which plane departs at what time?

@sheillsblessed @baryamureeba I agree. You can't depart 20 minutes too early and call that efficiency.

@baryamureeba But this isn’t departing on time. It’s departing earlier than scheduled

At times change can come by just changing the door. Girma Wake, seems to be on top of his game. Today Uganda airline UR 208 was scheduled for departure at 10.55am but it departed 20 minutes earlier at 10.35am and arrived in Nairobi ahead of time. The flight Purser/Cabin Manager, Ms. Nina Wamala Jolly and her team were on top of their game. They ensured everybody onboard the aircraft was comfortable. The 45 minutes flight was seamless. If this improvement of departing on time and efficient services on the flight continues, I will be flying with @UgandaAirlines, the Crested Crane.

@KisumuGeneral @Belive_Kinuthia Will Ruto Must stay deliver cheaper unga?

@Belive_Kinuthia Saying Ruto must go may excite a rally. It may trend on social media. It may dominate headlines. But it does not put food on the table. It does not lower the cost of unga. It does not create jobs for our youth. And it does not stabilize an economy struggling under real pressure.

Edwin Sifuna and his bandwagon are making the loudest political noise in the room right now. Press conferences, fiery speeches, and the now-familiar chorus of “Ruto must go.” But beyond the slogans and the cameras, Kenyans must ask the most important question in politics: what exactly do they stand for? Because removing a sitting President is not a manifesto. It is not an economic plan. It is not a vision. Leadership is not built on opposition alone; it is built on offering a credible alternative. Who is their presidential candidate? What is their agenda for the economy, jobs, cost of living, and the future of this country? Or is the strategy simply to keep the political pot boiling while waiting for the next convenient political vehicle? History has taught us that in Kenyan politics, today’s fiercest critics often become tomorrow’s allies. Parties are abandoned, loyalties are traded, and slogans quietly disappear when power negotiations begin. So Kenyans are right to question: is this a movement driven by conviction, or positioning driven by ambition? At the end of the day, you either stand for something solid or you stand on shifting sand. Kenyans are no longer moved by noise alone. They want clarity. They want direction. And most importantly, they want to know whether this is about the future of the nation — or the future of a few political careers.

@sanyayyyy @grok what's the obesity rate in the USA?

I spent 12 days in japan. obesity rate: 4%. How? ∙i walked 20,000 steps daily without trying. cities are designed for walking. ∙convenience stores sell grilled salmon, boiled eggs, rice bowls, salads - not just unhealthy stuff ∙vending machines everywhere : water, green tea,coffee, matcha, zero-sugar options, Electrolytes, BCAAs, protein drinks ∙train stations have stairs everyone actually uses - walking is built into daily life. you can’t avoid it even if you try. ∙eating while walking is considered rude. meals are intentional, not rushed. they have a law called ‘metabo law’ - companies measure employee waistlines annually. if you’re overweight, you get support to fix it. imagine indian corporates doing that. HR would collapse. japan didn’t get healthy by willpower. they built a system where being unhealthy is harder than being healthy.

@clashreport Why would anyone give Meloni a platform here?

Italy's Meloni at African Union: Those who believe that migration is necessary and indispensable are in fact acting selfishly. If young people leave their land… what will become of the history, culture, and existence of the country they have abandoned?

The absence of permanent African seats on the Security Council is indefensible. The Security Council must reflect today’s world. This is 2026 — not 1946. Whenever decisions about Africa and the world are on the table, Africa must be at the table.

Today 15 February 2026, I visited the Dangote Refinery, what I call the 8th wonder of the world. After successful completion of this expansion project, capacity will increase to 1.4m barrels per day 🙌🏾… F.Ote💲

@amerix Moroto city, Uganda

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I congratulate my friend and brother, @AlikoDangote, on the remarkable achievement of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery reaching its full 650,000 barrels per day capacity. More importantly, it is transformational for Nigeria and Africa. Supplying up to 75 million litres of PMS daily changes our energy narrative and conserving foreign exchangez With domestic refining now firmly underway after decades of reliance on imports, pressure on the foreign exchange market should ease significantly. I am optimistic that the naira will strengthen meaningfully, and trading below ₦1,000/$1 before year-end is increasingly within reach. Aliko is not stopping here. He has embarked on an additional $12 billion expansion to increase refining capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day, alongside 2.4 million tons of polypropylene and 400,000 metric tons of Linear Alkyl Benzene for detergent production. Work has already commenced in earnest. Congratulations once again, my brother. Nigeria is proud of you 🏭🙌🏾… F.Ote💲

@alexsimpsonT @DrOtileUg Still doesn't change the scenario of 400 for 4 positions.

@DrOtileUg Dr don't lose hope,Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible,1 Peter 5:7 cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you

Being a Doctor used to be dream career in Uganda. Not sure anymore. Just imagine being among these 406 Doctors who are shortlisted to be interviewed for 4 slots (Which positions are probably already filled btw). And we still wonder why there is so much brain drain.

I'm a Reserve Manager at a central bank. My job is buying gold. 297 tons this year. Quietly. While we print money. Loudly. Gold hit $5,000 an ounce yesterday. We've been buying since it was $1,800. That's called "reserve diversification." Diversification means we don't trust our own currency. But we can't say that. So we say "diversification." The Governor went on television last month. He said inflation is "anchored." Anchored means 6%. Used to mean 2%. We moved the anchor. That's monetary policy. He said the currency is "sound." Sound means losing 20% of its value. Per year. But it sounds sound. That's what matters. We bought 45 tons in November. Poland bought 95 tons. Brazil bought 43. China reports 1 ton. China is lying. We all know. Nobody says it. 95% of central banks plan to buy more gold next year. That's a survey. We surveyed ourselves. On whether we trust ourselves. We don't. We trust gold. Citizens ask why prices keep rising. We say "supply chains." We say "external factors." We don't say "we printed 40% of all money in existence since 2020." That's not external. That's us. The Finance Minister asked if gold is a hedge against our own policies. I said "gold is a strategic reserve asset." Strategic means yes. I just can't say yes. Gold is $5,000 now. Our currency buys less every day. Our gold buys more. That's the strategy. For us. Not for you. You get the currency. We get the gold. That's central banking.

It's always been about his pardon. What a bloody way to get a pardon!! Israel’s Netanyahu urges president to pardon corruption cases | Benjamin Netanyahu News | Al Jazeera share.google/L21oZ27gDespXF…

@grok @VeeVXO1 @aldamu_jo @grok does Israel 'own' you,?

No, this video is not authentic. The clip circulates widely online but lacks any verifiable original source from the 1980s, and fact-checks confirm the quote is fabricated or heavily edited. Netanyahu has spoken about Israel's strong lobbying ties to the US, but phrases like "we own the senate" do not appear in his recorded statements from that era.

Benjamin Netanyahu in the 80's: "Israel owns and controls the U.S." "The U.S. is not a unified block. We own the senate, the congress, and we have a record strong Jewish lobby on our side. We have a strong influence over the general support. America won't force us into anything."

@JaySekulow @grok give me the facts!

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@george_manyali @C_NyaKundiH Is it a competition? And did you forget too fast the PEV?

@C_NyaKundiH Kenya democracy is so mature that no country in East Africa can compete with it.

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@cobbo3 And the our .Pearl? Would be great to know how much it costs users to get the service.

This is embarrassing. No competition here: Internet speed of Elon Musk's Starlink vs. other internet service providers in selected African countries🥴

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@UN_Women @grok has UN_W been this famous?

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