Ankunda K. Andrew

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I want to be a world class lawyer, one of the greats.

Bwera Ntare!!

guys we were all there when this photo was taken it’s kinda like a group photo if you think about it

We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.

I inherited my copy from my father. He tried to steer me into a science field. But I wanted to read history.

The luckiest or the least unfortunate Ugandan graduates are arguably those who graduated in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. That's because it's in the 1990s that the economy we have now began to take shape. They were present at its foundation, and therefore had a great opportunity to rise with it. That was the decade of liberalisation, which saw old civil servants retrenched and young graduates hired in the private sector, as companies emerged to perform the functions that the government was exiting. In 1991, URA was established and quickly became the dream employer of fresh university graduates. I remember that in 1998 or thereabouts, news spread through the Makerere University Christian unions that the Authority was looking for born-again Christians to hire. In fact, many born-again fellows that had just completed their courses got hired. Whether they actually acted with the presumed integrity, I never got to ascertain. URA was just a forerunner of many other agencies that the government was to establish in the years and decades ahead, which had strong appeal for young university graduates looking for employment. The 1990s was also the decade that many of the Indians that had been expelled by Idi Amin returned and revived their old businesses or set up new ones. It was such indians that set up such factories as Riham, which created many opportunities for both employment and commercial retail. Sudhir Ruparelia set up a forex bureau, which became one of the most regular advertisers in the newspapers, including Monitor, which had just been established (in 1992). Sudhir also ushered the country into gambling or betting territory with his Scratch for Cash bonanza. I sometimes think that Ugandans scratched Sudhir into a lot of cash! They were scratching, the man was making money! Nowadays, whenever I hear young people saying "omuyindi, omuyindi," whenever there are discussing football betting, I recall that betting has always been a Muyindi thing in Uganda and it began with that Scratch for Cash. In construction, many contractor companies and consultancies were established in that decade. Even UNABCEC, an umbrella body of indigenous contractor companies, was formed out of the necessity related to the emerging opportunities in that decade. I have already mentioned that Monitor (which became Daily Monitor when it was acquired by NMG in 2004) was established in 1992. Many other private media houses, including FM Radios (Sanyu, Capital, Voice of Toro, etc), and televisions (WBS, LTV, etc) were also established in that decade, giving many young graduates opportunities for employment and many businesses good opportunities for visibility. Many educational institutions from secondary schools to universities (e.g UCU) were also established in that decade, creating more opportunities for employment and business. Moreover, it's in that decade that Kampala really began to grow. Up to the 1980s, Kampala was still a city on seven hills. There was hardly anything beyond Ntinda, for instance. Ntinda itself was still a village with its only notable section being Minister's Village, which had been built in the 1960s. But in the 1990s, there was massive outward expansion. For instance, the NHCC constructed the Nalya estates, which made Kampalans look beyond Ntinda and Kireka. It's in the 1990s that real estate purchase and development took off in a serious way. Purchase of land in Kampala became a real thing, and real estate firms emerged to exploit the situation. I could go on and on, but the key point is that the economy, as we know it today, really took off in the 1990s. Therefore, it may be said that the Ugandans who graduated in that decade and the early 2000s were the luckiest generation. We had so many opportunities. Some of us didn't really take them, but that doesn't alter the fact that we were lucky that they were available to us.

Gentlemen, before you marry, go to BARCELONA. You will thank me later. Good night.

Part of having a big vocabulary is using words you don’t exactly know the definition of but for some reason you know you’re using it right

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Mark your calendars 🚨🚨🚨 Next Friday, 10th April 2026 — We are scheduled to have a Sacco transactions system training. More details will be shared in due course Cc: all NSOBA Sacco members The Lion roars 🦁🦁

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Stepping up to serve @kabuniversity in the capacity of 10th Guild Speaker. I’m kindly calling upon the mighty 10th Guild House to support and vote able leadership and Steadfast Vision. God being our helper.🙏 #Arnoldforspeaker🔥

Back to where the roar began 🦁💙 The Lions return to the den for a day of legacy, inspiration, and connection. From guided tours to powerful conversations with the next generation. 📍Saturday 10:30-1:00PM #NtareAt70

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Dr @hkashillingi at 50 A very happy birthday to you!!! NSOBA Sacco is blessed to have you 🙏

Today I resign from the Uganda Civil Service because it has degenerated into an organised crime syndicate hiding behind the costume of public service. At this point, it is impossible to function in a system so rigid and hollow that people move like programmed robots, obeying orders, suppressing thought, and worshipping corruption and bootlicking as if they were national virtues. This is a service meant to uplift Ugandans, yet it has perfected the art of grinding them down. Every morning, civil servants stroll out of houses built with stolen money, dress in suits or their female equivalents, bought with stolen money, and drive off in vehicles either owned by government or one funded by the same theft. Then, with breathtaking hypocrisy, they crawl through traffic at 1000 metres per hour and have the audacity to complain that government is not serious about infrastructure, traffic management, or health services. They conveniently forget that they are the very people draining the treasury dry. Even the private sector joins the chorus of outrage, yet many of them are beneficiaries of inflated government contracts, padded budgets, and guaranteed kickbacks regardless of the quality of what they deliver. The ecosystem of organised crime is now so deeply rooted that pretending to be shocked has become its own form of dishonesty. I have been inside this system for 20 years, and another 6 years on the periphery. On the periphery because I dared to do something no one thought I could do (whistleblow corruption at the Ministry) and for this the Ministry Leadership (Ministers, PS and Commissioners) has tormented me for 6 years. I have seen enough. I have also tasted the crumbs. I am not here to pretend innocence. I am here to say: enough. So today, I walk away from the nightmare. I lay down my tools in protest, and I will only return to my Ministry when it is genuinely safe to serve with integrity. AND YES, YOU CAN TAKE THIS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT BECAUSE TODAY IS APRIL FOOLS DAY. But the joke is laced with truths that every well‑meaning Ugandan should reflect on deeply.

A Bweranyangi Fiancée 💃

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No5🤦

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