Ivan - #ChangingTrends

For anything worth having one must pay the price, and the price is always work, #patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.

@DuncanAbigaba we are investigating the matter and the culprits will be brought to book.

@DuncanAbigaba @UgandaMFA @Tybisa Quite unfortunate, Duncan. Thanks for flagging it.

This should never happen to any Ugandan. @UgandaMFA should take action. @Tybisa @koretah

The air traffic controller cleared the fire truck onto the runway. Seconds later, the same controller screamed “stop, stop, stop.” The plane was doing 93 to 105 mph. Both pilots are dead. Everyone will frame this as controller error. One controller was simultaneously managing a United flight that aborted takeoff after an anti-ice warning, dispatching a fire truck across an active runway, and sequencing an inbound Air Canada landing at highway speed. At 11:40 PM. On a mandatory overtime shift at a facility that has been understaffed for years. A system that assigns one person that workload will produce exactly this outcome. The only variable is when. The FAA is short approximately 3,000 controllers. The headcount dropped 13% from 2010 to 2024 while flight volume rose 10%. Over 40% of the FAA’s 290 terminal facilities are understaffed. The New York TRACON, which manages the most congested airspace in America across LaGuardia, JFK, and Newark, has been chronically below target. Newark was operating at 59% of its staffing goal. LaGuardia handles 900 flights a day. The hiring pipeline is broken at every stage. Only 2% of applicants complete the full process. Training takes up to 6 years. The FAA Academy in Oklahoma City is a bottleneck, with roughly 35% of trainees washing out. Congress blocked legislation to build a second academy. In one recent hiring cycle, the FAA brought on 1,512 candidates and lost 1,300 in the same window. Net gain: around 160 controllers for an entire country. Three things need to happen and everyone who can make them happen has known for years. Congress needs to fund and authorize a second FAA training academy. One facility in Oklahoma City cannot produce enough controllers for 900 million annual passengers. Members of Congress from Oklahoma have actively blocked this. That needs to end yesterday. The FAA needs to cut certification time. Six years from application to fully certified controller is absurd. The agency’s own data shows tower simulators reduce certification time by 27%. They’ve installed them at 95 facilities. That should be every facility, and the simulated hours should count toward more of the certification requirement. The FAA needs to stop plugging staffing gaps with mandatory overtime. Controllers at understaffed facilities are working six-day weeks rotating between morning, mid, and night shifts. The NTSB has flagged fatigue repeatedly. The controller last night was managing overlapping emergencies during a nighttime operation. Overtime is not a staffing plan. It’s a countdown to the next runway collision. The controller said “I messed up” to a Frontier pilot who watched the whole thing. The pilot responded “No man, you did the best you could.” One of them is right. The answer determines whether this happens again.

I have always done my best to show up and put people on. It has never mattered whether I know you or not, so long as you have solution, I will connect you to someone with a problem it can fix. I have done this for over a decade and that social capital has been my slingshot.

@Tom_Magambo @CID1_UG @KagutaMuseveni @PoliceUg Masterpiece!

Steady progress!! @CID1_UG

What a stellar diplomat! 🍿

Exciting new chapter for @seevafrica as we scale our impact across the region. First stop @SpinTheBlockAFR Nairobi Edition April 5th 📍 @masshouse_ke | lnk.bio/spintheblock Get your copy of the Daily Nation Sunday Edition ✍️ @sindamatiko

@PaulAtwine @seevafrica @SpinTheBlockAFR @masshouse_ke @sindamatiko Hard guy ☺️😎. Super proud of you, bro!

#RememberGaza is trending. Let’s keep it going. For every orphaned child, raped Palestinian, and innocent person shot and killed by the IDF as they ran to collect food amidst starvation.

Someone is selling a manor estate in Burgundy with a private river, waterfalls and a natural swimming pond. 2 hours from Paris. Two buildings arranged around a courtyard, 1,700m² (18,298 sq ft) in total, 12 bedrooms, an artist's studio, stables and 7 hectares (17 acres) of land. Inside there's a music room with a piano, a library in the tower, a writing room, and a dining room built around a fireplace large enough to roast a whole animal. Herons and wild ducks live on the property year round. The river has a depth of 3 metres and you can swim in it all summer. Near Vézelay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Asking price: €1.39M ($1.6M). The French sure do know about living well. A river on your grounds, your own land to walk, swimming in summer, dinner outside. What's the French word for this kind of life?

The illusion of erasing Iran from the map shows desperation against the will of a history-making nation. Threats and terror only strengthen our unity. The Strait of Hormuz is open to all except those who violate our soil. We firmly confront delirious threats on the battlefield.

After watching that interview on @Kasuku256 live; Ndugu @rkabushenga I have realized that perhaps we never gave you your flowers! You a powerhouse. Inifakiti that media house ended with you.😝🤗 youtu.be/Ovl28H5QvJg

“Iran has consistently maintained that its nuclear activities are peaceful,” he said. “Yet, despite ongoing negotiations, we face persistent accusations and aggression.” The soft-spoken diplomat further invoked international law, stating that Iran’s actions are guided by the right to self-defense as enshrined in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. Details: uls.or.ug/iranian-envoy-… @IRANinUGANDA @umlas123 @SheilaWagidoso

@AKasingye Najwa Abbas...may God bless her soul!

Is he safe & sound? Will never forget one word he said to me.

U.S. government says one thing, reality says another Right as U.S. authorities claim Iran’s air defences r gone, an F-35 gets hit. As they declare Iran’s navy finished, USS Gerald Ford turns back, and USS Abraham Lincoln drifts farther away Different decade, same “we’re winning”

🕊️ Chuck Norris has died at 86. tmz.me/N3EVxQe

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This Eid al‑Fitr, we celebrate with our Muslim community, gratitude, renewal, and the power of community to create opportunities that matter. Happy Eid al-Fitr #RefactoryAcademy

We are excited to onboard 8 new Shapers joining the Global Shapers Kampala Hub this April. This onboarding event is designed to warmly welcome them into the community, share who we are, what we stand for, and the impact we continue to build. #globalshaperskampala

Did you know that Uganda is the first African country to own land and build its Consulate in Guangzhou? This is more than a milestone it’s a statement of vision. Guangzhou is not just another city. It is the epicenter of Africa–China engagement a dynamic hub where trade, innovation, manufacturing, and people-to-people connections converge. It is where Africa meets China in real, tangible ways. By planting a permanent home here, Uganda made a bold and strategic decision: To be present where opportunity lives. To lead where partnerships are shaped. To position our country at the heart of one of the world’s most important economic corridors. This Consulate is not just a building it is a gateway for trade, investment, tourism, and cultural exchange between Uganda and China And most importantly, it reflects a mindset shift: We are not waiting for opportunities to come to us we are building where they are. 🇺🇬🇨🇳 #UgandaInChina #EconomicDiplomacy #Guangzhou #AfricaChina #ECD #TradeAndInvestment #UgandaRising