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Photo taken by @AlenzyArtss 10 days ago, this is the group photo of us @facesupuganda meeting up with our guests Virgile, Wangari and Divine from @SegalFoundation ! 😁

Blessed earthstrong to Duane Stephenson. An artiste who does roots and lovers rock with ease.

巴基斯坦技工将螺纹钢变成六角螺母过程 ！

I really wish I was a woman of few words. Unfortunately, you will hear from me. 👍🏽

By the way Ugandans, the B & B in Airbnb stands for BED and BREAKFAST. So let’s stop the nonsense of charging people 200k for bed without breakfast and calling it Airbnb. Some of you even expect guests to clean up.

Press Briefing Statement on Basangwa’s Condition: @BasangwaR34 was struck in the throat by an elbow during yesterday’s incident. He immediately experienced pain, along with difficulty breathing and speaking. He was rushed to Case Hospital, where a paracetamol infusion was administered and a CT scan was promptly carried out. The CT scan results came back negative, ruling out any serious internal damage. His condition has since improved significantly. He is now able to breathe more comfortably and can speak in a low but clear tone. For observation, he was admitted for in-patient care overnight. An ENT specialist review was scheduled this morning. If the specialist finds no further complications, he is expected to be discharged. We wish to assure the general public that Basangwa is stable, responding well to treatment, and receiving the best possible medical attention. Updates will be provided as necessary. Thank you.

NO, THE DIASPORA DOES NOT WEAR PRADA… Uganda please, the Diaspora does not wear Prada! We are not strutting down some Fifth Avenue runway, sunglasses on, accents confused, loyalties for sale. No. The diaspora is that stubborn, beautiful mix of Luganda proverbs, Alur pride, Banyankore Kweterana humor, Teso Kere, and Acholi resilience to name a few - served with a side of airport goodbyes and Sendwave remittances. We are Ugandan. Full stop. No designer label required. Now, let me take you back - because Uganda’s policies have always had a way of arriving like an unexpected thunderstorm in 'Jjera-wood' (read: Najjera). On April 18, 1979, after the fall of Amin, banks were heavily looted. Dimes withdrawal became tricky. Banks reacted and said, “My friend, you can only withdraw 5,000 shillings.” You looked at your own money like it belonged to government. Then Obote II gave us the famous “chit system” -where sugar became rarer than a polite boda boda rider in Kyanja. Suddenly, connections were currency, and omuntu wa wansi was left negotiating life like a man buying Rolex without chapati. But even those…even those did not attempt what this Sovereignty Bill is flirting with: the audacity to look at a Ugandan abroad and whisper, “Foreigner.” Foreigner? Me? The same me who supports my kith and kin in Uganda? The same me whose December ticket alone probably funds that car chasing birds at Entebbe’s runway? The same me whose burial plot is already quietly reserved somewhere in Pakadha between my brother Alfred and Francis grave and that barkcloth Mutuba tree? My friend, what flavored shisha are we smoking? This is where the Prada analogy enters, kubanga we must educate each other small-small. “The Devil Wears Prada” whose sequel launch premiered in New York yesterday, taught us that evil doesn’t always look like a monster in the tunnels at Clock Tower. Sometimes it is well-dressed, well-worded, and dangerously convincing. Policies too can come dressed in fine language -sovereignty, protection, order -yet underneath, they quietly rearrange your rights like furniture in a house you built. Today it is the diaspora. Tomorrow, it is anyone who thinks too loudly. My good friend and @SmackObs @PhillipKarugaba said it best in those spirited Uganda Global Conversations sessions moderated by @SmackObs Timothy Gaburungyi and on another space hosted yesterday by @rkabushenga - rights are not seasonal. They do not expire at Entebbe Airport. The Constitution did not say, “All Ugandans are equal…until you board Emirates.” And let us not pretend this is abstract. The kadama sends 500K home - hardware shops smile, contractors eat, boda bodas fuel up, data bundles are purchased, and life…moves. Mwebereremu. You pull one thread, the whole sweater unravels. This bill, my friends, is that small pebble in your shoe. Ignore it, and soon you are limping. Entertained by it, and one day you are crawling. So no, Uganda - The diaspora does not wear Prada. We are not devils in designer suits. We only wear #Ondaba brands. We are your sons, daughters, investors, critics, lovers, so Ugandan, and loudest ambassadors. And if loving #Uganda loudly is now a problem - then perhaps the problem is not us. Kill the bill in @Parliament_Ug. Before it learns how to wear a suit. #StopTheSovereigntyBill #Ondaba #SovereigntyBill

She earned KES 12,000 a month, but deductions could slash it to 6K. Early shifts, penalties, exhaustion, and zero room for error. Ivy’s supermarket story as a cashier is a reminder that many entrepreneurs are shaped by jobs they never wanted to keep. Full Episode on Youtube and all streaming platforms🎧

For sexual violence to prevail, it takes more than the perpetrators, when we who ought to do something about it, choose to be passive bystanders who contribute to victim blaming, normalizing abuser & hiding behind morality to create a safe haven for abusers #WhatWillYouDo

Arsenal fans in Uganda 🇺🇬 are you ready?

🎥|+256🇺🇬➡️+27🇿🇦. Buzzing to get going, a lot coming up here. #PitchsideSowetoDerbyExperience.

I am attending the @CAF_Online workshop for AFCON 2027 at Mestil Hotel. Led by the Ag GS Samson Adamu, the delegation is here to make sure the three E. African countries align on a number of things regarding preparations for the 36th edition. #TotalEnergiesAFCON2027 #JGSports

Well, Arhbishop SKM, Leadership in the Church is not about dying. It is about not abandoning truth. We urgently need to confront a difficult question: is the Church still speaking with moral clarity into the realities of people’s lives, or has it become careful, distant, and safe? Whether through public confrontation or quiet engagement, silence is not an option. The Church does not have to seek martyrdom, but it must never become so protective of itself that it stops naming wrong, comforting the wounded, and confronting power with truth. A bishop is not called to perform courage. He is called to carry truth. And the moment the Church becomes afraid to do that, it may remain standing as an institution while ceasing to stand as a witness. Uganda does not need reckless religious leaders. But neither does it need shepherds who speak as though safety is the highest Christian virtue. The cross was never a symbol of comfort. It was a sign of costly faithfulness. So no, church leadership is not about dying to prove a point. But it is certainly about refusing to live by avoiding the point.

A flag and an anthem do not make a country independent. Independence means controlling your currency, your resources, your trade policy, your borders, and your leadership without foreign veto. By that measure, most of Africa is not independent. It is administeredat a distance. The IMF arrived with loans and left with sovereignty. Structural adjustment dismantled public spending, opened African markets to foreign goods that buried local producers, and generated debts that redirected government revenue to foreign creditors before a single hospital could be staffed. Multinational corporations did the rest, extracting African resources and booking profits in London, Dubai and Zurich, with Africa losing more to capital flight annually than it receives in aid and investment combined. And whenever an African leader looked at this architecture and decided his people deserved better, he was removed. Lumumba murdered. Sankara assassinated. Olympio shot dead in front of the American embassy in my own country, replaced within days by a junta France immediately recognised. The men installed in their place kept the extraction running smoothly and have been in power for the past 59 years. That is not the past. It is the operating system of what intellectuals call neoliberalism and neocolonialism.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Telling people to stop analysing how a system works while that system is actively running is not forward thinking but wilful blindness. You cannot build a way out of somewhere you refuse to understand. A doctor who refuses to ask how the patient got sick because it feels more productive to focus on treatment will kill the patient every single time. The way forward exists. But it runs directly through understanding the root causes of the issue. Nobody is stuck in the past. The past is stuck on us. There is the difference!

And teach the boy child to learn to take NO the first time it is said to him.

@CKyobutungi Why not use the money to put a coat of paint on the buildings? Why not increase staff to reduce waiting time? Now the sick can comfortably wait forever in the shade! I saw something similar at a court.People come,sit,wait and finally someone comes and reads new dates when to come

The ridiculous cost notwithstanding, when I rant about Ugandan mediocrity, this is a classical case. Where in the world would serious people organize an event to launch a waiting shed for patients? A shed!!!!!!!! While you are it, look at the state of the health centre!

Now highlight how the same british soldiers raped and killed women in kenya

Our man, @norbertmao made some very damming allegations in his presser yesterday. Saying there are plans to poison or shoot him is HUGE! The kind of thing @PoliceUg, @IGGUganda & other institutions should be seriously investigating.

A 91 year old woman in El Salvador started school for the first time, inspiring everyone that learning has no age limit.