In the eternal words of Martin Luther King Jr in his seminal speech, “I have a Dream”: “we’ve gathered here today, to dramatize a shameful condition”….Fishing in the twin Lakes of 7th Street.
#KampalaPotholeExhibition
@SpireJim
This is actually sad.
@PharmacistsUg
has a scholarship scheme that has been running for years. It’s designed to help students like him. Be that as it may, if he gets admitted to a pharmacy program in UG, kindly send him my way. My friends and I will pay for him.
The state agents threatening to arrest us, munsange wano e’Busaabala doing some bird watching by the beach.
Temwekooya asking for per diem to Manafwa. Save that taxpayer cash. 🤭
Started 2011; still at it in 2023…In between that, the hustles of entrepreneurship had me nearly running mad. I hope I don’t take another 10 years to finish. 🤦🏾♂️
START, GO SLOW, DON’T STOP
This is how we started in 2011 with 30m and next photo is how we finished in 2021.
In 2024, with whatever amount you have Start, Go Slow, Don’t Stop!!!
Bwana
@KakwenzaRukira
, I can confirm that’s me on the call with Hon
@AnitahAmong
. She did call me on March 1st with the view of meeting & discussing accountability &
#UgandaParliamentExhibition
.
It’s unclear how that audio leaked but I suspect someone taps her phone or mine.
Safety warning:
If you’re gonna commit your life to activism and exposing the corrupt in the Great Lakes region, this is how you’re advised to handle your drink on nights out. Carry it to the bathroom. Trust no one.
#UgandaParliamentExhibition
.
Dear
@UG_Airlines
, national carriers are symbols of pride. They celebrate & showcase the best of what nations have to offer to the world. They’re usually money losers & tax payers take the hit. It helps soften the blow if you supported local bznss & reduced the capital flight.
One of the things I’m most grateful for in life is the fact that I still get to sit down with our 86 year old father and laugh about the absurdities of life in Uganda.
It’s like drinking from a well that’s always giving.
Nze ndowooza tunyuke, even. The weather agrees.
Meet Eng. Justus Akankwasa, our Director Engineering and Technical Services.
Justus, like all of us at KCCA, is completely dedicated to his work and
#ProudofKCCA
.
When you see Ugandans like this man hustle and do all manner of dangerous things to feed their families, only to see their taxes stolen by fat-cats in parliament/gov’t, your heart breaks.
#UgandaParliamentExhibition
I’ve been seeing a lot of people take this view. They write nice English from fees paid by their fathers who mortgaged everything, passed up enjoyments etc to see then through school. But they won’t be there coz “dad wasn’t as present/loving as mum”. “This life, no balance”😥
How has Kenya successfully managed to keep the army out of civilian eyesight? In Uganda, the army is so in our faces, you’d think the barracks shifted to the streets but in Kenya, you have to pass a barracks to see a soldier in uniform & even then, they don’t seem dressed for war
Good morning! Regardless of your side on “children are a setback” argument, I think this parenting advice our Mzee gave me might help either one of you.
So, this Ugandan lady marries an old British guy, gets him to sell his house in the UK & invest here. Then she tries to deport him & keep all the stuff to herself?
Justice Wamala says no bueno & gives the boy child a lease of life with this temporary injunction.
It’s a movie.
"The fact that rich kids can swan aimlessly from gap year to internship to a job at father's bank/ministry/TV network – while the poor kids sweat into their barista uniforms – is not an accident: it is the system working normally". —-Thomas Piketty-Capital in The 21st Century.
It’s true, I was invited to State House by
@KagutaMuseveni
for an event led by
@Odrek_Rwabwogo
& his team at
@paceidug
. The aim is to foster mentorship & celebrate Ugandans from all walks of life (politics, medicine,bznss etc). It firmly aligns with our goals at
@PublicSquareEA
.
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PHOTOS: A truck that was transporting bales of cotton from Fort Portal City, western Uganda to Bugolobi, Kampala for ginning overturned on 8th Street, Kampala as the driver reportedly tried to dodge one of the huge potholes on the road on April 14, 2023....
#MonitorUpdates
Can someone please whisper to Mr
@Odrek_Rwabwogo
that had his father in law not wasted the better part of this country’s 40 years, he wdn’t be out in a cold Washington DC, begging on third rate American TV shows&embarrassing himself?
“MPs,not govt,passed the law”? What’s govt?🤔
Is Patriotic State Minister of Finance, Planning & Economic Dev’t, Henry Musasizi on this app?
We were loitering on the inter-webs & landed on this massive 4BN property on Sisa Hill. We couldn’t square his talk of absence of money to fund basic public needs with such opulence
“What Ugandans desire is service delivery and an improving Uganda to live in.”—-Tough to achieve the level of service delivery we desire when a Speaker can make off with funds that can support healthcare in 10 districts.
Our problems are so close to you; you sleep with them.
Why we need the third force for the new Uganda
Coercion, propaganda, preaching hate of one against the other and sowing anger among the citizens will only make people more desperate and ungovernable. The new ensuing disorder will indiscriminately torment the actual and presumed
Good morning from these ends!!
Seeing how fellas tried to cook me yesterday, I felt it only fair that I find something to cook as well.
Tunyuke even ✌🏾
In all this EFRIS,
@URAuganda
, Kikuubo back & forth, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: not even the folks we think are elite thinkers understand how VAT works. If they did, they’d know that the taxman is simply asking for a tax that the consumer has already paid.
It’s super nice to see
@TourismBoardUg
leadership join the rest of cheering Ugandans to see
#MamaDsWorldRecord
become a reality. This is where the party is at.
How does Mr
@patrickbitature
sleep at night with all this debt from multiple sources? Must be really stressful. 😢
I remember back in my early bznss days, we had more debt than we could pay with 5 yrs of profit.Any phone-call made me panic. Rough days!
I hope he gets out ahead
If it’s true that some state agents are pushing for a split of & eventual demise of
@NUP_Ug
, I think it’s a mistake. The NUP folks were more effective as a political group outside the formal party structure & the constraints it comes with. You don’t want them back in the streets
@GODFREY_Kutesa
Bro, respectfully, this thinking is regressive and belongs in the 1930s where men expected women to just feed them, have sex with them, and raise their children. The world has evolved. Your views ought to catch up with the times.
Friends & strangers asked why we laid it all on the line to dig into &expose the coffee cash mess.The answer is simple: in Bugisu,coffee is life. It’s how our parents get money to afford the basics in life. It’s how we get school fees, it’s how we bond. This is my uncle & I today
The mass deployment of BOTS to defend our beautiful Speaker
@AnitahAmong
and the institution of
@Parliament_Ug
coupled with threats delivered via phone calls is exactly how democracy should work in a modern society.
Don’t account; just pay a few BOTS and issue threats. Sweet!
The good folks at
@PublicSquareEA
putting in a solid shift. I’ve not met many people in the EA region who obsess about the generation of knowledge and defense of ideas like these guys.
In under 5 years, everyone in the region will know and appreciate their work. 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️
Me? Clout? From you,
@idringp
?
Bruh, I only come to you for jokes. And in this tax fight, you’re a real big joke. Look at how many folks are laughing…at you this time.
@TonyNatif
@ClivesGrace
@URAuganda
I’m not crying, I asked you a simple question, I know you are doing this for clout … I just want to know why you thought it was prudent to add my pictures on your tweet .. it’s really that simple
Over a couple of morning beers, my 85 year old dad said the people who are shocked at some of the things M7 is doing have 80 yr old grandpas whom they can’t trust to lace their own boots without breaking something. How then do we expect perfection from an octogenarian President?
We’ve found the smoking gun:
Everything leads back to Mr
@Odrek_Rwabwogo
. A company in which he is Director,Cross Frontier Trade Ltd, in fact owns the Uganda-Connect trademark.They’ve covered this in a convoluted network of companies.
@Ronkawamara
& co aren’t the beneficiaries
What’s the connection between
@Ugconnect_
and
@coffeeinvestug
? I see there’s some cross pollination.
Also, I see Mr
@KKariisa
registered as a Director. He seems like a guy who wouldn’t take crappy corporate governance practices.
Did they receive any taxpayer cash as well?
I want to take this opportunity to wish my Muslim brothers a good Ramathan month and pray that the Almighty Allah answers all your prayers and life's wishes.
#TutegeereOmupiira
Eh! UGX 150,000? 🙆🏾♂️ How was our President feeding his family&seeing his children through SMACK,Namagunga etc back then?Bambi this level of sacrifice for the country deserves a Nalubaale medal.Makes you wonder what his lower guys were making & how they managed to buy Kololo houses
President
@KagutaMuseveni
: From 1987 to 1996, at the time of the Tumukunde Report, I was getting UGX 150,000 per month as President; that was my salary. We were rebuilding our country, and I was the highest paid at the time.
#NBSUpdates
Cooking is something I do as a great passion and I’m very glad 🙂 she loves cooking too 😎
Meanwhile that pilao is absolutely world class 😋
Over to you
@TonyNatif
The only thing Hon.
@muhammadNserek2
didn’t do was assert his seniority like the other guy but the levels of ignorance about subject matter are the same.
Meanwhile, Kamanda
@AAgather
, the indefatigable Human Rights Colossus over at
@AgoraCFR
is nominated for an international award; a huge honor in itself. The event should be live from the White House at 6pm our time.
Live | The White House
Whenever I see this
@URAuganda
HQ building towering over shantytowns in Kinawataka etc, I see a sore middle finger.
I think: “what a perfect symbol of how things are in this country”... Gov’t screwing over everyone else while having the best cars, buildings etc for themselves.
Sometimes, “okusudiya omugagga” doesn’t work. The traders are finding out the hard way.
President
@KagutaMuseveni
is giving them a proper tax history lecture and reminding them about patriotism. You can hear a pin drop.
Happy birthday, Kamanda
@AAgather
. All Ugandans who value social justice, inclusion, disdain for corruption etc owe you a huge debt of gratitude. They don’t make them like you often.
Doesn’t the
@KagutaMuseveni
household have a dog/pet? I could swear it’s the only one that didn’t get a building named after it.
If the Speaker’s team had done their job, they would’ve found out the name of his favorite cow & slapped it on a women’s ward or something. Bihogo 🤗
The same Ugandans who are shocked at a planned kid showing up in a chopper for prom don’t ask questions about these unemployed kids who drop millions of shillings every weekend buying them alcohol on Bandali.
H.E might not do what
@DuncanAbigaba
is asking but that could be because
@KagutaMuseveni
didn’t hire you for competence. If he had, you’d have no job.
But you can RESIGN,
@SusanMuhwezi
. In this role, you’ve been an unmitigated disaster. Just do the honorable thing and resign.
@DuncanAbigaba
You must have a particular hatred . I doubt the AGOA exporters share your sentiments. I also doubt that H. E will do your bidding. God help you & I hold no ill feelings
Dear Mr.
@MwesigyeFranks
We trust you will understand our decision to address you without the use of self-attributed titles.
Below, please find our response to the
#disinformation
you have spread through this forgery.
Best regards,
When you get a chance, please go show some love to your local food “kafunda” people; the “maama Juniors” of this world. The food is great but the conversations are even better (frame 2). Plus, they can use the extra cash.
*Diaspora folks, I know the FOMO is too much. Sorry 🤭
On these streets, we give the
@NRMOnline
gov’t so much grief for their failures in governance as evidenced by poor service delivery across various sectors; sports inclusive. But with the Teryet High Altitude Training Center, they’ve outdone themselves & deserve HUGE PRAISE…a 🧵
I’m very happy to report that as of 2 minutes ago, my favorite street fishing spot in Kampala is being sealed off for repair. All the water has been drained from the Twin Lakes of 7th street & machinery plus personnel are in place. Fishing activities will now move to real lakes👏🏾
In the eternal words of Martin Luther King Jr in his seminal speech, “I have a Dream”: “we’ve gathered here today, to dramatize a shameful condition”….Fishing in the twin Lakes of 7th Street.
#KampalaPotholeExhibition
Meanwhile, Kamanda
@AAgather
, the indefatigable Human Rights Colossus over at
@AgoraCFR
is nominated for an international award; a huge honor in itself. The event should be live from the White House at 6pm our time.
Live | The White House
Over the last few months, through long nights, my dear friend/neighbor
@ponton_alex
and I have been cooking up a few things.
We think there’s lots of cool brick & mortar businesses that we can work with to unleash great value while solving society’s problems.
Exciting times!
Time to back some boring businesses
I have been posting for all of last year about the need for early-stage funders to start backing “fast-growing” traditional businesses. It doesn’t matter if you are building a fintech or a new grocery store concept. A Startup is growth. I feel
👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you
@NUP_Ug
for the quick response. This reflects well on you as an entity that cares about public accountability.
It’s seemingly small acts like this where leaders fall on their own swords-as opposed to threatening activists-that builds a culture of accountability.
How does a man presiding over the most corrupt government in the history of this country somehow teach wealth creation? Sounds like fiction.
Did he mean wealth transfer from the masses to the few powerful government officials? That’d be a more accurate lesson.
I hate to be the bearer of such awful news this early but as we roast our leaders in
@Parliament_Ug
, please keep an eye out for another coffee heist.
A brother has cooked up an even bigger payday. This is said to potentially reach $16m & he expects his loot in April.
Tunyuke!
Our first investigative work over at
@PublicSquareEA
earned us a Presidential shoutout. 🤭 But we promise, we are not agents of imperialism; that’s just a ruse. We are agents of the citizens and better accountability for public funds.
Wano Mzee alimba, aliimba, aliiimba!
“I want to warn those people who have been de-campaigning our coffee value addition strategy. We know who they are and we warn them. They want us to continue exporting our unprocessed coffee and other goods. They want us to continue importing used clothes. Even some people have
The revelation that Bugingo’s murdered “driver/guard” wasn’t some church elder but an experienced SFC should be more proof of what we’ve been saying for a while. Religious leaders in this country have been co-opted by the regime. They have a master who isn’t in heaven.
From the time this guy left that government job, he writes lots of sense. His opinions are clever, well articulated and lean a lot on research.
Did they hand him back his brain as part of the exit interview process?
Rev, Uganda can't thrive without
@WorldBank
;
1.
@WorldBank
lends at the lowest rates, 2%/ below, allows debt restructuring & forgiveness.
2. If you borrow from China, you will pay above 4% & conditions are non negotiable.
3. If you borrow from our local banks, you'll pay 6%+.
Here, a rich man doesn’t want a mast put in a plot next to his. He claims it’s gonna cause cancer.
But he was negotiating with ATC (the US company) to put it in his own plot (Hotel International) but charged a lot & the company guys engaged the neighbor instead. Must be pissed.
The News: Marie Antoinette Josèphe just unveiled a monstrosity of a house that stands as a giant symbol of opulence in a country that finds itself in the crosshairs of financial ruin thanks to a law she pushed. The timing couldn’t be worse.
A proper middle finger to taxpayers.
There will NEVER be an NRA/
@NRMOnline
universe in which you
@BalaamAteenyiDr
or
@DaudiKabanda
,
@FrankGashumba
or any self seekers standing besides MK will ever be considered higher than Gen Otafiire. You’re just footnotes carrying begging bowels & lying to the 1st son.
Mwefuge
Anyways, I’ve found the figure. The cost of building New Mulago was GBP 2,315,000 (1957-1962). In today’s pounds, that works out to £69,950,329.81 or 331 BN UGX, which is about half the cost of the Lubowa foundation.
Agashuma!
Looks like we have a famous neighbor on the south side!
Bill Gates might have ditched the dreary, grey, wet environs of Medina, Washington for the sunny lake views of Muyenga, Kampala.
Not sure what he thinks about these
@KCCAUG
potholes.
Y’all can’t be shamelessly blaming
@HEBobiwine
for doing what any reasonable leader would do. You’re just used to protecting the corrupt and greedy. That may appear the norm but it doesn’t make it right. You live in an upside down world.
Bro, is your family healthy now? I know you’ve been in the trenches a fair bit lately. Welcome back to these streets. Still running 10 accounts? Do you wanna drop the pretense & share your actual pic instead of hiding behind screens? OR wd you prefer your “friends” drop it here?
Someone help me understand how the same Dr JC Muyingo who sits in
@Educ_SportsUg
meetings & passes these resolutions alongside
@JanetMuseveni
turns around & charges parents a mini fortune for “development fees” in his privately owned schools.
Why doesn’t he resign?
Agashuma!!
Schools will no longer charge any form of fees for the acquisition of permanent or immovable property that remains assets of the school, its foundation body, or proprietors. This includes contributions for the purchase of school buses or development fees for buildings.
As citizens, we MUST hold our leaders accountable, generate & drive engagement on matters pertaining to our collective well being. It’s our patriotic duty.
At
@PublicSquareEA
, we thank
@AgoraCFR
for leading the charge. We are thrilled to learn & work with them on these causes.
The claims of sexual molestation in
@NUP_Ug
as made by Hon
@MathiasMpuuga
may not be false but that he kept quiet & even stayed, having known them back then, makes him complicit.
He’s only using them as political leverage & that’s a worse look.
He’s a shameless opportunist.
Why is Mpuuga only mentioning sexual molestation now that he's been asked to step down? It's ridiculous to believe him without question - these are obviously lies from someone desperate to cling to power and keep dipping into the taxpayers' funds.
Someone ought to whisper to Hon
@MathiasMpuuga
that molesting young girls is a crime in Uganda. He’s a lawyer & should know this. The place to raise such issues is with
@PoliceUg
& not with party President
@HEBobiwine
.
This is a huge F-.
A leader who hides this is a criminal.
The claims of sexual molestation in
@NUP_Ug
as made by Hon
@MathiasMpuuga
may not be false but that he kept quiet & even stayed, having known them back then, makes him complicit.
He’s only using them as political leverage & that’s a worse look.
He’s a shameless opportunist.
When
@Mukulaa
says “let’s put our politics aside”, it’s funny. He’s been shoving
@NRMOnline
down our throats for eons. Is he admitting they’ve failed?Does he need reminding that he’s part of establishment timber? Captain Mike, you’ve been part of this rot.From vaccines to roads…
We need a major rethink on KAMPALA CITY CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT - CBD .Kampala road has lost its glory and flame…..Let’s put our politics aside….this is our main pride of the country…..we need a collective effort and action.
Ekikulu muwakana nyooo! To the left is a 3.4 acre empty lot in the Hamptons going for $2m. That’s the price of an acre in some parts of Kololo. Then to the right is a beachfront property for under $2m. Kololo has no beach, unless you wanna mistake these potholes for lakes.
The drive from Muyenga to the CBD via the HQ of one of the biggest tax payers in this country; Total.
This is what failed leadership looks like.
Don’t be fooled by what
@Mukulaa
is saying. This is a result of failed politics. You don’t solve it by “putting our politics aside”
We need a major rethink on KAMPALA CITY CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT - CBD .Kampala road has lost its glory and flame…..Let’s put our politics aside….this is our main pride of the country…..we need a collective effort and action.
In solidarity with my Muslim brothers and sisters, I’m taking off 7 days to fast with them and learn about their faith during Ramadan.
Please send through some Āyahs that speak to you.
Note: Day 1 is rough. I didn’t wake up to eat/drink. 😩
How did they convince President
@KagutaMuseveni
to preside over this launch? It’s a mockery that one can divert state resources, build a private hospital, call it the biggest in the country, spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer cash to launch it and invite a President no less.
It appears that on January 9th, Mr
@TugumeNelsonO
became principal signatory to all their bank accounts. Some folks have joked that this is the equivalent of having Dracula in charge of a blood bank.
As we attack the week, let’s be reminded that
@NUP_Ug
is doing the right thing. Whoever is defending the other side yet constantly harangues
@NRMOnline
for wanton greed and corruption, is a walking image of cognitive dissonance.
That man shd resign
#UgandaParliamentExhibition
Kamanda
@KakwenzaRukira
, I’m here to report that through our contacts & a quick cross check of company documents, the owner of this company is a private citizen who has been through the trenches & is enjoying the benefits of first mover advantage. She’s not one of the looters.
This weekend, I took off time to reconnect with my Gishu roots. We come from Bunangabo, a few kilometers from
@wekesa_amos
’ Lwakhakha. This area is named after “Nangabo”, a guy who, 7 generations back made shields to be used in territorial wars against the Teso & other nations.
Mad respect to you
@nikita_helene
.
One day, on a whim,I drove to Nakivale & asked to stay with a random refugee family. I landed on a group of entrepreneurs pitching their ideas among themselves.Their group was called “Opportunegee”. I was humbled. Frame 1 was my bed for a week
@rkabushenga
I’ve been reading many eulogies abt The Late Governor but few mention how generous he was. At K’la Club, That man gave us over half the money we needed to set up the 1st private cancer service at UG Cancer Institute circa 2009. It’s since grown to care for thousands. What a man!
As promised, we found the MEMARTS and all manner of resolutions. It looks like the functions of UCDA under the coffee Act were handed to
@coffeeinvestug
Dear
@coffeeinvestug
, this is what we’ve found thus far. Care to collaborate this list and place it in proper context in as far as your structure is concerned?
We shall have our team look into individual leadership of these entities.
Again, your MEMARTS will be very helpful.
The thing with this country is that if you’re fairly smart with no moral conviction & can sing yellow songs loud enough, you can go from shamba boy to “powerful”. But then when you start thinking you have any sort of power, the system quickly reminds you who’s daddy.
Exhibit A.
There will NEVER be an NRA/
@NRMOnline
universe in which you
@BalaamAteenyiDr
or
@DaudiKabanda
,
@FrankGashumba
or any self seekers standing besides MK will ever be considered higher than Gen Otafiire. You’re just footnotes carrying begging bowels & lying to the 1st son.
Mwefuge
So, we can’t send our dear Speaker a campaign contribution?
How far reaching are these sanctions? Would
@Airtel_Ug
or
@mtnug
be in breach if they allowed her to transact on their platforms?
It appears Mr
@KagutaMuseveni
’s office is one of the most corrupt in the country. The President was right when he said some of his aides are corrupt. Our info shows that these guys lure desperate Ugandans looking for compensation, get the cash released & then jail the claimants.
A very good morning from the mountains of Karamoja. Ffe tunyuse. Aba NAM batulemesezza ekibuga.
We shall be back when those visitors whose praises choir master
@CHRISBARYOMUNS1
forcefully wants us to sing leave.
2.4BN would be his earnings for more than 10 years if he actually didn’t have access to state resources and deals.
Why would the Church accept such a gift that’s most likely not gotten from cash earned the right way?
Our churches are active beneficiaries of corruption.
Hon.
#SamKuteesa
has pledged to build a cathedral Church at All saints Church of Uganda
#Sembabule
Parish alone at UGX2.4B.
Ground breaking is on 10th.Dec 2023
On behalf of Sembabule District Youth, we thank him and pray too God to bless him with good health.
@mkainerugaba
@GODFREY_Kutesa
Mr Kutesa, there is an amazing cook called the cooking nurse on instagram. She teaches the kind of dishes you like. Also Spark TV’s tufumbe program teaches traditional meals.
I’m more on the pastry side for my audience. However, perhaps I’ll try your meals in the future 😊.