Norbert Mao
@norbertmao
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President of the Democratic Party | A seasoned Lawyer with the heart to lead Uganda into a United, Democratic, Peaceful and Prosperous nation | Official
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The war to cleanse the synagogue is going to last at least two years! How can corrupt and hypocritical masqueraders turn politics into a bastion for blackmail, slander and hate-mongering? The merchants of hate will decide when this will end.
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There are things you can’t delegate - like parenting! Nathan is in the thick of O Level exams and I had to go cheer him on.
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@HEBobiwine
is a rough diamond politician but there’s no denying that he’s smooth as a father. I have witnessed that first hand. That photo with Ssuubi telling her dad tall tales is my favorite. Happy Father’s Day
@HEBobiwine
!
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I’m with the CJ, the D/Speaker, the Health Minister & the Speaker’s brother in Seattle where the Speaker is hospitalized. A man who is very ill deserves our prayers. Above all let’s respect his privacy and that of his family. The D/Speaker will soon issue a statement. It is well!
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To
@HEBobiwine
I hear you loud and clear on Dialogue and I respect your position though I consider it ill advised, myopic and reckless. You be the thunder. Let me be the rain!
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I first really got to know
@Snduhukire
during the TDA coalition talks in 2015. She planted herself outside the conference room like a muvule tree, probing summit members for news. Persistent, inquisitive and charming too. Making sure she got the news! Happy Birthday 🎉 🎈
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What a joy to witness the power of faith that has seen
@jackie_chandiru
restored fully. May God continue to bless her and keep her strong. Her recovery is a testimony. And there’s no testimony without a test. Jackie has passed the test with flying colours.
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“Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah” Psalm 46:1-3
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Please join me in wishing my son Nico a happy 19th Birthday. Time flies indeed. Just the other day he was child. Now he is a man headed to university next year! Happy Birthday Nico and God bless you. Chase your dreams with courage and tenacity. And...as they say...Nkuze😂
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Great job
@CanaryMugume
and
@nbstv
for your probing qns during
#M7TalksToNBS
. He ducked and deflected but you held your line. My son said: “This journalist is so confident while facing the President, so why do cabinet ministers who are often with M7 look cowed in his presence?”
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Today I met Hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya’s mother at my office at the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. We were joined by the Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, Mariam Wangadya, who was visiting. I assured her that the right to a fair trial is paramount!
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MY QUOTE OF THE DAY: "If you are afraid, don't do it, if you do it, don't be afraid.”
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I want to start paying rent for the space I occupy in Hon. Ibrahim Ssemujju’s brain! God bless you Hon. Ssemujju!
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If I asked you to use ONE WORD to describe the current State of Our Country, which one would it be? Write the word in capital letters then in brackets write a sentence supporting your description in lower case starting with “because”. E.g. BLESSED (Because we have youth and oil)
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Belgium finally returns a gold crowned tooth belonging to Patrice Lumumba who remains a hero of the anti colonial struggle. This is the last remains of Lumumba. It was kept as a trophy by a Belgian police officer. The rest of his remains was dissolved in acid.
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The jailing of one man has made a whole country to feel so depopulated. We all feel as if we are in jail with
@HEBobiwine
and the others. Indeed the outside of their jail is the inside of ours. We need to plan and make a jailbreak now!
#FreeBobiWine
#FreeUganda
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I love cartoons but now it seems the ideas are weddings, weddings, obscenity ETC. (meaning End of Thinking Capacity)
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This is totally unacceptable. Let’s avoid the road to Mogadishu!
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When all is said and done, the Truth will outshine lies and misinformation.
@nbstv
@ntvuganda
@ubctvuganda
@newvisionwire
@DailyMonitor
@bbstvug
@bukeddeonline
@SaltTvUganda
@CapitalFMUganda
@933kfm
@RadioOneFM90
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When the contents of a stomach are not at peace with each other the exits should not be closed. That way the most unsettling contents are able exit. Some exit as gases, others as liquids or solids. Some will exit quietly, others will exit with a lot of noise. That's politics 4u!
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I said it and I say it again. With votes at stake, even those who preach water will drink wine.
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Ugandans should stop reading the Book of Lamentations only and start reading the Book of Revelations. The problems of Uganda have been adequately explained. What is left is to tackle them. Uganda needs a Leader not a Chief Mourner! Leaders have a plan. Mourners express pain!
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You hounded the man in life. You hounded him as he fought for his life in hospital. You're now hounding him in death! Eh eh eh my Lord, I wonder! This is called okuwalana omulambo! Why troll a man even in death? If you can please take the pomp and glamour and give us back Jacob!
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To those who have been telling LIES about ME, the time time has come to tell the TRUTH about YOU! You can run but you cannot hide! At any rate you cannot hide forever.
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Say Amen to a bright future full of God’s favour, health, abundance and happiness to Patrick Ssenyonjo aka Fresh Kid. Awo tovaawo! Retweet 🙏
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Even if I walk on water, my usual haters will say “Norbert Mao can’t swim!”
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I wish the Lion of Buganda, King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, a happy birthday. I pray he has a great day and may the years ahead come with many more blessings. As the 5th Stanza says “Katonda omulungi ow'ekisa/Otubeere Mukama/
Otubundugguleko emikisa gyo era/
Bbaffe omukuumenga.”
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Here is an Artist’s Impression of the Specialized National Referral & Teaching Hospital to be built in Gulu City. Thank you President
@KagutaMuseveni
for the decision and directives. This will go along way in addressing some of most pressing health needs in the Greater North.
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Under this simple and unassuming cover is the Roadmap to A Shared Future for All Ugandans. It’s is a Three Step Process - Agreeing on What is to Be Done, Doing What We Have Agreed To Do and Ushering in A New Beginning for the Pearl of Africa. Is it Possible? Yes! Hard? You bet!
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Don’t complain about the war in Ukraine and how it has caused wheat shortage which has pushed up the price of bread. Just eat your cassava osilike! Now we all understand import substitution. I’m waiting for a statement like “why complain about transport costs just walk to work!”
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When all is said and done you reach the conclusion that life is about knowing yourself, knowing what you want and going after it full swing without giving a damn!
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The bricklayer who paid her way through university while taking care of her family. Congratulations Sharon Mbabazi. With her head in the clouds but feet firmly on the ground she is poised to go places. The future belongs to her likes not the “tusaba gavumenti etuyambe...” types
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23 years ago today you came into the world. The musical teddy bear your mum used to press to her stomach must have reached you in the womb sharpening your musical instincts. The day you were born you recognized the sound immediately. We thank God for your musical gift! HBD Nico!
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To our brother
@KMbappe
you’re the Rising Sun of World Football. Keep your Eyez on the Prize! In ten to fifteen years your record will be unmatched.
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I hate to have to say this but pride goes before a fall. Bagobye emome! Stick to insulting Norbert Mao. Nze nsiiwa naye oli abalagala…
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Made a Happy Birthday call earlier to
@HEBobiwine
. He cracked me up when he told me that Barbie had kidnapped him for the day and he will be confined in a ‘safe house’ in an unknown location. “I’m a willing victim and I don’t want the security forces to look for me!”, he said. 🤣
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You have to fear the man who God has decided to lift up! Be ready with apologies.
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The same people who threw parties to celebrate the death of Gen. Paul Lokech are the same ones wishing Speaker Jacob Oulanyah dead. Their likes refused Milton Obote’s dead body passage through Luwero to Akokoro for burial! They betrayed Ben Kiwanuka. There is no truth in them.
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Soroti gives meaning & makes moral sense of the terms of the DP-NRM Cooperation Agreement. Attan did not lose. Patriotic Ugandans won additional justification and urgency to hold the National Dialogue for the Institutional Reforms that the DP-NRM Cooperation Agreement calls for!
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Today I paid a courtesy call on the Rt. Hon. General Moses Ali at his office suite at OPM. We spoke about a variety of issues. I thank God for keeping him. He gave me a copy of his book “The Odyssey of the Nubi: From Soldiers of the British Empire to Full Citizens in Uganda.”
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Happy 60th Independence Day my fellow Ugandans! It is time to reflect on the meaning of Independence Day for the ordinary Ugandan. We need the three sights - hindsight (to discern yesterday), insight (to discern today) and foresight (to discern tomorrow).
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The bard said it best: “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” Let not a virus define a leader who boosted the economy, multiplied infrastructure a hundredfold & tackled wasteful spending. The President is dead. Long live the President!
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Peace be with you fellow Ugandans. I know it is hard but I urge you to think for yourselves. Make sure the words that issue from your mouths are not too hot just in case you have to swallow them! Soon I’ll have the privilege of accepting the apologies of naysayers. Watch & Wait!
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““Governments come and go. The State needs to be protected. In Italy, governments are always falling The State never collapses. IPOD is not about protecting any government. It is about the State. Uganda is the only country we have. We may have Plan B but we don’t have Country B.”
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To those who are complaining that I’m too quiet about my work at
@MoJCA_UG
, I say “The hen never cackles until the egg is laid.”!
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This tweet has drawn a clear line between those who know and those who understand! I’m glad
@mkainerugaba
doesn’t suffer from generational myopia. You need a wide lens to overcome generational myopia. Otherwise you’ll always be taken by surprise & end up wallowing in victimhood!
My big brother
@norbertmao
is the most brilliant opposition leader in Uganda today. He has Presidential skills.
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Did you know that Uganda is ranked the second country in the world with the highest number of women business owners? Source: MasterCard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2021
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Congratulations Morocco 👏. Failure is an orphan but success has many fathers! We are all Moroccans!
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This was the last photo of the "Pentagon". L - R Stephen Kajubi Ssepuuya, yours truly, Frank Nigel Othembi, Frank Olok-Asobasi and Speaker Jacob Oulanyah L'okori.
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I’m not a drop in the ocean! I’m the entire ocean in a drop!
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For those who have been asking whether
@DPSecretariat1
owns a home, I’m pleased to inform you that we own buildings on Plots 1173/1174 Balintuma Road. We also own Plot 1212 Kisonsonkole Close near the Kabaka’s Mengo Palace where we plan to build Ben Kiwanuka House pictured below.
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To the social media trolls: please accept my sincere apology. I’m gifted with many skills but arguing with idiots isn’t one of them. Please support your candidate wholeheartedly. Trolling me is an unnecessary waste of your time. Of course deep in your heart you know I’m da best!
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Our very own
@HEBobiwine
has made it to the list of
@TIME
100. He’s in the category of “phenoms” i.e. people who achieve a lot very quickly. Alongside Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri and South Sudanese model Adut Akech they are making our region shine. Congratulations
@HEBobiwine
!
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Only those who can see the invisible can do the impossible!
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This is so funny it made my day. Even the cartoons by
@SpireJim
can’t get close 🤣🤣🤣 Just check out the Mao BUBU mansion 🙈, Bobi Wine’s mansion for the Born again, Dr. Besigye’s swimming pool and the Lord Mayor’s double garage not to mention Gen. Muntu’s three floors!
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“Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.” Psalm 16:34. A man turns 54 today, starts his day by going on Safari! The best is yet to come. No wonder trials and tribulations come before triumphs. Even in the dictionary!
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Good morning friends and yes...enemies. My inbox is full of NUP adherents who are thanking me for shining the light of Truth on the shady dealings that gave false hope to millions. Each insult I get is a badge of honour. I don't mind being deceived but I'll never deceive myself.
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For decades I have preached principled unity to deal with Musevenism - the man, the machine and the mindset. Unhealthy competition and infiltration killed unity efforts. Today I repeat my distilled advice to those who genuinely want change - NEVER LAUNCH A MISSILE FROM A CANOE!
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This Sunday 7pm
@CapitalFMUganda
FM 91.3 will be airing Part 1 of my story on Desert Island Discs. You’ll hear many things you don’t know about me and pity those who think they know me. My choice of music will surprise and wow you!
@Mizzflav
left no stone unturned!
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Some petty radicals say the Seattle demos were not about
@JacobOulanyah
but the curbing government waste on medical treatment of VIPs abroad. I insist it is a cheap shot against a man fighting for his life. For the record
@HEBobiwine
,
@ZaakeFrancis
and
@NBakireke
also benefited!
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If NUP does not rein in its supporters who abuse & slander anybody who disagrees with them, it should forget State Power! To make friends, be a friend. Otherwise you may never know who your true friends are. If you don't change, the picture below may be your 2026 election symbol!
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I wonder whether NUP members know that their so called party is paying a fortune (out of the IPOD cash) to your conflicted landlord/demigod for a purported office which is really a corridor in Kamwokya? But do they have any say anyway?
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Since I stopped attacking the dogs and started attacking their owner social media has changed. If I’m pursuing an alleycat and it runs into a sewer I will not stop my pursuit. This thing of ‘when they go low, we go high’ has exceptions!
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My life has been consecrated to the Ugandan people who I seek to serve guided by God’s will. Despite the slings and arrows of detractors and many personal setbacks my devotion to the tasks I set myself remain unwavering! I strive regardless. The more I fail, the more I strive!
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Greetings from Mwaami Kakooti (in chorus) of Congo 🤣🤣🤣 I love Ugandans and their wicked sense of humor. Before that there was Ow’ekikofiira (Stetson) and Ow’akokofiira (beret) and Ssenyondo of the hammer 🤣🤣🤣 You can knock me down with a feather this lunch break…
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No matter what I do I can’t escape the headlines! It has been like that for over 30 years! But to the newshounds I say the bigger part of the iceberg is unseen!
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Ugandans agree on a lot of things but instead of building on what we agree on, we seem to spend most of our time arguing about the things we don’t agree about.
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Schools are hiking fees citing the costs of enforcing COVID-19 SOPs. Government should allocate COVID Relief Fund to schools to save parents from this burden. Without a government hand 50 percent of students will not return to school. This is a time bomb if not managed well.
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“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” Malcolm X
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I’m benching here at SIU Kireka to see my brother
@nickopiyo
who has been detained since yesterday. The family in Gulu is devastated by his arrest.
@nickopiyo
has stood for the human rights of all. Now it our duty to stand up and be counted for him.
#FreeNicholasOpiyo
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Finally
@FDCOfficial1
has found it’s Betty Nambooze. Only difference is he speaks better Luglish. Kabaka Yekka is alive and kicking!
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Mama, remember those who gang raped the constitution? We counted them. Alibaba and the 317 traitors. We deleted one from Jinja. We’re soon deleting one from Rukungiri. Others are still at large. Mama, we’re waiting for a signal for mass fumigation of 🇺🇬
#JuliusMalemaChallenge
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"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." – Mark Twain. Happy New Year to all. May you get a revelation about what problem you were born to solve. The Lord Reigns!
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Beware of appearances. Even if a cassava tuber is shaped like a chicken, it will never taste like chicken. Learn to distinguish between form and substance. You may have a constitution, a parliament, hold elections and have many media outlets yet lack democracy!
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I thank everyone who sent me birthday wishes. Uganda will be greater if we agree that we can have a team of rivals at the helm. That is what I call a broad centre that can steer the country forward regardless of the extremists on all sides. To my critics: You make me stronger!
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Not everyone on Twitter is a Homo Sapiens (Latin for ‘wise man’). Some are Homo Stupidus! You will know each group by how they react to my tweets 🤣🤣🤣
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Woke up this morning to a message from Imat Cecilia Ogwal - a woman of valor and wisdom who embraced me from my youth the way a mother embraces her child. Today she sent me these beautiful words from the Holy Bible. Even from distant lands she knows I need to hear these words.
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This forgotten founder of NUP has gained some significance now.
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The dilemma of democracy sans democrats. The battle over ownership of the coveted centre number continues. I’m told some of the successful candidates in the 2021 elections are already in talks with the people who founded this party. Just for insurance. This is a developing story.
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Finally the dog owners are responding. This is for the record. Hypocrisy is when the release of your luxury bulletproof V8 Landcruiser on the orders of a dictator you're busy removing (excusing you over 300m/- in taxes) is more important than the release of your jailed followers!
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People will now understand my earlier statement that “Uganda is neither a dictatorship nor a democracy but a hypocrisy!”
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