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Someone who died today had plans for tomorrow. Someone who died this morning had plans for the evening, and someone who died tonight may have had plans for the days ahead. That is the reality of life. Everything can change in a second. We make plans as though we own tomorrow, yet none of us is guaranteed the next minute. Ensi tekwemazamu. love genuinely, and show up while you still can. Love you my Malaika, Micah and Nicole
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I Have ever been in this process. A testimony I will always tell, I made 147 applications via email excluding system/web-based applications in a period of 06 months and I was shortlisted for only 3 jobs and got 2 offers.
the number of applications you have to write if you want to get a job on merit
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When life gets hard and things are no longer moving in the right direction, what should come first: a man or your work, your relationship or your personal growth? This is where many of us make mistakes. We choose the wrong remedies for the problems we are facing, hoping they will produce the right results. We abandon what needs fixing and cling to what feels comfortable. We run from the discomfort of making difficult decisions and convince ourselves that everything will somehow work out. That is the ostrich mentality: burying your head in the sand when danger approaches, hoping that what you refuse to confront will eventually disappear. But life does not work that way. You cannot solve a financial problem by entering a relationship, fix a broken relationship by sacrificing your career, or escape personal responsibility by blaming circumstances. Sometimes, the problem is not that you lack solutions. It is that you keep choosing solutions that have nothing to do with the problem.
I HAVE A CONFESSION THAT'S HAUNTING ME 😭 My female friend came to me crying, "Shami, life is not moving. I just need a caring and providing man." I told her, "Where do you want me to get a man from?" Then I thought of my close male friend. I told him about her and he said, "I'm in, as long as she's serious." Guys, this boy LOVED her. He cared, he provided, he was faithful. He was already planning to settle down with her because she was beautiful and seemed serious. Until one day he fell sick and went for a check-up. When he came back, he was in tears and told me, "Shami, what you did to me was not fair." He had tested HIV POSITIVE. I froze. I panicked. I went straight to the girl. She swore she was negative. I didn't believe her, so I personally took her to the hospital for a test. She tested NEGATIVE. I breathed in and out and said, "I'm at peace now." But deep down, I'm not. So I ask you guys... Where do you think he got it from? And if you were me, would you feel guilty for connecting them?
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Right of misuse/ mentality
What behaviour on the road do you think needs to change most urgently? #RoadSafety #ArriveAlive
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How were these Ugandans recruited in the first place, were they trained, did they skills for the war or there were lured, trafficked to meet their death and someone or some people are enjoying? May their souls rest in peace!
If any of your family members or friends went to Russia as a military operative, kindly check on the below names and confirm he is part of the deceased or those who are missing. @UgandaMFA
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This fight reminds me of our high school days when our HM, Rev. Fr., would excuse beefing classes in the afternoon to go play rugby. By the time they returned from the field they would be more than brothers, sharing even food in the dining hall. 😂😂 Sometimes, all people need is a common goal, a little teamwork and perhaps some “bear knuckles”
Men are simple beings.....
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GIRLS, READ THE SIGNS. DON’T LET LOOKS, MONEY AND LIFESTYLE BLIND YOU. YOU MAY HATE ME FOR SAYING THIS, BUT SOMEONE HAS TO. The cars, iPhones, expensive dates, gifts and trips can be attractive. Enjoy them, but don’t let them distract you from the person behind them. A man can afford your lifestyle and still be incapable of giving you a healthy relationship. Pay attention to how he treats you when he’s angry, handles disagreements, respects your boundaries and takes responsibility for his actions. Watch his patterns. This isn’t about blaming women or ignoring men’s pain. Both suffer, but women often carry heavier consequences. Don’t confuse money with responsibility, jealousy with love, control with protection or apologies with change. And never have a child hoping it will make someone stay. THE MOST EXPENSIVE MISTAKE IS BEING SO ATTRACTED TO WHAT SOMEONE HAS THAT YOU IGNORE WHO THEY ARE. Take your time. Read the signs. Protect your peace. Never be so afraid of losing someone that you lose yourself. A SOFT LIFE IS GOOD. BUT PEACE OF MIND, RESPECT AND EMOTIONAL SAFETY ARE PRICELESS.
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You can work hard and still struggle. You can be educated and unemployed, or lack formal education and have valuable skills. Opportunities aren’t equal, and poverty isn’t always caused by bad choices. But some habits can change. Manage what you have, do honest work without shame, keep learning and take responsibility for what you can control. ASK YOURSELF: If you keep living as you do today, will you be closer to your goals in five years, or still explaining why you never started? Be honest with yourself.
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What is your motivation?
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Robert Asiimwe retweeted
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Men you’re not alone and boom the @MinofHealthUG puts up this in their official TikTok channel. Abasajja mulibenzi
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INCLUSION MUST BE MORE THAN A TALKING POINT. Sometimes, it takes a personal experience to understand how deeply our systems can exclude people, even when we believe we are doing our best. I once encountered a survivor of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) who could not speak. She was from the Democratic Republic of Congo and did not speak English. Supporting her was a real challenge because of the communication barriers we faced. Beyond the immediate need to provide protection and support, we had to navigate the question of how best to understand her needs, listen to her story and ensure she could access the services she deserved. That experience changed how I look at inclusion. It made me more conscious of the invisible barriers that people with disabilities, survivors of violence, refugees and others facing multiple vulnerabilities encounter every day. Watching this Member of Parliament communicate through sign language in Parliament is a reminder that inclusion is not about making room for people after everything else has been planned. It is about ensuring they are part of the process from the beginning. And this is where we need to confront some uncomfortable realities. We sometimes treat inclusion as a by-the-way consideration. We organise meetings, design programmes, allocate budgets and deliver services, then remember to arrange a sign language interpreter when someone who is deaf shows up. Yet inclusion goes far beyond interpretation. It requires investment in accessible infrastructure, communication systems, trained personnel, appropriate technology, inclusive information, referral pathways and service delivery mechanisms that respond to different needs. It also means involving people with disabilities and other marginalised groups in decisions that affect their lives. The problem is not always a lack of goodwill. Sometimes, it is a lack of deliberate planning, adequate investment and institutional commitment. If we are serious about leaving no one behind, inclusion must be reflected in our budgets, policies, programme designs, monitoring frameworks and accountability systems. We must ask ourselves: Who might be excluded by the way we plan and deliver this service? What barriers will they face? And what resources have we committed to removing those barriers? A person should not have to be physically present before we start thinking about how to accommodate them. Their needs should already be considered in the design. Because inclusion is not charity. It is dignity, equality, participation and the recognition that every person deserves a fair opportunity to be heard, understood and served. The real test of an inclusive society is not how well its systems serve those who fit in, but how deliberately they respond to those who have historically been left out. #InclusionMatters #DisabilityInclusion #LeaveNoOneBehind #SocialJustice #Accessibility
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How much more must we pay for the liberation of this country, when that very liberation seems to have taken us back to the days of dogs?
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She will be loved forever
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I saw a cadet saluting a commoner from behind. Forces let’s discuss!!! Learning only
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Ugandans will spend hours debating ‘Pastors are scammers’, scrutinizing their lifestyles, businesses and wealth, yet remain strangely quiet about duty bearers who swindle public resources that affect us all. We question the pastor’s source of income but rarely question the public official’s unexplained wealth. We demand accountability from the pulpit but tolerate impunity in public offices. And here is the irony: some of the very people who light these fires of public outrage sleep in the same beds with the very perpetrators who swindle public resources. They know whom to protect, whose excesses to overlook and which scandals to amplify to keep the public distracted. If we can challenge pastors who exploit people’s faith, why can’t we bring the same energy to Leaders who betray public trust? A pastor may exploit your faith, but a corrupt public official can rob you of a functioning hospital, a decent school, a road and opportunities for your children. Debate pastors, yes. Question businesses, absolutely. But let us not become so distracted by controversies in the pulpit that we forget the people entrusted with our taxes. The pulpit deserves scrutiny, but so does public office. And if your outrage stops where your political, financial or personal interests begin, you are not fighting corruption. You are simply choosing which corrupt acts you are comfortable with. Uncle @FrankGashumba let’s also look this side. 📸 courtesy @PatroUganda
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Many of our parent and millennial couples have lost the love game in their relationships after one of them realised that reciprocity has a limit and stopped forcing it. All they have left is taking care of the children who are products of toxic relationships.
THE CYCLE OF TOXIC LOVE: PARENTS DID IT, MILLENNIALS INHERITED IT, AND GEN Z IS REPEATING IT. Many of our parents’ generation and millennial couples lost the love game the moment one partner realised that reciprocity has limits and stopped forcing what the other was no longer willing to give. The relationship did not necessarily end. They simply stopped being lovers and became co-parents, sharing a home, bills and children, but no longer sharing love. What remained were children, many of whom grew up watching relationships that had died emotionally long before they ended physically. Those children are today’s millennials and Gen Z. Some have carried the same dysfunction into their own relationships, repeating the very patterns they grew up resenting. Different generation, same script. Different faces, same emotional casualties. The children of broken relationships are now building relationships of their own, and some are reproducing the very homes they once wished to escape. The parents normalised endurance without happiness. Their children are normalising detachment without separation. People stay together without loving each other, leave without healing, and enter new relationships carrying the baggage of the old ones. And the most controversial part? Some people are raising children in homes where the only thing holding the family together is shared responsibility, financial dependence, social pressure and the fear of starting over. The children may have both parents present, yet never witness what a healthy partnership actually looks like. We keep celebrating families that have stayed together without asking what kind of relationship the children are watching. The cycle continues. Yesterday’s unhappy couples became today’s emotionally wounded adults, and some of them are becoming tomorrow’s unhappy couples. The question is, who will be brave enough to break the pattern instead of passing it on?
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THE CYCLE OF TOXIC LOVE: PARENTS DID IT, MILLENNIALS INHERITED IT, AND GEN Z IS REPEATING IT. Many of our parents’ generation and millennial couples lost the love game the moment one partner realised that reciprocity has limits and stopped forcing what the other was no longer willing to give. The relationship did not necessarily end. They simply stopped being lovers and became co-parents, sharing a home, bills and children, but no longer sharing love. What remained were children, many of whom grew up watching relationships that had died emotionally long before they ended physically. Those children are today’s millennials and Gen Z. Some have carried the same dysfunction into their own relationships, repeating the very patterns they grew up resenting. Different generation, same script. Different faces, same emotional casualties. The children of broken relationships are now building relationships of their own, and some are reproducing the very homes they once wished to escape. The parents normalised endurance without happiness. Their children are normalising detachment without separation. People stay together without loving each other, leave without healing, and enter new relationships carrying the baggage of the old ones. And the most controversial part? Some people are raising children in homes where the only thing holding the family together is shared responsibility, financial dependence, social pressure and the fear of starting over. The children may have both parents present, yet never witness what a healthy partnership actually looks like. We keep celebrating families that have stayed together without asking what kind of relationship the children are watching. The cycle continues. Yesterday’s unhappy couples became today’s emotionally wounded adults, and some of them are becoming tomorrow’s unhappy couples. The question is, who will be brave enough to break the pattern instead of passing it on?
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That’s the feeling of a neighbor, what happens in the house to the other partner who is not indulging in drinking most especially the women.
Dear Drunkards, Could you please establish some protocols for someone to open for you when you get back at 2:30am? Not fair to wake us all up in the neighbourhood with your incessant honking! Mschweeeest!!!
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What is this banange?
PUBLIC STATEMENT The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has learnt with concern of the launch of a “National Data Strategy” by the Ministry of Information, Communication Technology and National Guidance (MoICT&NG). The Bureau informs the public that the strategy breaches the provisions of the UBOS Act, 1998, Cap. 333, which establishes UBOS as the principal data collecting and disseminating agency responsible for coordinating, monitoring and supervising the National Statistical System. The public is therefore strongly advised to treat the impugned “National Data Strategy” recently launched by the MoICT&NG with the utmost contempt it deserves. Read the full statement below. #UBOS #EvidenceBasedStatistics #DataForDevelopment
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