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­Fine-tuning the human genome is pretty awe-inspiring possibilities, epigeneticists are far more interested in discovering ways to treat epigenetic diseases.

[Mbarara University @MbararaUST]

Prof. Joel Bazira delivers historic inaugural professorial lecture at @MbararaUST

https://t.co/ncs0cGSvEJ

[UgHistory @UGHistory256]

1994.

Parliament Lobby. Kampala.

The Constituent Assembly was debating the shape of a new Uganda when a young army captain, Noble Mayombo, rose to move a motion.

It was a small thing, on paper:

Change the name of the national army.

But Mayombo understood that names carry power.

The Name and the Man: Mayombo's Motion for the UPDF - 1994

"This is no longer the army of a resistance," he told his fellow delegates.

"It must be the defence force of a people."

The motion was simple in phrasing but profound in meaning:

That the National Resistance Army, born of the bush war, be renamed the Uganda People's Defence Forces.

Mayombo reminded the Assembly that while the NRA had fought valiantly, it belonged to a chapter of struggle.

A constitution, he argued, must speak for all citizens, not for a movement.

The army's name had to project neutrality, professionalism, and national ownership.

Mayombo's words carried weight beyond his years.

He had fought in the bush, but he understood that the new constitution was meant to bury the divisions of the past and build a common future.

By proposing the name change, he was not merely editing a document;

He was redefining the relationship between the soldier and the citizen.

The word "People's" was not cosmetic but constitutional, a signal that the guns were now bound by law, accountable to Ugandans rather than to a party.

Outside the chamber, in the Parliament lobby, seasoned journalist Bart Kakooza intercepted Mayombo for an interview.

Standing tall, the young captain repeated the essence of his argument into Kakooza's microphone.

Through radio and newspapers, his vision reached far beyond Kampala.

For many Ugandans, that was the first time they heard the phrase Uganda People's Defence Forces. It carried a freshness that suggested rebirth, a shift from partisan struggle to shared nationhood.

When the Assembly finally voted and Article 208 enshrined the UPDF in the 1995 Constitution, the moment was sealed.

The NRA passed into history, and the UPDF was born in law.

For Noble Mayombo, it was more than a legal victory; it was his signature contribution to the republic.

The image endures:

A young man in Parliament, moving a motion with conviction, then stepping into the lobby to explain to a journalist, and to the nation, why Uganda's army must belong to the people.

Mayombo's motion ensured that the army would no longer be the instrument of a movement, but the shield of a nation.

It was not just semantics.

It was a declaration that Uganda had moved from revolution to constitution, from the bullet to the ballot.

The name change may have been a small clause in a long document, but it was the mark of a mind that understood that the words you choose determine the nation you build.

What does it take to stand up in an assembly of elders and veterans and suggest that the revolution's army should be renamed for the people it serves?

Noble Mayombo was a young captain when he moved that motion.

He understood that constitutions are not just about power, they are about identity, and the names we give our institutions define the country we become.

The NRA won the war.

The UPDF was built to keep the peace.

#UPDF #NRA #Ughistory @NRMOnline @MODVA_UPDF @GovUganda @BartKakooza @UgandaMediaCent

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@ByarugabaRemi Any link to the watering/irrigation system in this sunny season

[Goodhe4rted @goodhe4rted]

When we came into government, I proposed teaching Lunyankole, Lukiga, Lutoro and Luganda in the East and North, then teaching Ateso and Luo in the South so that we could understand each other across the whole country. People didn’t take it seriously. But Kahinda, when it comes to Luganda, sounds more jealous and hateful

[BIRARA @ByarugabaRemi]

For legends only, fear not

[BIRARA @ByarugabaRemi]

Folded and deformed young coffee leaves are often caused by lack of Boron, an essential micronutrient that supports plant growth, flowering, and berry development. Boron deficiency can lead to stunted growth, poor root formation, weak flowering, and reduced yields in coffee farms. The solution includes applying Boron fertilizers such as Borax or Solubor in recommended amounts, improving soil health with organic manure, mulching, and maintaining balanced plant nutrition for healthy and productive coffee gardens. #CoffeeFarming #UgandaCoffee #SoilHealth #Agriculture #SustainableFarming

[BIRARA @ByarugabaRemi]

Farmers have you seen this in you garden? Yes or No

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[BIRARA @ByarugabaRemi]

Attention 🌍✈️
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Discover Uganda’s unmatched beauty—from gorillas to savannah wildlife, rich culture, and hidden gems. This is where tourism meets opportunity.
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Don’t miss the experience. #POATE2026 #ExploreUganda #VisitUganda

[BIRARA @ByarugabaRemi]

Ugandans are hospitable people, have you visited uganda 🇺🇬 before?
#ExploreUganda
#VisitUganda
#POATE2026

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@ByarugabaRemi That's near, i can easily make it

[CyrilXBT @cyrilXBT]

A MIT professor gave a 1-hour lecture in 2019 that has 18 million views.

He died 5 months after recording it.

It was his final gift to the world.

Patrick Winston taught at MIT for 50 years.

The smartest engineers on earth sat in his classroom.

And he spent his last lecture teaching them the one skill their degrees never covered.

How to speak.

15 lessons that will change how you communicate forever:

Never open with a joke. Your audience is not ready to laugh yet. Open with a promise of what they will know by the end.

Your ideas are like your children. You are too close to them. What is obvious to you is invisible to everyone else. Explain the obvious.

The 5-minute rule: the first 5 minutes of any talk determine whether people will listen for the next 55. Spend more time on your opening than anything else.

Repeat your most important idea 3 times in 3 different ways. Once is never enough.

Build a fence around your idea. Tell people what it is NOT before you tell them what it IS.

Verbal punctuation. Pause. Let the idea land before moving to the next one.

Ask questions nobody will answer. Then wait 7 seconds. The silence is not awkward. It is processing.

Never read your slides. Your audience can read. They cannot listen and read simultaneously.

Use the board not the slides. Writing forces you to slow down. Slowing down forces clarity.

Inspire before you inform. Nobody learns from someone they are not inspired by.

End with a contribution not a summary. Tell them what you gave them. Not what you said.

Never say thank you at the end. It is weak. End with something that lands.

Stories make ideas stick. Data makes ideas understood. You need both. In that order.

The quality of your communication determines the quality of your ideas in the eyes of the world. Not the ideas themselves.

Practice is not preparation. Practice IS the skill.

Patrick Winston understood something most people spend their entire careers missing.

Your ideas are only as powerful as your ability to transfer them into someone else's mind.

You can be the smartest person in the room and be completely invisible.

Or you can master communication and make average ideas feel like breakthroughs.

He chose to spend his last lecture teaching this.

Watch it tonight.

Bookmark this first.

Follow @cyrilXBT for more lessons from the people who built the future.

[Wilfred Businge @MrBusinge]

Dr Michael Atingi-Ego, the Governor Bank of Uganda, delves into the economic consequences of the proposed Protection of Sovereignty Bill before parliament.

Listen to 8 minutes of pure wisdom.

[EAC RCE-VIHSCM @EacRceVihscm]

The EAC RCE-VIHSCM today joins the Rwandan community and the world in commemorating the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi during #Kwibuka32.

Remember-Unite-Renew

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@EacRceVihscm @jumuiya @Uni_Rwanda @BMZ_Bund @KfW_int @MoHsouthsudan Congratulations comrade

[Mbarara University @MbararaUST]

Protect yourself from fraudsters!

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@MubendeReferral In the absence of a function Oxygen plant and patients are left at the mercy of oxygen concentrator ;How does our hospital run without a generator for an entire weekend?

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@ambrose_trust @Humanrights256 Scraping off the necessity of Uganda being your place of birth before becoming a Ugandan president