@SimonKaggwaNjal This is a poor country and we are supposed to use what's available. As a bus driver and he knows the route and precautions he must take. The officer stood infront of him meters away and asked him to stop. Meaning if it had been a car in trouble he still would have hit it.
The Tragic Day 37 Years Ago When the Uganda State Army Baked Its Own People Alive
On 11 July 1989, at Okungulo Railway Station in Mukura, Kumi District, eastern Uganda, a horrific atrocity was committed against local civilians.
The victims were farmers, teachers, sons and fathers from the surrounding Teso villages, rounded up by the National Resistance Army’s (NRA) 106th Battalion on suspicion of being rebel collaborators. More than a hundred of these local men were driven into a single, unventilated steel goods wagon and locked inside.
The afternoon heat at Okungulo Railway Station was already suffocating when the heavy iron door was slammed shut and the bolts slid into place, sealing them inside the metal box.
Within minutes, the air vanished. Inside, it became a pitch-black furnace. Men stripped off their clothes, drenched in their own sweat and the sweat of those pressed tightly against them. They began to gasp, their chests heaving in vain for oxygen.
Desperate, they hammered their fists against the corrugated steel walls, screaming for water, for air, for mercy.
Outside, the response to their cries was a strike of a match. Soldiers gathered brushwood and lit a fire directly beneath the wagon.
The steel floor turned into a scorching hot pan, and the wagon became an oven. The rising heat and smoke consumed the last remaining pockets of oxygen. Inside the belly of the iron beast, the frantic thumping slowly faded, replaced by the sound of men choking and collapsing onto one another.
When the doors were finally opened hours later, the silence was absolute. Sixty-nine bodies lay contorted in the dark, piled in a desperate, final scramble towards the cracks in the door.
A concrete monument was eventually built to mark the mass grave of those who perished that day. Yet the nation has never truly come to terms with the horror of what happened.
Because this dark chapter remained unaddressed in the national conscience for so long, their restless ghosts continue to haunt the country’s memory.
Dear @KCCAED@KCCAUG I would like to bring to your attention a concern regarding Sir Apollo Kagwa Road part of the pedestrian walkway on this newly constructed road has been turned into a parking area by @tausicoaches1 buses, which I have observe parked there on a daily basis.
This defeats the very purpose of the walkway, which was built to give pedestrians a safe and free space to move. I kindly request KCCA to intervene and have this matter resolved as soon as possible, so that pedestrians can enjoy the walkway as intended.
I trust that this will be given the urgent attention it deserves.
@Akeda4@MoWT_Uganda
This week I’m back in Geneva attending the 9th Session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy at UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), participating as an observer with GIZ and ADEC-U.
Global business e-commerce sales reached approximately USD 28 trillion in 2024, while digitally deliverable services now account for 56% of global services exports. The figures also reveal the opportunity before Africa, where Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 34% of digitally deliverable services exports. These numbers demonstrate that digital trade is becoming a central driver of economic growth, investment and competitiveness.
As economies become increasingly digital, consumer protection assumes even greater importance. Trust is the foundation of every digital marketplace. Consumers need confidence that their rights are protected, businesses need clear and predictable regulatory frameworks, and governments need policies that encourage innovation while promoting accountability and fairness.
The discussions this week bring together policymakers, regulators, international organizations, academics and practitioners from across the world to exchange experiences and identify practical approaches to strengthening consumer protection in an increasingly interconnected global economy.
For Uganda and the East African region, these conversations provide valuable insights as we continue to develop frameworks for e-commerce, digital trade, artificial intelligence, data governance and cross-border digital services. Strong consumer protection supports innovation, attracts investment and enables digital markets to flourish.
I look forward to engaging with colleagues over the coming days and sharing some of the key lessons and reflections from the conference.
#UNCTAD #ConsumerProtection #DigitalTrade #Ecommerce #DigitalEconomy #AI #DataGovernance #InternationalTrade #Policy #Uganda #EastAfrica #GIZ #ADECU
Lino Anguzu the man that set up a bogus case on Dr Miria Matembe
Atim Sheilla Gloria the smilling assassin (magistrate) that pulled the trigger
#FreeMiriaMatembe#FreeUgandaNow
According to PS of Interior, this is a Kenyan walking to board an Uber to go lock himself in his house and sleep.
There are reports that somehow his body transported itself from the house where he was sleeping and booked itself at City Mortuary as a victim of hit run accident.
🚨UPDATE: This is Atim Sheilla Gloria the judicial presiding officer who remanded mama Miria Matembe an old woman of 73years who’s facing concocted charges
I don’t know if these so called chief magistrates/judges are appointed on merit or favoritism
Now this Atim Sheilla Gloria who seems to be between 30’s to 40’s remanding a mother to the nation with a renowned address
Sheilla Atim Gloria will you be happy assuming your mother in her 70’s experience such a tragedy
When does humanity prevail in legal and justice circles?
A few days ago, I received a call. Someone saw Sam Mugumya at the dungeon in Entebbe that he is being held in illegally, for almost a year now. He uses a walker that looks like the picture below. The information corroborates what @NUP_Ug supporter Asiku Raymond, who was held in the same dungeon, said early this year after his release. Raymond said he saw Sam and he couldn’t walk (you can watch the video). They crippled Sam and have also refused to release him for him to get the medical care he needs and the love and support of his family. His 82 year old mother has been living in anguish. #EndAbductionsUg #StopImpunity #FreeSamMugumya #FreeTabz
All bullies have one thing in common. They always act tough until someone stands up to them, and then you’ll be surprised how fast the little coward in them reveals itself.
Don’t fear them; a bully is just a scared person hiding inside a scary body.