Nakedde Anthony

Civil engineer, project manager, contracts manager, artist, designer. Ugandan🇺🇬

[Nakedde Anthony @Anakedde]

Thoughts repeated long enough begin to influence desires, attitudes, and actions. What stays hidden in the mind does not stay isolated there. Over time, it forms the direction of the heart.

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Psalm 19:14 “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight…”

David does not stop with outward speech. He also brings the “meditation” of his heart before God. The inner life matters because it eventually shapes everything else.

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@kasujja @Apenyamoi @UgandaMediaCent Baby steps. The confidence i have is that you will take that unit to the stage it's meant to be. All the best.

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What started as something small eventually affected his heart. The danger is not always in a single big decision. It is in the pattern that forms quietly over time. Small compromises do not stay small.

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1 Kings 11:4 “For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods…”

Solomon did not turn away from God all at once. The shift was gradual. It began with choices that seemed manageable at the time. Over time, those choices shaped his direction.

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Well put. The hydrology of Kampala Nakivubo channel has to be studied, modeled and designed for. Diversion doesn't help. @KCCA Fix Kampala drainage.

[David Soita Masinde. @davimasinde]

KCCA is celebrating how fast the floods "dispersed" today. This is like a doctor celebrating how fast you stopped bleeding while refusing to remove the knife.

​The focus on "waste management" and "AI images" is a calculated distraction. While littering is a real issue, it is a variable. The Nakivubo Channel’s constriction by the Ham Shopping Grounds is a constant.

Engineering is a zero-sum game: when you narrow the primary artery of a city’s drainage to accommodate private profit, the water doesn't disappear. It just waits in the streets.

​By using a photo of the Ham arcade to show "normalized" levels, KCCA isn't just clearing the drains; they are clearing the path for continued impunity. We are being asked to ignore the bottleneck and blame the bottle.

​True urban resilience isn't measured by how fast we mop the floor, but by our courage to fix the leaking roof.

​Stop managing the optics. Manage the engineering.

[NACOBA @ngonians]

@ngonians Yesterday Mukasa hosted our monthly get together. Our speaker for the day was Mr. Ssempebwa John and the topic of the day is Myths, Tourism & Profits- Harnessing Heritage, Patriotic (Lessons from Greece)
#nisidominus

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God is giving you space to turn back, and not permission to continue.

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Ecclesiastes 8:11 “Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.”

The delay of consequences can create a false sense of safety. When nothing happens immediately, it becomes easier

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to assume it does not really matter. Over time, what once felt serious begins to feel normal. The danger is not just the action itself, but how quickly the heart adjusts to it. However, we must remember that the absence of consequences is not approval from God but patience.

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@UEDCLTD we are still in a blackout in Nsambya Gogonya. Some of our neighbors have power though. Can someone fix this problem.

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from others. Then ask yourself what it would look like to care more about God’s approval in that same moment.

Likes or God's approval, choose God's approval.

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John 5:44 “How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?”

Jesus connects something we do not always connect. The need for approval can quietly affect faith. When you are constantly checking how

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John 5:44 “How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not people see you, it becomes harder to live with a clear focus on God. You start adjusting, softening, or holding back depending on the room you are in. Notice how often you look for validation

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Just like that one could become a foreigner.

[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

Uganda’s proposed Sovereignty Bill is the ONLY law in the world openly attempting something this sweeping: it legally turns its own citizens abroad into “foreigners”.

The Bill is explicit. A “foreigner” includes “Ugandan citizens residing abroad”.

That single clause redraws the boundary of citizenship. It means diaspora money, relationships, and even family support can fall under foreign control rules.

So the implications are not abstract.
-A mother in Mbale receiving school fees from her son in London.
-A boda boda rider in Gulu financed by a brother in Dubai.
-A small shop in Mbarara stocked using capital sent from Boston.

All could, in theory, fall under foreign influence rules.

Then the net widens.

The definition of an “agent of a foreigner” includes anyone “directly or indirectly… financed or subsidised” by a foreigner.

Not directed. Not controlled. Simply funded.

-A journalist paid by a locally registered outlet that receives donor support.
-A researcher on a project with partial foreign grants.
-An NGO worker whose salary traces back, however distantly, to external funding.

All can be classified as “agents”.

Clause 22 then imposes a hard ceiling: “a cap on foreign funding of approximately UGX 400 million within any twelve-month period”, beyond which ministerial approval is required.

So:
-A private hospital built with diaspora investment.
-A school supported by an international foundation.
-A construction firm using a foreign loan.

Then comes the sharpest edge.
-Clause 13 creates the offence of economic sabotage, criminalising anyone who “publishes information… that weakens or damages the economic system”.

So:

-A newspaper reporting a currency slide.
-An analyst warning about debt stress.
-A civil society group highlighting inflation pressures.

Even if accurate, such reporting could fall foul of the law.

Finally, Clause 5 prohibits activities that promote foreign interests “against the interests of Uganda”, a phrase the law does not define.

Put together, these clauses do something unprecedented.

-They do not just regulate foreign influence.
-They redefine who is foreign.
-They extend control from politics into everyday economic and social life.

In most countries, including Ethiopia and Ethiopia, sovereignty laws manage outsiders.
Here, Uganda redefined outsiders to include its citizens, basically rewriting the 1995 constitution. Of course it’s in the preparatory and consultation stage and could change for better - or WORSE!

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bothered.” Busyness had become a way of carrying anxiety instead of dealing with it. It is possible to stay constantly occupied so u never have to slow down and face what's happening inside you. Today, try to be still long enough to let God deal with what is beneath the surface.

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Luke 10:41–42 “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary…”

Martha was not doing anything wrong. She was serving and was being responsible. But Jesus points out what was underneath all that activity. She was “worried and

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@FraineSupermar1 I bought your bread at Kabalagala thinking it's brown sweet bread only to discover it was chocolate bread. Can you please not mispackage the bread. It was very disappointing when I opened yet I wanted to taste your brown sweet bread.