John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." Believe and follow Him and you will #NeverWalk in #darkness. @joan_kem@KingEve23@Through_Christ_
1994.
Constituent Assembly, Kampala.
Akbar Adoko Nekyon paused to speak.
He had been Obote's first cousin, a minister in the independence government, a key player in the 1966 crisis that shattered Uganda's first democracy.
Now, before a chamber that included President Museveni, the old politician declared, "I have changed."
The Maverick's Confession: Nekyon at the Constituent Assembly - 1994
To understand the weight of those words, one had to understand 1966.
Nekyon had been a central figure in the UPC/KY alliance that brought Obote to power.
He had helped build the very political order that Obote then destroyed, suspending the constitution and attacking the Kabaka's palace.
Nekyon had crossed the floor to the Democratic Party after that fracture.
Now, nearly three decades later, dressed in a cream Kaunda suit, he sat before the assembly tasked with writing Uganda's new constitution and made a declaration that was both personal and political:
The ability to change one's mind is not a weakness but the "highest democratic virtue" and proof of a "living political mind".
He then held up a mirror to the room.
He listed the political migrations of those who might accuse him of hypocrisy, Vice President Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe, Ruhakana Rugunda, and even President Museveni himself.
Change, he argued, was a constant in their political journeys too.
By doing so, he dismantled the accusation of inconsistency and reframed the debate.
His speech became not a defence of his own record, but a challenge to the entire political class to embrace a system that allowed for peaceful evolution.
His tone softened as he concluded, shifting from combatant to elder statesman.
His "I have changed" became a plea for a system robust enough to allow such evolution peacefully.
The true measure of a democracy, he insisted, was not its ability to enforce orthodoxy but its capacity to tolerate and integrate change.
The cream of his suit was a quiet beacon of a principled stand in a room swirling with the new politics of conformity.
He had seen it all, independence, crisis, exile, return, and his final message was a warning:
A nation that can not accommodate peaceful political change is destined for violent upheaval.
What does it mean when an architect of a broken past stands before the builders of a new future and admits he has changed, not as a confession of guilt, but as a demand that the new system must allow others to do the same?
Nekyon's 1994 speech was a masterclass in political honesty.
He did not ask for forgiveness.
He asked for a constitution that made future 1966s impossible.
The chamber listened.
The words remain.
#ughistory @UPCSecretariat@KagutaMuseveni@pwatchug@GovUganda@UgandaMediaCent@Parliament_Ug@SpeciosaW@RuhakanaR@NRMOnline@DPSecretariat1@UPCSecretariat
I have some advice for young men newly employed,
When you get employed:
• Be grateful to God, your parents, your mentors and your boss for this opportunity
• Work hard
• Respect your employer
• Adhere to your employer's rules and protocols
• Embrace the mission and vision of the employer
However, if working for your employer becomes unbearable due to other reasons,
• Quit respectfully
• Follow the procedures of quitting as written in your contract or employment letter
• Return your employer's resources in your custody
• Handover politely and thank your employer for giving you an opportunity
• Leave with a clean conscience
Don't be chaotic, abusive and contemptuous on your way out.
Don't think you are smarter than your employer.
The employer you are disrespecting gave you a livelihood when you were seeking a footing and direction.
The employer may not have paid you to your satisfaction, but be polite.
Don't go bad mouthing your employer, speaking nastily, and broadcasting your foul mouth while disclosing what is considered private policies, programs, products or services of your former workplace.
Leave courteously.
This way, you open room for better opportunities, newer networks and better leverage.
Don't be a rude employee. Other employers will fear giving you opportunities in the future because they don't trust you.
Be courteous when you close the door behind you, the universe will be kind to you on your way out.
More than 40 years ago, I arrived in Chicago in search of an idea. I was a young man looking for purpose, who believed deeply in America, was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, and wanted to be a part of something larger. The America I believed in was one where everyone has opportunity, everyone is seen, everyone belongs—because that was an America that had a place for me, too.
LIES the system feeds you
- Salt is bad
- Animal fats are bad
- Seed oils are healthy
- Fruits are healthy
- Eat more vegetables to push stool
- Gout is caused by red meat
- Eggs are not good
- Cholesterol will kill you
- Breakfast is the most important meal of the day
- Eat 6 meals to accelerate your metabolism to lose weight.
- Fasting will cause ulcers.
Lies conceived by globalists and buccaneers to sell seed oils and processed carbs.
- and you will find our own Afrikans defending these lies with their blood.
#FoodFriday
When there is too much salt in your water or food that the body doesn't want, what happens?
Your tongue naturally rejects the food.
When there is excess salt in your body, what happens?
• You become thirsty,
• You drink more water,
• You urinate,
• You sweat the salt out.
But the functionally illiterate "experts" want you to believe that your body is so stupid that it has no homeostatic mechanism for eliminating the excess salt that it doesn't require.
The only thing that the body has never figured out how to eliminate is sugar.
Sugar is stored, turns into fat, clogs your arteries, and surrounds your organs as visceral fat, leading to chronic inflammation, chronic diseases and failing kidney functions.
Sugar is the enemy, not salt.
EAT SALT.
#FoodFriday
I wrote about sebaceous glands and sebum when I was discussing ACNE.
The fungus living on the skin survives on sebum.
This fungus is unable to cause infection because it is checked by beneficial skin bacteria.
You can recap that thread here.
https://t.co/mJsZQ6SVDJ
@ENikweri87290@Chiomabtq I swear never to eat anything called karo if not from Ankole-Kigezi or Lango. All those regions eat anything which tastes so bad
DID YOU KNOW??
Google Maps is legally allowed to publish highly detailed aerial photographs of your private backyard, swimming pool, and roof without ever asking for your permission because of a centuries-old property law doctrine that essentially says your ownership of the sky stops the moment it leaves your rooftop!
If a stranger stood on your lawn and peered through your window with binoculars, they could be arrested for trespassing or voyeurism. Yet, a tech company can capture high-resolution imagery of your entire estate from above and display it to the global public. This legal paradox exists because modern privacy laws stop working the moment you look up into the sky. Let me explain 👇🏾👇🏾
1. The Death of the "To the Heavens" Doctrine:
For hundreds of years, property rights across Western civilization were governed by an ancient Latin legal maxim: Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum. This translates to: "Whosoever owns the soil, it is theirs all the way up to the heavens." Under this old law, flying over someone’s house at any altitude was technically considered civil trespassing.
This changed forever with the advent of commercial aviation in the early 20th century. If landowners owned the sky all the way to outer space, airlines would have to secure billions of individual permissions just to cross a country.
In a landmark 1946 case (United States v. Causby), the U.S. Supreme Court officially struck down the ancient rule, declaring that the air is a "public highway."
The court decided that a homeowner only owns the immediate air space above their roof that they can reasonably occupy or use. Beyond that boundary, the sky becomes public domain, meaning anyone, including mapping companies, can look down at your property from above.
2. The Satellites Floating Beyond National Sovereignty:
While the highest-resolution imagery on Google Maps actually comes from low-flying commercial airplanes equipped with specialized surveying cameras, a significant portion of global map data relies on orbital satellites. This introduces a completely different layer of international space law.
According to the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, which forms the foundation of international space law, outer space is completely exempt from claims of national sovereignty. No country can declare ownership over the space through which a satellite orbits.
Because space is legally neutral territory, a commercial imaging satellite orbiting 300 miles above the planet is not subject to local state or national privacy trespassing laws.
It can take photos of any location on Earth as it passes overhead, and companies like Google can legally purchase that raw image data from private satellite operators without violating a single municipal law.
3. The "Plain View" Privacy Loophole:
The final legal shield that protects Google Maps is a core legal concept known as the PLAIN VIEW DOCTRINE.
Under standard privacy laws, you only have a legal right to privacy in areas where you have a "reasonable expectation of privacy."
If an asset can be seen by the naked eye from a public vantage point, whether that viewpoint is a sidewalk on the street or the open public airspace thousands of feet above your head, it is legally considered to be in plain view.
Because the sky is a public highway, anything exposed to the open air is legally deemed "visible to the public." If you build a swimming pool or sunbathe in a backyard surrounded by a 10-foot wooden privacy fence, you are protected from the view of your neighbors on the ground. However, because you haven’t built a literal solid roof over your entire yard, you have legally exposed that space to the public sky.
IN SUMMARY!
Google Maps doesn't need your permission to photograph your home because our legal systems redefined the sky to make modern aviation, logistics, and global telecommunications possible.
Hopefully you've learnt something new today?
Cheers 🥂 😅
The Medic Who Writes™🌚