The Dr Matthew Lukwiya story you never hear about.
A few days ago, I saw someone talking about Heroes Day and mentioned Dr. Lukwiya among them. It made me realise that most of us know him simply as the doctor who died treating Ebola patients at Lacor Hospital in 2000, and not much else.
I felt slightly guilty for not knowing more about a man who seems to transcend history, so I went looking for the full story of Dr. Matthew Lukwiya. What I found was a man who had spent the twenty years before Ebola practising exactly the kind of courage that the outbreak would eventually demand of him.
This is what many of us didn’t know about Dr. Matthew, as he was lovingly called.
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The man in the grey T-shirt who was captured repeatedly striking Sydney with pavers is known as RUSOKE. Please, @PoliceUg , can you confirm whether he is among the suspects currently in custody?
🚨 Breaking: After FIFA announced that referee Omar Artan will not be among this year's World Cup officials, Somalis around the world pledged a $1 million reward to honor him as Africa's best referee.
The result? The U.S. got exactly what it wanted, massive attention for the U.S.
The decision to deny Omar Artan entry has sparked global discussion, making his name trend across social media and turning the issue into one of the biggest talking points worldwide.
Instead of fading away, the story has grown into an international headline.
Mob justice is a severe and persistent issue in Uganda, with the Uganda Police Force recording hundreds of incidents annually. In 2025 alone, mob action accounted for 950 registered murders, representing nearly 22.4% of all homicides nationwide. @GovUganda lets do better.
President of Botswana 🇧🇼 Duma Boko stunned the audience after stopping midway through his speech to deliver a brutal but powerful lecture on relationships, loyalty, and trust.
Rwanda keeps showing most of Africa what it refuses to try.
Most people think brick means red. Brown. The colour of laterite and fired earth. That’s all we imagine when someone says “build with local materials.”
This is African Leadership University, Kigali. The brick is pale. Almost cream. Still clay, still local, made in Muhanga, 1.5 hours from the site, fired in coffee-husk-powered kilns. Same earth, different result. Rwanda didn’t abandon local material for aesthetics. They refined it.
The structure underneath is compressed stabilized earth blocks fabricated on site. Six terraced levels down a 40-metre hillside. No air conditioning in most of the building. Shaded corridors and natural ventilation handle Kigali’s climate. An 1,800 cubic metre stormwater pond manages the rain. The hill, the wind, the earth, all doing structural and environmental work.
Furniture made on site. Lighting made on site. Signage, lockers, benches, all local fabrication. Rwanda didn’t just use local material for the walls. They used local hands for everything inside.
This is not an exception. This is a pattern. And the buildings speak for themselves.
MASS Design Group | Kigali Innovation City, Gasabo District 🇷🇼 | 6,500 m² | 2021
I shall say one more thing today. The entire budget for roads in Kampala will be under my control (CDF). I will determine who builds and repairs roads.
Hon. Daudi Kabanda can tweet your name and you have a running stomach immediately his tweet is out only to latter say how are you.
Even then you may not be comfortable.
If you doubt me let Daudi Kabanda tweet your name and you see what happens to you
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Uganda eno sinyangu….
🗣️ Antoine Griezmann: "Please forgive me. I was young, and I made a mistake in joining Barcelona."
"I did not understand the love I had here. I recognized my mistake, and did everything to come back and enjoy here".
"I didn't win La Liga or the Champions League, but your love is what matters".