@DaudiKabanda@DaudiKabanda You know change will come someday. I hope it does when you’re alive. If it doesn’t your kids and family will be around. Sins will be paid for !
@StanletoM@MattWalshBlog We had our own political structures, economic systems, and skilled crafts. We traded with other kingdoms along established routes and exchanged gold among ourselves and beyond. Colonialism disrupted and redirected much of that, extracting resources that enriched Europe
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Yesterday, we got an overwhelming reception from the people of Greater Masaka sub-region to whom we went to share the revolutionary message as part of our #NUPCountryWideTour2.
Masaka has played a significant role — and paid a heavy price — in Uganda's political history since it's establishment as a township in the 1950s. It was a battleground in the 1970s, especially in 1979 when the Tanzanian army bombed to the ground most of its infrastructure as they drove Iddi Amin from power. From September to December 1985, dictator Museveni’s rebels laid siege on and eventually captured Masaka from the UNLA forces, which paved the way for Kampala's eventual collapse one month later in January 1986.
Masaka is the capital of Buganda Kingdom, and has produced many great men and women that have gone on to shape the Uganda we know today especially in business, politics and entertainment. Yet, despite its geographical location and historic significance to Uganda, Greater Masaka and its people have nothing but pain and exploitation to show for it. There are clear indications that the Museveni regime is determined to keep this region subjugated and undeveloped, and its people impoverished and fearful for their lives.
Once a hub for Uganda's lucrative coffee industry, Masaka is a shadow of its former self. The regime has enacted laws that generally prohibit anyone from growing, selling or adding value to coffee without authorisation. Considering how it has ring-fenced all top foreign exchange earning industries in Uganda, such as fishing and minerals, it is apparent that the NRA regime's ultimate intention is not to regulate the coffee industry for the benefit of the citizens who depend on it for their survival, but rather to drive them out of it for the benefit of Museveni and his close allies. No wonder, the same regime is now also going after the lucrative ensenene (grasshopper) and enswa (white ants) businesses that Masaka's people are reputed for.
The people of Masaka are yet to get answers about who was behind the machete-wielding assailants who hacked to death their relatives in the serial killings of 2021, 2017 and 2013. Neither do they have answers for the abduction of many of their children around the 2021 presidential election who are still missing to date.
I emphasized to the people of Masaka that contrary to narratives being peddled by the regime through certain media houses, there is no rift within our Party. Although we may occasionally have divergent viewpoints, we have only common one enemy — dictator Museveni — who continues to preside over our oppression and the theft of our country's resources.
We must urgently reclaim Uganda and build a Government that cares for all; a Government that not only recognises but also fulfils its cardinal duty of subsidising life for the citizens from whom it derives its mandate.
#PeoplePowerOurPower
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the anechoic chamber at Orfield Laboratories in Minneapolis is the quietest place in the world, with a background noise reading of –9.4 decibels.
Very few people have been able to bear it for more than 45 minutes without experiencing discomfort, claustrophobia, nausea and panic.
If you chatted with someone, your speech would measure around 60 decibels on a sound-level meter.
If you stood quietly on your own in a concert hall, the meter would drop down to a level of about 15 decibels.
The threshold of hearing, the quietest sound a young adult can hear, is about 0 decibels.
The test room at Orfield Laboratories, like the chamber at Salford University, is far quieter than that.
You can hear each grind, crunch and squeak your skeleton makes.
An anechoic chamber has an impressive silence because it simultaneously presents two unusual sensations: not only is there no external sound, but the room puts your senses out of kilter.
An anechoic chamber is often isolated from energy entering from their surroundings. This combination means that a person or detector exclusively hears direct sounds (no reflected sounds), in effect simulating being outside in a free field.
Through their eyes, visitors obviously see a room, but their ears hear nothing that indicates a room. Add the claustrophobic drama of being enclosed behind three heavy doors, and some begin to feel uneasy and ask to leave.
And what this kind of room is useful for?
Anechoic chambers are designed to stop reflections or echoes of sound. They are commonly used in acoustics to conduct experiments in nominally "free field" conditions, free field meaning that there are no reflected signals. All sound energy will be traveling away from the source with almost none reflected back.
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