Maathe

Data Science | Part time poet | Tartan

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

@BrunoAlvessi @womenxfootball So if ass is cul, what’s the meaning of cul de sac?

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

Traffic police needs to reign in on Boda Bodas hard as well. There should be no reason why they are left to abuse traffic lights and drive on the wrong side of roundabouts.

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

??

[The New Vision @newvisionwire]

UPDATE: Speaker of Parliament Jacob Marksons Oboth visited the Ministry of Internal Affairs this morning, where he renewed his passport.

#VisionUpdates

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

Just fix the roads. You haven’t reached a level where you can crack jokes.

[Ministry of Works & Transport @MoWT_Uganda]

👷🏾ENGINEERING FACT

Every PROJECT faces setbacks.

Some are financial, technical, legal, environmental and administrative….!

Others are PSG. 😭

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

@nwscug, you have made our lives difficult this week. Make sure you never repeat this thing you have done.

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

@UEDCLTD I have shared the details in your DM. Power has been off since the rain started

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

@UEDCLTD , power is off in Namugongo. What is the issue?

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

@UEDCLTD Is this different from what happened during the day? You had an entire day to fix these issues. How can you guys cal yourselves a competent entity when you can deliver a total blackout for more than 12 hours?

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

@UEDCLTD , and now power in Namugongo is on and off, appearing just for one second and going off again. Mweteleze bantu mwe!

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

@UEDCLTD , power was off for the whole day in Namugongo from around 8am to 6:45pm. It’s now off again. What’s the problem? Why are you guys like this?

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

I look forward to a day when it will rain and power will stay on. Among has really done us dirty!

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

@UEDCLTD Ehhhh omuntu agoinge wa?

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

@UEDCLTD, power is off in Namugongo. What’s the issue and when should we expect reconnection?

[Nomandla Bobo @nomandlabobo]

UJ actually offers a free course in Microsoft Excel for the workplace.

https://t.co/BYBvuDTHqK

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

Saw a guy get robbed at around 10:30pm by 2 guys at that Naalya roundabout area where the taxis load passengers from as you head towards Kisaasi and yet there was a police vehicle nearby. Even vigilance is not going to save Ugandans at this point.

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

The archbishop has spoken as an ordinary man and not a shepherd of the people.

[NTV UGANDA @ntvuganda]

WATCH: Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu responded to critics urging him to emulate Archbishop Janani Luwum’s bravery in condemning human rights violations, saying he can’t make an impact by getting killed. #NTVNews

📹 @jnalwooga

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

Some lady called Racheal broke the heart of a Congolese man and now we have a rumba masterpiece. It’s interesting how extreme emotional pain births insane creativity.

[Gideon Nova Kwikiriza @KwikirizaNova]

Good morning UOX. If you can’t send something, at least repost and quote with a good message for others to see.

#SaveAbdu

[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!

[Maathe @Kenneth_Maathe]

@UEDCLTD power is on and off in Namugongo. You people are going to spoil a lot of our equipment if you don’t get the supply in order. If the guy in charge of this area is heartbroken, please send them home to sleep.