Kakuru @KakuruTumusiime & Kato @TumusiimeKato will abandon everything and run to any court to fight for the freedom of incarcerated comrades.
We appreciate their contribution to the quest for justice, and wish them many years of good health.
Happy birthday to the advocate-twins!
Don’t be so quick to judge a man simply because he doesn’t know what you know, or think the way you think. Remember, there was a time when you didn’t know what you know today. -Malcolm X
I sincerely thank you all for the overwhelming gesture of love in contributing towards my court penalties. I know you did this because you relate with my principles, work, and commitments. You never asked if I had the money or not, you simply showed up in solidarity. Even when you learnt that the initial target had been reached, you just continued sending money, and you are still sending!
I didn’t have to explain much that, although I’m aggrieved too, this case is not really about me. Some of you intervened in defence of freedoms and protection of this space for accountability. Some did it in defiance against the powerful that pee on those below.
The contributions included amounts as small as 4000/-, and from across the spectrum. Both opposition and NRM people showed up. Even ministers reached out with concern. Different tribes. Different religions and nationalities. From Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, USA, Finland, UK, Sweden, Canada, Germany, Kazakstan, UAE, Brazil, … It has surely been a statement beyond me. Some just stood up for principles, some for religious reasons, some in memory of injustices they’ve themselves faced in the past and still.
This country has very many good people, and we could build on those to do much more good. The evil ones are few and have no REAL friends to count on. Neither are they really happy. They live in fear for the harm they’ve caused to others. Thanks to @kiizaeron and @AAgather for spearheading the campaign even before I asked, though I surely desired it to be a collective experience and statement. Thanks Hon. @HEBobiwine for passionately amplifying the call. Thanks everyone. I can’t name you all, but I saw you, and felt you. I must add that ever since this case started, I have never spent a single penny of mine. Well wishers, fans, and friends have carried me on their shoulders all through - and very happily. It is not me they carry though, it is the cause. Thank you.
Happy 70th birthday Mum.
As you raised my siblings and I, we saw all the suffering you endured so you could put food on the table, put a roof over our heads, and educate us. You are indeed my all-time hero.
May God bless you Mother, and grant you long life.
We now stand at UGX 24,000,000 for @SpireJim. So Ugandans have contributed 24M in the last 24 hours!! This is love. This is solidarity. This is defiance. This is appreciation… and so much more🥹❤️❤️
We have celebrated Spire and called him ours everytime he has came up to demand for political prisoners, ask for accountability, expose the corrupt, raise his voice for the voiceless, stand against the oppression. Stand against the injustice. He has inspired us, we have celebrated.
But even though all that was under the law, the attached fought back and got him in a black spot and now he needs our help.
It's time to pay him back for all those things he has done for us. If we don't stand by him, we shall send a message to anyone thinking of doing the same that, we abandone you once you get into trouble for standing for us.
So dear Ugandans, as HE Bobi wine asked us, 30m let's do it for spire.
Please RETWEET🙏🏿
The official fundraising campaign for Court Sanctions against SPIRE in the KIU case begin on Monday.
This is the Least we can offer to Protect those on the Frontline against our Oppressors.
PLEASE, EVERY COIN COUNTS, SEND THE MONEY, Reason, "SPIRE". THANKS🙏🏿
Welcome to Uganda, the only place where the people assigned to keep citizens safe can surprise you by becoming the very reason you need protection. What a plot twist! 🙌
He's mobilized much more than 30 million for the underprivileged and the needy.
It's his turn now. We're his only hope since the government that should protect him has turned against him.