If I become a big person someday, I will avoid Patrick Kamara and his On The Spot programme on @ntvuganda.
It was on that same programme that the big man said, “After 75, one shouldn't be a president…” Then, a few years later, he was speaking in tongues! 😂
Articles 113 & 114 of the Constitution limit the number of cabinet & State Ministers to 21 each. The number can only exceed with approval of Parliament. Procedurally, item No. 5 shd have been presented & approved prior to appointing the number above 21.
Good morning @Thomas_Tayebwa you're probably about to block me but that might not change the fact that you need to return a generator given to you bought by our money. Give it to Nakaseke hospital.
I thank you and wish you well after today.
Okay, apology taken but do us good and return that generator -bought with public funds- you received at your home. Kindly donate it to Nakaseke hospital. Thank you @Thomas_Tayebwa
Strong constitution? Good but not the solution. The quality of population is. One with strong value system & capacity to defend the constitution. We had term & age limits. They were both repealed. How? MP were bribed & the population didn't show up to defend their constitution.
Uganda will never be free unless we rewrite a constitution powerful than anyone of us, than any president or parliament.
Countries that grow, see change in government have one thing in common, a very strong constitution powerful than anyone in the country, even the president.
Otherwise doesn't matter who the president is, as long as they can manipulate the constitution, we are always one president away to another dictator...
So, I don't care who does what, real change starts with the constitution amendment...
The President should consider announcing the new Cabinet early. Delays tend to fuel lobbying and behind-the-scenes maneuvering by those seeking office to the benefit of the mafia.
It is AG v Awor not Ssekubo's case. MPs esp @NRMOnline MPs of 8th @Parliament_Ug lost their seats for contesting as Independent for 9th Parliamentary elections. That case triggered a constitutional amendment to allow MPs change political parties in the last year of their term.
Anita Among's term is still on. It ends the midnight of May 24, 2026. In case she is incapable,CJ would act & convene Parliament on 25th to vote Speaker to lead for 6months as the country prepares for general elections.All this can happen if the military chooses discipline.
If anything happens to Mzee now. We have no cabinet. There’s no VP or Speaker. The constitution didn’t fathom this intergrum ( when the old is dying and the new can’t/ hasn’t been born). This would lead to the ultimate politics.
When employers and workers understand their rights and responsibilities, real change happens.
Systems become more accountable, and human rights are respected across entire value chains, from agriculture and mining to digital technology.
Through the Business and Human Rights Project, @EnabelinUganda, @Mglsd_UG, and partners, @RRightsAfrica, @ISERUganda, @cipesaug, @ACEMP_UG, @EOC_UG, and @UHRC_UGANDA are turning awareness into action.
By engaging business entities and workers, we’re working towards ensuring that respect for human rights in business is an everyday reality.
#EnablingChange
Children belong in classrooms, not in workplaces. 📚
Through the Business & Human Rights Project, in partnership with @Mglsd_UG, @ISERUganda, and funding from @EUinUG, we’re taking action to end child labour in Uganda’s agriculture and extractive sectors across Albertine & Busoga.
Here’s what change looks like:
✨ 13 local action plans driving real policy shifts
👩🏫 605 SMC members trained, improving school systems
👨👩👧👦 7,988 community members reached with awareness
🎒 14 children back in school where they belong
Every child deserves a chance to learn, grow, and thrive, free from exploitation.
#EnablingChange
.@KagutaMuseveni has not fulfilled the pledge of sanitary pads and scholastic materials to learners in UPE schools that he made during the 2016 general campaigns. Why would Dr. Muganga think he can deliver a laptop to over 8million learners?
Dr. Muganga's One Laptop Per Child proposal for Uganda is bold and good .The timing is suspicious as at the beginning of every Presidential term suspicious proposals start flying all over the place .Is it doable ?
Kenya deployed 1.2M tablets in 2016. No trained teachers. No maintenance systems. Procurement scandals followed. Devices gathered dust.
Before someone pushes the Rwandese story down our throats ;
#Rwanda built infrastructure first, trained teachers before distributing hardware, aligned content to curriculum. The approach,character and style in Rwanda is possibly different and hard to replicate else where based on the size and homogeneous population on top institutional governance uniqueness .
What do we need ?
✅ Independent feasibility study & realistic costing
✅ Pilot before national scale-up
The $1.2B figure cited likely understates true costs by leaps and bounds .The cost could even be over 100% .This in the current circumstances looks un affordable regardless of the various theoretical financing models cited.
This thus requires a comprehensive ,patient and consistent thought process . President @KagutaMuseveni has to be advised that the vision is right but details are everything.
#Uganda #12thParliament #OneLaptopPerChild #EdTech #Rukiga
Numerous women continue to face abuse, neglect, & denial of life-saving maternal healthcare. Others are detained in facilities over unpaid bills.
Join @ISERUganda & @ReprorightsAFR to demand for maternal health accountability across Africa in a webinar "Advancing Maternal Health Accountability in Africa"
📆Thursday 5th March
⏲️2:00 - 3:30pm
Register: https://t.co/e3ZtCHGbnY
#InternationalWomensDay #WomensDay
@MinofHealthUG
"There is a clear consensus that public investment in early learning pays off. It levels the playing field for disadvantaged children and significantly lowers school dropout rates." @anabwowe writes in today's @DailyMonitor
https://t.co/SLeFIKRi2v
@Educ_SportsUg
Good idea.When @ISERUganda, @CSBAGUGANDA appeared before the Education Committee,we made almost a similar proposal. Make Universities specialise.Putting them under @Makerere reduces administrative costs such as salaries & allowances for VCs & council members for each university.
Unpopular idea: If I was in charge, I would get all those Universities and make them colleges under Makerere. Busitema(Agriculture), Mbarara(Medicine) etc. Save costs on administration, leverage Makerere name and build one of the best and largest university in Africa.
Why only a Parliamentary Remuneration Board and not a National Remuneration Board/Commission? Who sets the salaries for judicial officers? Recently, there has been haphazard increment of salaries in the executive.
No! Don't gag the man. Only fools don't change opinions in light of new information and reality. I would suggest we attack his current opinions as opposed to his past work.
@rkabushenga You raise very valid points but this was the also the case when you were being used to aid and abet the same esp when you were the top honcho at New Vision. You don't have the moral authority to criticize even if we know Sauls can become Pauls. Just keep quiet.
Today, together with other minded CSOs @WorldVisionUg@OxfaminUganda under the leadership of @CSBAGUGANDA, we presented before the @Parliament_Ug Education Committee the CSO position paper on the Education & Skills Sub Program Budget Framework Paper FY2026/27.
We called upon @Parliament_Ug to amend the Education Act to introduce at least 1 year of publicly funded pre-primary education; allocate an additional UGX 51 billion immediately to recruit teachers in schools implementing Universal Primary Education (UPE); funding of school feeding in UPE & USE schools; allocate UGX 309bn towards free Primary & secondary education programs; increase funding for special needs education among other pertinent issues that were presented.