Nnyanja Melissa Chantal

[Anzoa Sarah || THE VOICE OF AI IN AFRICA @SarahAnzoa]

Young Lawyer Building AI in Africa

[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

Signs of a Declining State & Uncompetitive Society: The Politics of Shiny Decay, And Airports Without Light Bulbs
1. A Celebrity Wedding Dominates News For Days
In a context where many struggle, a society’s and media’s fixation on things like a celebrity wedding for days reflects a culture prioritising escapism. It normalises inequality by glorifying ostentatious displays in the face of widespread poverty.
2. Politicians Compete In Funerals, Not Ideas
When the greatest currency in politics is the size of your condolence envelope, governance has already been outsourced to coffin carpenters.
3. Sportspeople And Influencers Earn Over 10 Times More Than Teachers And Doctors
Not because entertainment is evil, but because the system has decided applause is worth more than survival.
4. Status Women Outshine Stateswomen
Society hails the minister’s Instagram wardrobe more than her budget speech; power is worn, not exercised.
5. Education Becomes A Certificate Factory
A declining society prioritises credentials over competence. Degrees are exported to Dubai; remittances are imported back home.
6. Economy Measures Itself By Consumption, Not Production
If the supermarket looks full while the factory floor stays empty, decline is already dressed in imported suits.
7. Food Becomes Fashion
A farmer is pitied, but avocado toast in a café is worshipped. Hunger grows in the village as nutritionists preach in the capital.
8. Garbage, Plastic Piles, And Clogged Pipes
Rubbish choking streets, rivers, and markets reflects a broader disregard for public spaces. The failure to organise basic sanitation mirrors a deeper inability to coordinate for collective progress.
9. Culture Is Staged For Foreigners
Drums beat only when the donor agency lands. The rest of the year, local musicians survive on beer-fuelled karaoke of American hip-hop.
10. Technology Is Measured By Phones, Not Patents
A nation of the latest iPhones but no indigenous operating system or software scrolls the future instead of building it. Leaders tout “digital progress” through internet access while neglecting to train coders and engineers.
11. Parliaments Debate Allowances More Than Laws
The national budget is a sideshow; what matters is the car grant, the per diem, and who travelled to Geneva.
12. The Middle Class Invests More In Security Than In Industry
A house with five guards but no running water is not wealth; it is paranoia institutionalised.
13. Religion Becomes Therapy
Churches and mosques compete to sell miracle oils and prosperity visas, while poverty queues outside like an eternal congregation.
14. Heroes Are Mourned More Than They Are Made
National pride is reserved for dead poets, long-gone guerrillas, and footballers. The present is too barren to celebrate.
15. Infrastructure Crumbles While Megaprojects Shine
An uncompetitive society prioritises flashy megaprojects—like shiny airports or presidential palaces—over basic infrastructure. Rural roads remain impassable, and urban power grids flicker. Sometimes it’s a deliberate choice to create visible symbols of progress for political gain, while neglecting the less glamorous but critical systems that enable broad-based growth. The result: bridges to nowhere, airports with no planes, and stadiums without leagues—all ribbon, no road.
16. History Is Rewritten Every Election
A president erases the last regime’s sins and writes new myths about himself; the nation survives only in political speeches, not in memory.

[International Society for Human Rights @IS_HumanRights]

In the digital age, we must protect children's rights to safety, privacy, and information. Support Mahad Kisuze's ISHR Ambassadors Challenge 2025 entry—your vote matters! 👍🏽 Like, comment, and share! #ISHRChallenge25 #DigitalRights #SafeDigitalSpaces #YouthVoices

[Nnyanja Melissa Chantal @NnyanjaC]

@IS_HumanRights 👏👏

[feyisayo 💸 @feyiszn]

i find people who are curious and well learned very attractive. people who can hold conversations about most things, even those outside of their immediate interests, people who want to know more, people who keep fun facts, people who are open minded. i love that so much.

[Claire Amanya Rukundo - Kakeeto @UgLadyLawyer]

Recently, I was at my client's condominium apartments, arguing with inspectors that my clients did not do shoddy work.
Nga, as we were still walking around, someone touches a car and says "bambi this lady's car is still here." Apparently, the lady died so "abruptly" and her car is still parked there. The family has not picked it up yet.
Ooh, the overthinker in me went into overdrive 🙆. She probably parked it, went off without a thought, without ever imagining that that would be the last time she drove it 😔.

This morning when I walked into my office and reached for my laptop, I held it so tenderly and told it, "Don't worry, I am here. We are still together,  looking for money." 🤣. Then I hugged myself & thanked myself for getting out of bed. I thought it was Independence Day 😂🤦‍♀️.

What did you hold so tenderly this morning?

May we always be reminded not to take the gift of life for granted. Stop living in the future or the past ☠️. Be tough on yourself now. There is no time to waste. Work on your goals.
Have a blessed week, y'all 🙏

[Makerere Law Society(MLS) @lawsocietymak]

You are a true example of practicing what you teach.We appreciate you @bkabumba for standing surety for @AloikinOpoloje and for the solidarity exhibited with the Students' cause. A remarkable inspiration indeed.
#freeallprotestors
#StopCorruptionNow

[Dr Busingye Kabumba @bkabumba]

My column in the @observerug this week.

I offer some modest suggestions to a young judicial officer serving in today’s @JudiciaryUG - strongly advising them not to be misled by the ‘class of 1986’.

https://t.co/N01ExOT3bP

[Dr Busingye Kabumba @bkabumba]

Has @ODPPUGANDA finally seen the light?

I hope so!

Does the pressure decrease or increase? It creases 😌😌😌

#March2Parliament

#March2Judiciary

When will @JudiciaryUG also wake up and live up to its constitutional mandate?!

[Daily Monitor @DailyMonitor]

QUOTE: "The rights of the people are sovereign. The people are the sovereign power in the land. Anybody who does not recognise that ought not to be in power"- Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at a press conference in Nairobi Kenya (Daily Nation December 18, 1985)
#MonitorUpdates

[Dr. Adrian Jjuuko @jjuukoa]

One day we shall need to talk about the use of pre-trial detention as a punishment. There is an arbitrary arrest, charges are quickly conjured up as if by magic, the person arraigned before court, and courts remand them. The case eventually fails but permanent damage is done!

[David F.K. Mpanga @dfkm1970]

We shall never see the Uganda we want until we develop a central nervous system that enables us to feel each other's pain.

[CEHURD Uganda @cehurduganda]

❝ The persistence of violence against children is a stark reminder that current approaches are insufficient. Gender-Based Violence is a serious barrier to the education and well-being of young people. Young people must be empowered and involved in the solutions.❞

As we commemorate the International Day of the African Child under the novel theme "Education for all Children in Africa: The Time is Now", Calvin David Mukiibi, one the young people at the Center for Health Human Rights and Development shares perspectives on how to better address violence perpetuated against young people. Featuring on Page 12 of the Sunday Monitor released today 16th June 2024.

He calls for the country, communities and key stakeholders to adopt new, better, comprehensive and progressive approaches for responding to and preventing violence against children.

#DayOfTheAfricanChild

[Thandokuhle Ukuthula-Mandla Kasibante Muyinza @ThandoKasibante]

The inaugural Manfred Lachs National Rounds of Uganda are happening this Saturday 30th of March at the @MakerereLaw School. Calling on all space law lovers, experts and enthusiasts to come and witness this momentous event.

[Nnyanja Melissa Chantal @NnyanjaC]

I am so glad to have been part of the winning team on this amazing journey. It was surely a worthwhile experience.@FelixOlindi @calvinna

[Tech Law Moot @TechLawMoot]

We congratulate and thank all the teams that participated in Inter-University Tech Law Moot 2023
🏅Best Oralist-Makerere University
🥇First Runner Up-Kampala International University
🏆Winner Tech Law Moot 2024-Makerere University
Congratulations to all the winners.

[Edwin Calvin @CalvinNagenda]

Humbled to have represented and won The TechLaw Moot Court Competition 2023 with this great University.
@Makerere @NnyanjaC @FelixOlindi @CTDR_Uganda