Omara Simon Peter 🇺🇬

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[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

I met Otafiire in 1974 during the anti-Amin struggle. I have known him to be on the right path of the Movement.

[Omara Simon Peter 🇺🇬 @OmaraSimonPeter]

@mkainerugaba Please learn to forgive going forward.

[Sahel Revolutionary Soldier @beyondB_DAG]

🇬🇭🤝🇧🇫The dream of a United Africa never died — it just changed hands:

Kwame Nkrumah planted the seed with his life.
Captain Ibrahim Traoré is watering it with pure courage.

One sacrificed everything. The other is living the vision every single day.

Do you believe this son of the soil will finally finish what our fathers started?

[Abhi Ai @Heyabhi29]

🚨 BREAKING:ChatGPT can now edit your photos like a professional photographer.

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[Omara Simon Peter 🇺🇬 @OmaraSimonPeter]

@933kfm The red army

[Mwami lu @lulanzeashirafu]

Just like Seyyid Said moved his capital from Muscat to Zanzibar, there are whispers that former Speaker Anita Among has quietly relocated from her posh Nakasero residence, with all her belongings, to her multi-billion-shilling mansion in Kigo Serena, Wakiso District.

According to a reliable source, the move is said to have been completed on Thursday evening. It is rumored that Anita Among had been confined to her Nakasero home by the military for 100 days, since May 16, 2026.

[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

40 Years On, Uganda’s LRA Leader Kony Could Be Eating Nyama Choma Beside the Men Hunting Him
Forty years ago, in late August 1986, government forces (the National Resistance Army's 35th Battalion) and rebel factions clashed in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, killing dozens of civilians in what became known as the Namokora Massacre. It ignited regional dynamics that gave rise to Joseph Kony's brutal Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
The LRA, and the NRA (renamed the Uganda People's Defence Forces, UPDF, under the 1995 constitution), were both blamed for atrocities against civilians. One of the LRA's most notorious late-August massacres occurred exactly eleven years later, in late August 1997: the Lokung Massacre, in which over 60 civilians were killed.
By 2002, after 16 years of war, the LRA had largely been defeated by the UPDF and driven out of northern Uganda. It fled into South Sudan, then into northeastern DR Congo, where it established bases in Garamba National Park from September 2005, operating heavily until around 2011 before being scattered.
By early 2008, the LRA had also spread into the Central African Republic (CAR), with its first major raids there hitting the town of Obo in February 2008.
Ugandan forces followed the LRA into both the DRC and CAR, and the pursuit made international headlines in 2011 when US President Barack Obama deployed American Special Forces to assist African Union troops, effectively the Ugandan army, in the effort to capture or kill Kony. The hunt wound down when Uganda and the US withdrew their forces in early 2017.
To date, it remains unclear whether Kony is alive or dead. His LRA now surfaces only occasionally, mostly in eastern DRC, to slaughter civilians. It remains to be seen whether Yoweri Museveni, in his 42nd year ruling Uganda, will write Kony's obituary, or whether Kony, if he's still alive, will write his.
But there's a curious twist to the hunt for Kony. A friend who works as a human rights researcher, and who has documented the LRA's atrocities in eastern DRC and CAR, tracked the Ugandan and American pursuit of the rebel leader closely, particularly in CAR's eastern and southeastern prefectures of Haut-Mbomou, Mbomou and Haute-Kotto, where the LRA operated.
He came across several roadblocks manned by CAR troops set up specifically to catch Kony. He showed the soldiers photographs of Kony. Not one of them recognised him. He had a similar experience in DRC, though there he occasionally met officers who did.
It raises an odd possibility. If Kony is alive and hiding out in CAR, he could well be eating nyama choma at a joint in some small town right now, with none of the patrons, or the soldiers looking for him, any the wiser.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇳🇴🇺🇬 On the SAME DAY Europe's OLDEST reigning monarch died in Norway, the world's YOUNGEST reigning monarch died in Uganda...

What are the odds of that??

We found out yesterday that King Harald V of Norway died peacefully at the age of 89; he had ruled the Nordic country for 35 years.

But we've also now learned that Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Uganda passed away yesterday, at 34.

The King of Tooro in western Uganda became king at just 3-years-old, in 1995.

Uganda is governed by an elected president and parliament, but does still have several traditional kingdoms, more of a cultural influence.

The "youngest monarch," who has ruled since 1995, and the "oldest monarch" (in Europe), who has ruled since 1991, both died on the same day...

RIP to both of them... that's just objectively insane!!

Source: BBC / Writer: Michael

[The Charity Guy @roxie_ug]

Key points on King Oyo of Tooro Kingdom
Kingdom background

• Tooro originated as a secession from Bunyoro-Kitara around 1822–1830 under founder Kaboyo Olimi I.
• The monarchy was abolished in 1967 and restored in 1993.

Birth and family
• Born 16 April 1992 to Omukama Patrick David Matthew Kaboyo Olimi III and Queen Best Kemigisa.
• Father died suddenly on 26 August 1995.

Succession
• Enthroned 12 September 1995 at age 3 after traditional rituals at Karuzika Palace, Fort Portal.
• Became one of the world’s youngest reigning monarchs.
• Regents (including his mother and others) governed until he turned 18.
• Assumed full control in April 2010.

Education
• Attended Aga Khan Primary School and Kampala International School Uganda.
• Earned a Bachelor of Business Management from the University of Winchester (UK).

Reign and work
• Focused on cultural duties plus development: HIV/AIDS advocacy (UNAIDS ambassador), environmental conservation (River Mpanga, Rwenzori expedition), youth skills, ICT, tourism, agriculture, and land restitution.
• Issued long-term development visions for Tooro.
• Annual Empango ceremonies marked the 12 September coronation anniversary.

Challenges
• Internal royal-family disputes and succession tensions.
• Ongoing property/land issues from the 1967 abolition.
• Criticism over administration and time spent outside the kingdom.

Death
• Died 27 August 2026 at age 34 after illness.
• Kingdom announced the passing that evening and confirmed an heir would succeed according to custom.
• Reigned 31 years.

May His soul Rest in paradise 🙏🕊️

[Africa First @AfricaFirsts]

🌍 What People from Every African Country Are Called

🇩🇿 Algeria → Algerian
🇦🇴 Angola → Angolan
🇧🇯 Benin → Beninese
🇧🇼 Botswana → Motswana (sing.) / Batswana (pl.)
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso → Burkinabè
🇧🇮 Burundi → Burundian
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde → Cabo Verdean
🇨🇲 Cameroon → Cameroonian
🇨🇫 Central African Republic → Central African
🇹🇩 Chad → Chadian
🇰🇲 Comoros → Comorian
🇨🇬 Congo (Republic) → Congolese
🇨🇩 Congo (DR) → Congolese
🇩🇯 Djibouti → Djiboutian
🇪🇬 Egypt → Egyptian
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea → Equatoguinean
🇪🇷 Eritrea → Eritrean
🇸🇿 Eswatini → Liswati (sing.) / Emaswati (pl.)
🇪🇹 Ethiopia → Ethiopian
🇬🇦 Gabon → Gabonese
🇬🇲 Gambia → Gambian
🇬🇭 Ghana → Ghanaian
🇬🇳 Guinea → Guinean
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau → Bissau-Guinean
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast → Ivorian
🇰🇪 Kenya → Kenyan
🇱🇸 Lesotho → Mosotho (sing.) / Basotho (pl.)
🇱🇷 Liberia → Liberian
🇱🇾 Libya → Libyan
🇲🇬 Madagascar → Malagasy
🇲🇼 Malawi → Malawian
🇲🇱 Mali → Malian
🇲🇷 Mauritania → Mauritanian
🇲🇺 Mauritius → Mauritian
🇲🇦 Morocco → Moroccan
🇲🇿 Mozambique → Mozambican
🇳🇦 Namibia → Namibian
🇳🇪 Niger → Nigerien
🇳🇬 Nigeria → Nigerian
🇷🇼 Rwanda → Rwandan
🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe → São Toméan
🇸🇳 Senegal → Senegalese
🇸🇨 Seychelles → Seychellois
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone → Sierra Leonean
🇸🇴 Somalia → Somali
🏴 Somaliland → Somalilander
��🇦 South Africa → South African
🇸🇸 South Sudan → South Sudanese
🇸🇩 Sudan → Sudanese
🇹🇿 Tanzania → Tanzanian
🇹🇬 Togo → Togolese
🇹🇳 Tunisia → Tunisian
🇺🇬 Uganda → Ugandan
🇪🇭 Western Sahara → Sahrawi
🇿🇲 Zambia → Zambian
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe → Zimbabwean

Compiled by Africa First

[Emboozi Teb’ankadde @tebankadde]

41 years ago this week (25 Aug 1985), Gen Tito Okello Lutwa stood in front of Uganda’s politicians and asked a question the country still hasn’t answered. 📸@TonyOwana

[BOBI WINE @HEBobiwine]

As a Ugandan, it fills me with pride to see an illustrious son of our nation carry a lifetime of global service, a fierce commitment to the vulnerable, and a deep passion for justice to the world stage.

For years, many of us have followed with great respect, Ambassador Olara Otunnu’s incredible track record at the United Nations.

His work championing human rights and protecting children in armed conflict is exactly the kind of leadership the global community desperately needs right now. True leadership is measured by integrity, vision, and an unwavering dedication to peace and justice.

We can not forget the historical injustice when the Museveni regime vindictively denied him an endorsement for this very position years ago. They blocked him for simply refusing to stay silent about the atrocities they were committing against our people. Perhaps if he had risen to that position at the time, the world would be fairer, more just, and more peaceful.

Central to his vision is a profound passion for genuine multilateral reform, where international institutions must evolve beyond mere arenas of superpower politics to become true instruments of equity, accountability, and shared prosperity for all nations.

I hear some citizens who are raising tough questions about why the regime has suddenly changed its mind to endorse him now. Your scepticism is understandable, given what the bloodthirsty regime is doing to our people. And I know Ambassador Otunnu to be a man of deep humility who welcomes free speech and receives your concerns with grace. We can all bank on his long-term, proven integrity and hope that when he rises to become the world’s top diplomat, he will never turn a blind eye to the ongoing struggle for freedom in his own motherland. As he has consistently acknowledged, Uganda faces dark spots that need fixing.

Ambassador Otunnu has my full solidarity and prayers as he carries our collective aspirations for a fairer world to the global stage.

[Balmoi Stephen @balmoistev]

The NUP sponsored outlaws who were demonstrating within the vicinity of the UN HQ because of UNSG candidate's alleged silence on some political disagreements in UG is a non starter. They apparently have a different agenda. @Olara_Otunnu needs no introd'tion to rational discource.

[Omara Simon Peter 🇺🇬 @OmaraSimonPeter]

@Acholi_godddd Don't go like that he hasn't made any public statement on Otunu candidature.

[Akech Andrew @akech_andrew]

Zimbabwean parliament that cost $200m. It was entirely funded and constructed by China as a gift.

China funded the $200 million AU headquarters in Addis Ababa as a gift to Africa.

China also funded the new ECOWAS headquarters in Abuja through China Aid to Africa. Cost China $56 million.

China is funding a $200 million Juba Teaching Hospital in South Sudan that is nearing it's completion.

China funded 70% of the 752 km Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway that is now operating over 1,600 and 6,000 passenger and freight trains respectively.
The list goes on and on.

Why is China funding infrastructure development but not NGOs in Africa?

[Omara Simon Peter 🇺🇬 @OmaraSimonPeter]

@FlyRwandAir @YvonneMakolo @ASG_Africa Next time when there will be conference please put promo code for discount for delegates coming.

[Mordecai Muriisa ™️ @MordecaiMuriisa]

I would like to see Olara Otunnu lose his bid for UN Secretary-General. Stay with me for a second.

I don’t oppose Otunnu because he is Ugandan. I don’t oppose him because I hate Uganda. And certainly not because I cannot take pride in seeing a Ugandan aspire to one of the world’s most prestigious international positions.

My objection is much more fundamental.

I worry that Otunnu’s bid for the UN’s top job could become an opportunity to whitewash, sanitize or soften the record of the Museveni government a government whose decades in power have been accompanied by allegations of repression, political violence, abuses and impunity.

And this is where Otunnu’s own record and relationship with Uganda matter.

He has been in Uganda. He has seen what has happened. He knows the political reality. Yet, when confronted with the conduct of Museveni’s government and, increasingly, the political role of his son Muhoozi, Otunnu has too often appeared to retreat into the comfort of intellectual language, diplomatic semantics and carefully constructed platitudes.

For me, that is not enough.

You cannot aspire to become the world��s chief diplomat while avoiding the uncomfortable truths happening in your own backyard.

Uganda does not need another international figure who can make authoritarianism sound respectable. It needs people willing to name abuse, confront impunity and defend democratic principles even when doing so is politically inconvenient.

So yes, I would like to see Olara Otunnu lose this particular bid.

Not because he is Ugandan.

But because I believe the UN Secretary-General should be someone whose commitment to human rights and accountability is beyond political ambiguity including when the uncomfortable questions involve their own country.

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[Omara Simon Peter 🇺🇬 @OmaraSimonPeter]

@RonexKisembo @AlsisiOfficial @KagutaMuseveni @SuluhuSamia @WilliamsRuto @PaulKagame @CyrilRamaphosa @JDMahama @edmnangagwa @AbiyAhmedAli @SM_Mohammed_VI @_AfricanUnion @jumuiya We had Yamasoukouri declaration on free skies all went off.

[Jimmy @utdshoot]

🚨 In 1992, Manchester United lost its opening game of the season to Sheffield United and ended up winning the league

In 1995, Manchester United lost its opening season game against Aston Villa 3--1 and went on to win the league

In 2012/13 season, Manchester United lost it opening game of the season to Everton 1. O and went on to win the Premier League, their last league title.

[Omara Simon Peter 🇺🇬 @OmaraSimonPeter]

@NyakatoAsinansi @Parliament_Ug Shadow Minister for work & transport.