Normalize celebrating those who celebrate you and ignoring those who ignore you on your special days. Why waste your time wishing someone a happy birthday when they couldn't even acknowledge yours?
Mulekelawo okwesiba ku bantu📌.
Engineering Dignity
He was so good at mathematics that even before he sat his A-Level examinations, his father had already begun telling anyone who would listen that his son was going to become an engineer.
It was his father’s dream.
@MartinSenkubuge, however, had a different one. He wanted to study art.
The challenge was convincing his parents that art was not a hobby to outgrow, but a career worthy of pursuing.
Fortunately, Martin’s talent spoke loudly.
Even while he was still in school, he earned pocket money by helping teachers create illustrations on Manila paper. Along the way, a number of teachers recognized his extraordinary gift and encouraged him to keep going.
Martin eventually enrolled to study Fine Art at Makerere University. He worked hard, excelled, and will never forget the joy of selling his first paintings. It was more than a sale. It was affirmation. Proof that the path he had chosen could indeed become a livelihood.
Since then, Martin has explored many themes through his work.
Most recently, he has turned his attention to vitiligo, a skin condition that causes patches of skin to lose their pigment.
For many who live with vitiligo, the condition is often accompanied by myths, stereotypes, and painful assumptions.
Martin has chosen to tell a different story.
Through his paintings, he invites us to see the beauty in the patterns, rather than the difference. As he spent time listening to people living with vitiligo, he discovered stories that mirrored his own: stories of rejection, hardship, identity, belonging, and the universal desire to be seen, accepted, and loved rather than judged or discarded.
Those conversations became paint. The stories became canvas.
The result is a remarkable body of work titled Between Sight and Soul, which opens on Friday, 26th June, at Nommo Gallery.
As we walked together today, I found myself smiling.
Martin may not have become the engineer his father imagined. But perhaps he became an engineer after all. Not of bridges or buildings, but of narratives.
Using colour instead of concrete. Using canvas instead of steel. Using art to engineer dignity, challenge prejudice, and build a world where people are first seen for the beauty of their humanity.
That, too, is a remarkable kind of engineering.
#WalkTalkConnect #ArtForChange #StoriesThatMatter
Whenever I look at this picture I feel like there is someone who can manage our country's ministry of health better & that's @RubabindaJr
He has really shown ugandans that he is the only man who can think for this ministry better
Bravo Dr for not letting us down since the start
Rwenzori Region Leaders Reaffirm Safety Ahead of the Rwenzori Marathon
Leaders from the Rwenzori Region have reassured the public that Kasese District and the wider Rwenzori Region are safe and Ebola-free ahead of the upcoming #TuskerliteRwenzoriMarathon. 🇺🇬🏃♂️
@BuzzPatterson President Trump holds a 90-year-old Vietnam War veteran and awards him the Congressional Medal of Honor.
It doesn’t get any better than this.
Good evening, fam
Thic City - Nairobi never sleeps our streets are alive with energy, people hustling, vendors calling out, matatus weaving through traffic and constant activity from dawn till dusk.
But with all that buzz comes the chaos: litter, overcrowding, and the daily grind visible everywhere.
It's the heartbeat of the city, messy yet full of life.
May our hustles bear fruits.