SHEILLAH OBIA

Thee She Leopard!🐆 | IR-Enthusiast, 1st Female Guild Pres-UMU | 1st Miss Tourism West Nile| Uganda-Politics.

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48hrs ago I said “I don’t know how to analyse papers”
Today: I just published my first article on labour migration in SADC.

Not theory. Reality.
Written by a Wits IR student with 0 experience.
——Thee She Leoapre!🐆

Here’s the 3-step shift 🧵

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Kampala’s 3-week blackout schedule dropped May 14 - June 2 😭

Lugogo/Kampala North line people, how are we surviving?

My area: NALYA-🤦🏼‍♀️

——Thee She Leopard!🐆

#Kampala #UMEME #Loadshedding

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@Kingsholz Hi

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@icekento1 Hi, let’s follow for follow back!👋👋

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@AuraXOfficial1 Hi👋

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@Chiefosis96 Hi👋

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General #Muhoozi doesn’t write policy papers.
He writes deployment orders.

While we debate SADC “free movement” in lecture halls,
he’s securing the actual posts where policy meets reality.

THREAD 🧵
——Thee She Leopard!🐆

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@Kingsholz Hi… let's follow for follow please!
Growing together is the goal. No one is living behind.

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You don’t need 10 years experience to start.
You need 1 story + the guts to post it.

Full article: Policy vs Border Reality 👇
[SHEILLAH OBIA] LinkedIn.

#Wits #IRStudent #SADC #PublishedAuthor #Writing

[SHEILLAH OBIA @SPROBIA]

48hrs ago I said “I don’t know how to analyse papers”
Today: I just published my first article on labour migration in SADC.

Not theory. Reality.
Written by a Wits IR student with 0 experience.
——Thee She Leoapre!🐆

Here’s the 3-step shift 🧵

[SHEILLAH OBIA @SPROBIA]

Step 1: Stopped writing for professors
Started writing for the guy stuck at Beitbridge 6hrs.

Step 2: Used my own notes + SADC Protocol 2005
No fancy jargon. Just “policy says X, reality says Y”

Step 3: Hit publish on LinkedIn
Worst case = 0 views. Best case = what just ha

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@Kingsholz Hello!

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@TheTriceRozay Hello. Oya!

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THREAD 1: TWEET 1/5

Everyone talks BRICS.
But if you’re in Southern Africa, you’re already living SADC integration daily.
This is the lab experiment happening at your border.
——Thee She Leopard!🐆

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Tweet 5/5

BRICS talks integration.
SADC lives integration daily.

Grain from SA.
Workers from Zim/Malawi/Mozambique.
Markets from all of us.
Policy should catch up to reality.

— The She Leopard!🐆

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Tweet 4/5

Job creation.
It’s slow, yet labour movement is fast.
If SADC made movement easier, skills would meet demand faster.

Win-win for both sending + receiving states.
— The She Leopard 🐆

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Tweet 3/5
Uganda hosts refugees from South Sudan + DRC.
Later many seek asylum in SA.
Trade + labour + people movement.
That’s what actually ties our countries together.
— The She Leopard!🐆

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Tweet 2/5
We always talk Uganda–SA through BRICS, AU, UN summits.
But the real relationship lives in quieter places:
Ugandan milk in SA supermarkets.
Ugandan security guards in Joburg.
Same challenges, different angles.

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I had no idea South Africa depends on Ugandan milk until I read this.
In 2023, Uganda exported $200M in milk, tea, gold & tobacco to SA.
That’s not BRICS headlines. That’s a real SADC partnership. 🤸‍♀️🧵