Sam Okuonzi

Health policy & global health specialist

[Sam Okuonzi @Samokuonzi]

@AttoGladys And that is the general behavior of all men? From just one man? This is why in research, generalizability is a serious concept that must be proved with laborious statistics and well reasoned with hard facts to be regarded as trustworthy.

[Sam Okuonzi @Samokuonzi]

@nickopiyo @adoniaayebare @GovUganda Yes, I believe he has the right skills and experience for that ministry

[Kingsley Moghalu OON @MoghaluKingsley]

I am very intrigued by the entry of Ambassador Olara Otunnu @OOtunnu_ into the race for @UN Secretary-General. While the conventional wisdom is that it is the turn of Latin America, Otunnu, were he to somehow scale the informal hurdle of rotation politics , would make an excellent Secretary-General. As vastly experienced as he is competent, Otunnu became Uganda’s Ambassador to the UN in 1980 at age 29! He was sharp, young, and much respected despite his youth. He introduced the informal straw polling used ever since as a method of measuring support for candidates among the members of the Security Council, which really determines who gets the job and then makes a “recommendation” to the UN General Assembly. Otunnu later became Uganda’s Foreign Minister. At @Makerere , Otunnu was a student union leader who opposed the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s rule. He was expelled from the university and narrowly escaped arrest by slipping into a neighboring country. From there on, he was to be educated @UniofOxford and later, @Harvard on a Fulbright Scholarship.

In 1996 he was a strong competitor of Kofi Annan and others for the role, but, his native Uganda and its President @KagutaMuseveni opposed his candidacy. Today, now 75, he is Museveni’s candidate. How times change. Otunnu is world class, and I wish him the best.

During my UN career, Otunnu had invited me to return to UN Headquarters (where I had earlier been a Political Affairs Officer in the UN’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations headed at the time by Kofi Annan as Under-Secretary-General) and join his team, where he was the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict and Under-Secretary-General , as his Special Assistant and Senior Adviser around 2001 when I was serving as Legal Adviser and Spokesman of the International Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, but that invitation ultimately did not work out for reasons I will be sharing in my forthcoming memoir, out soon! As it turned out, I was to move on to @WHO in Geneva on a promotion into the senior ranks of the UN system as Head of Global Partnerships at The Global Fund @GlobalFund

Fun fact: Otunnu and I share the distinction of having been unsuccessful presidential candidates in African countries where politics is, well, you know….😀

[Olara Otunnu @Olara_Otunnu]

Ambassador Olara Otunnu arrives for the Interactive Dialogue at #UNHQ.

[Remmy Bahati @BahatiRemmy]

Ambassador Olara Otunnu’s vision for the future of the @UN should be 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠.

He is making his case to become the 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐔𝐍 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲-𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 at a moment when the world is asking hard questions about the UN’s relevance, funding, leadership and future.

Watch his address and let me know what you think in the comments. And if you believe more people should hear it, 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Watch the full address 👉: https://t.co/0dQMGG2vNo.

#OlaraOtunnu #UnitedNations #UNSG2026

[F. Golooba-Mutebi @FGoloobaMutebi]

If ever one needed evidence that Uganda has become “anything goes country”.

#Freedom?

[Sam Okuonzi @Samokuonzi]

@AttoGladys Sorry. Get well soon.

[Sam Okuonzi @Samokuonzi]

@KaritasKarisim2 Thank you for these wonderful words of wisdom and peace. Be greatly blessed.

[Julius Maada Bio @julius_maadabio]

Fellow Sierra Leoneans,

I bring you greetings from the Presidential Lodge in Freetown.

In the early hours of this morning, there was a breach of security at the Military Barracks at Wilberforce in Freetown, as some unidentified individuals attacked the military armoury.

However, they were repelled by our gallant Security Forces and calm has been restored.

As the combined team of our Security Forces continue to root out the remnant of the fleeing renegades, a nationwide curfew has been declared and citizens are encouraged to stay indoors.

The PEACE of our beloved NATION is PRICELESS and we shall continue to protect the peace and security of Sierra Leone against the forces that wish to truncate our much-cherished stability.

We remain resolute in our determination to protect democracy in Sierra Leone and I urge all Sierra Leoneans to unite towards this collective responsibility.

Long Live The Republic of Sierra Leone. 🇸🇱

[Sam Okuonzi @Samokuonzi]

Fare thee well brother Jacob. Till we meet.

[Sam Okuonzi @Samokuonzi]

Could booster shots end the COVID-19 pandemic more quickly or do exactly the opposite? | Experts’ Opinions https://t.co/P5xOzVnTww

[Sam Okuonzi @Samokuonzi]

Thanks for following that article. It's amazing how very relevant it still is after almost 20 years!

[Sam Okuonzi @Samokuonzi]

@Sudhirntv Inspiring others to exercise

[Sam Okuonzi @Samokuonzi]

My article is featured on the @ResearchGate #COVID19 community page. Read it here: https://t.co/RyNpjfkiIe

[Sam Okuonzi @Samokuonzi]

@yates_rob Racism

[Sam Okuonzi @Samokuonzi]

My article is featured on the @ResearchGate #COVID19 community page. Read it here: https://t.co/izIyHypQn8

[Mordecai Muriisa ™️ @MordecaiMuriisa]

BREAKING:

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed as the new Director General of World Trade Organization (WTO). Shattering a glass ceiling; she is the first female leader of this organization.

#NBSUpdates @nbstv

[Sam Okuonzi @Samokuonzi]

My publication is featured on the @ResearchGate #COVID19 community page. Read it here: https://t.co/RyNpjfkiIe

[Sam Okuonzi @Samokuonzi]

@AndrewMwenda @JaneRuth_Aceng @MinofHealthUG @DianaAtwine What about your stick? What message are you conveying here? Is that stick sanitized?

[Sam Okuonzi @Samokuonzi]

A covid 19 research certificate