Dr. Jimmy Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim has spent years using his voice and talents to hold power accountable as his contribution towards a better society for us all.
Instead of honoring his work, the regime is actively working to silence him through, among other oppressive tactics. A court order was recently issued against him, by which he is required to pay a total of UGX 30,000,000/= within 14 days or spend three months in prison. Why? Because he made a post on his social media platform calling out an injustice that, in the court's wisdom, amounts to contempt.
I am calling on all Ugandans of good conscience, in Uganda and abroad, to stand with Dr. Spire in whatever way we can, and help him resolve this challenge.
@JudiciaryUG CAN FINE HIM. BUT WE SHOULDN’T ALLOW THEM TO SILENCE @SpireJim.
High Court presided over by His Worship Kintu Simon Zirintusa, a Registrar of the High Court of Uganda (Civil Division) at Kampala has adjudged Dr. Jimmy Spire Ssentongo afoul of “contempt of court” — for a tweet.
One of Uganda’s most respected lecturers, cartoonists and public voices has been ordered to pay 30 million shillings, or be committed to civil prison for three months, because he spoke publicly about money Kampala International University refused to refund or transfer — money belonging to the sons of his late brother.
This is oppressive Court order is a gag order dressed in legal robes. It is an attack on freedom of expression, and on every Ugandan’s right to ask a powerful institution to account for how it treats the people in its care.
The one man demanding accountability is the one facing a prison cell. When a university can walk into a courtroom and walk out with the power to silence, intimidate and threaten to jail a prominent lecturer and national figure — what fate waits for an ordinary student who dares to disagree with it? What happens to the current and former students KIU has oppressed, who have no platform, no name, and no one watching?
WE SHOULD RAISE THE MONEY. He must not be silenced. Our voices matter. I need your help here. In the words of Miria Matembe, we must all be annoyed. Give me ideas on raising the money and challenging the KIU impunity.
Yesterday, NBS TV never went off or paused even for a minute, despite losing 2 important employees in a fatal car accident on the same day(R.I.P🙏).
No disrespect, but Let this serve as a clear reminder to us all that the relationship between an Employee and Employer is salary.
Also to employees that seem to be ‘deputy Jesuses’ and to managers that work so hard to make your subordinates sad…. Know that positions are made by the company for a smooth running of business, not to feed your ego. In the business perspective, You’re actually not special.
To the rest of us; do not over estimate your relationship with the company… do your job and go home.
Nobody talks about how fucking exhausting eating is.
Every single day you have to figure out what to eat, what to cook, what to buy, then do it all over again tomorrow.
It’s the same cycle on repeat. It genuinely feels like we’re trapped in a simulation doing the same shit over and over.