SPKayongo

Husband. Father. Catholic. Development Economist. Formerly, Scientific Associate at @UDE_Econ—@unidue: #PublicFinance #PoliticalEconomy

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

FATHER THINGS

Salute to fathers who dutifully wear “I’ve got this” faces—even when, inside, the fire of fear and worry could burn an entire village.

Happy Father’s Day to every father standing firm unseen. The Father who counts sparrows (Matt. 10:29) sees your hidden fire.

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

THE COST OF TOMORROW’S WORRY

Today's global anxiety disorder level is about 400m people (WHO, 2025), despite the 2,000-year old antidote: Do not carry tomorrow today.
— Matt. 6:24–34

If tomorrow’s grace has not arrived, why exhaust today’s on a burden God hasn't yet assigned?

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

@rkalyes1 @brucekirenga @DianaAtwine @JaneRuth_Aceng @KaleebuPontiano Thank you, Prof. Great learning here. The politicians may indeed be genuine outliers—though our republic has trained some of us to look twice when power and credit/ recognition appear on the same page.

Salute 🫡

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

@Shuraim_Mpindi @andy_keto @rkalyes1 @brucekirenga @DianaAtwine @JaneRuth_Aceng @KaleebuPontiano Are you the only one who— Uganda’s governance culture hasn't taught that signatures can travel farther than sweat? A contribution statement may tick a journal box, but with 38 authors—bosses and politicians included? The fair question remains: contribution or courtesy authorship?

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

@FGoloobaMutebi Some kind of "political proceeds" and related laundering? 🧐

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

@Shuraim_Mpindi @andy_keto @rkalyes1 @brucekirenga @DianaAtwine @JaneRuth_Aceng @KaleebuPontiano Does that invalidate his question? What scholarly contribution did the full time politicians make? 🤔

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

TOMORROW LIVES

Athaliah wanted to consolidate power by killing all heirs; yet Joash—the true heir, lay quietly hidden by Jehosheba.
— 2 Kings 11:1–20

Feeling your “tomorrow” is under attack? Take heart: God can preserve the desired future through just one brave, unnoticed hand.

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

@SpireJim Prof, why not be direct? Who exactly has had intellectual emptiness compensated with power and tyranny?

Is he the one for whom drones, torture basements and threats now substitute civil debate?

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

THE DAILY BREAD WISDOM

“Give us today our DAILY bread” is not a call to careless short-termism.
— Matthew 6:11

Plan, work and save, but don't turn future certainty into an idol. God often gives life in portions—enough grace for today, not guarantees for every imagined tomorrow.

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

THE UNCERTAINTY OF TRANSITIONS

When Elijah left, Elisha's immediate test was crossing the Jordan. Then Elijah's mantle fell—helping him to cross.
— 2 Kings 2:11–14

Transitions rarely come with full maps. But if God's given grace for the 1st crossing, He also will for the next.

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

@MuhaweEdson @SpireJim Are you sure he was even the one?🧐

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

@nagabanebert1 @TimKalyegira @aliza_pearl Even the mighty Roman Empire fell. The monster seemed invincible forever—its patronage, hush money & fabricated glories sustaining it. Yet those very survival schemes bred corruption, decay & betrayal from within. Good triumphs. T I M E !

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

DIFFERENT GIFTS, ONE MISSION

Jesus chose Peter’s courage, John’s love, Thomas’s questions, and Matthew’s careful eye—each gifted, yet limited.

You're stronger in some ways, weaker in others by design. We're better off complementing rather than envying one other.

— MATT. 10:1–4

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

@TimKalyegira It is called silent peace, Tim!🤠

No choking traffic jams. No daily fear of violent crime. People still greet, notice, and look out for one another because “obuntu” has not yet been swallowed by the harsh concentration of capitalism.

That is the quiet charm of smaller towns.🫠

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

@TimKalyegira Let's be frank, Tim; does Dangote announce every rise in his fortune, or is he no longer African?

Maybe the real obsession is not Africans watching Elon, but some Africans rushing to use every headline to insult Africans.

[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

Uganda President Museveni talks a lot about how Science is king and the magic that will save Uganda, and Arts and Social Sciences are “useless” and shouldn’t get state funding. Then the kids study Medical Sciences and when they ask for small change to begin putting the science into practice, they are told no money, and those who protest are hammered or jailed. Meanwhile a “useless” arts and social sciences institution like Parliament (we won’t mention State House) get many times more money - in the billions - just to buy second-rate tea, mandanzi, and cakes for MPs. What are we not getting? Did Parliament and State House become vaunted academies of sciences and we missed the memo?

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

WHEN COMFORT MUST BURN

A true breakthrough may require burning the bridge back to an old identity—for very few opportunities allow one foot in and one foot out.
— 1 Kings 19:19–21

Sometimes, the true path becomes clear only after the old ones have been closed.

[The Elephant @theelephantinfo]

The politics of poverty is global rather than local. International financiers and foreign governments offer grants and loans to financially impoverished former colonies on terms that serve the interests of the financiers themselves. What is more, a vast proportion of such loans are misappropriated by the political elite of the recipient country through the inflating of the cost of the project, kickbacks, and even outright disappearance of funds that end up in secret foreign bank accounts, and yet the taxpayer must still service the loans. How do we break this cycle of exploitation and accountability?
Analysis: https://t.co/d3Re5mfSXs

@ReginaldOduor @FNasubo @karutikk @wmnjoya @MwangiGithahu @gathara @samar42 @Farida_N @jacobin @jkobuthi @realoyungapala @johngithongo

[SPKayongo @SundayKayongo]

@TimKalyegira Tim—nothing is uniquely African here. In the West, p'ple also rally around race, religion, ethnicity, tradition and ideology. The difference is that wealth and stronger institutions soften it. After 500+ years of imperial disruption, Africa’s case is history—not human inferiority