Taddewo W. Senyonyi

Journalist, farmer with keen interest in coffee, nursery operator, Editor at @BusinessFocusug. I tell stories that inspire & motivate fellow human beings.

[Taddewo W. Senyonyi @TaddewoS]

The rains have started in some parts of UG. This is a reminder that we have quality CWD-r plantlets. We also offer advisory services. We are located in Wobulenzi (Luwero) & Kakumiro but deliver across UG.
Tel: [phone] (WhatsApp)/0703828741
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How Meals Have Turned into Health Hazards, Early Graves for Ugandans
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@BalaamBarugahar @DailyMonitor There's nothing wrong with the headline!

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Uganda Earns UGX578.11bn From Coffee Exports In April As Prices Fall On Improved Global Supply
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Experts: Why Busoga Should Shift From Sugarcane To Cocoa Farming
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[Taddewo W. Senyonyi @TaddewoS]

@Wagwekku Kakumiro is definitely near. Get in touch with me earlier.

[Taddewo W. Senyonyi @TaddewoS]

Genuine & quality CWDr/KR varieties available. Location: Kakumiro Town Council and Busula Trading Centre near Wobulenzi. Book now for September season. Price ranges between UGX1800 & UGX3000 per plantlet depending on pot size.
Tel: [phone]
#CoffeeIsTheThing

[Taddewo W. Senyonyi @TaddewoS]

@luberenga1992 Looks like KR5. Certainly not KR7.

[Taddewo W. Senyonyi @TaddewoS]

KR7 features: Long twigs/ primaries, bigger beans, high yielding, resistant to Wilt & good cup quality. If well fed, it has potential to yield an average of 10kgs of Kiboko (dry cherries) in a year. You want quality CWDr plantlets, Tel: [phone]
#CoffeeIsTheThing

[Taddewo W. Senyonyi @TaddewoS]

@luberenga1992 I don't know where you got yours from but this is KR7.

[Daudi Kabanda @DaudiKabanda]

If we’re serious about fighting corruption, we can’t stop at exciting the public with House arrests and headlines. People must be prosecuted and convicted so everyone learns the lesson. This habit of forgiving, only for them to fight us again later demoralizes every anti-corruption crusader. You can’t convict Nandutu over 300 iron sheets, then forgive the one who stole the entire economy. The law must apply equally big or small fish.

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Note: The number of samples depend on the size of your land. He'll give a report & recommendations on fertiliser use.
#CoffeeIsTheThing #DrinkUgCoffee

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Thread: Important tip: Stop applying fertilisers blindly, do soil testing.
Many farmers apply fertilisers blindly. This means they sometimes apply wrong fertilisers. Sometimes they're not needed. The best way to use fertilisers sustainably is to do soil testing & analysis.

[Taddewo W. Senyonyi @TaddewoS]

For Kakumiro people, I'll have a soil scientist at my farm at the end of this month. He'll come to pick samples and teach us how to pick them ourselves. If you intend to test your soil, reach out to me. Each sample is 60k excluding transport from my farm to yours.

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@TouchlineX Rodri?

[Uganda Medical Association @TheUMAofficial]

Let us be honest: the issue is not that medical interns are too many.
It is not that Uganda has no money.
It is that medical interns are not being treated as a priority.

Consider the choices being made:

• Parliament keeps growing.
Parliament’s budget reportedly doubled to about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟭. 𝟮 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻. The money going to 529 MPs rose from about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟰𝟬𝟬𝗯 in 2020/21 to 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟳𝟰𝟰.𝟰𝗯 in 2026/27, an increase of about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟯𝟰𝟰.𝟰𝗯.
What direct return does this give the common Ugandan in a crowded hospital?

• Two offices alone tell the story.
The Speaker and Deputy Speaker offices had about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟳.𝟭𝗯 combined in 2020/21. In 2026/27, they stand at about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟱𝟬.𝟮𝗯 , an increase of about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟰𝟯.𝟭𝗯 for only two offices.
That increase alone can pay 𝟯𝟬𝟬𝟬 interns 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟭𝗺 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, with money left.

• Questionable spending continues.
In 2025/26, selected Speaker’s office lines reportedly included 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟮.𝟰𝗯 for foreign travel, 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟵𝟲𝟲𝗺 for fuel, 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟰.𝟴𝗯 for incapacity, death benefits and funeral expenses, and 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟱.𝟮𝗯 for donations. Total: about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟭𝟰.𝟮𝗯. What lasting public health return does this produce compared with doctors on wards?

• RDC structures are being funded.
Uganda reportedly has 146 RDCs, 170 Deputy RDCs and 432 Assistant RDCs, total 748 officials. Their proposed salary enhancement requires an extra 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟮𝟵.𝟬𝟳𝟵𝗯 every year.
Add the reported 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟯𝟬𝗯 for LC I to LC V political leader facilitation, and that is about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟱𝟵𝗯. In what way does this benefit the common Ugandan?

• Donations are funded.
State House donations reportedly consumed 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟳𝟱𝟭𝗯 over seven financial years. In 2023/24 alone, donations were budgeted at 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟭𝟴.𝟭𝗯, but actual spending reached 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟴𝟬.𝟭𝟴𝗯. If tens and hundreds of billions can be found for donations, how does 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟮𝟰𝗯 to 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟯𝟲𝗯 for over 2,000 medical interns become impossible?

• Health was not protected with the same urgency.
The Ministry of Health vote fell from about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟭. 𝟲𝟵𝟯 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 in FY2023/24 to about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟭. 𝟯𝟰𝟰 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 in FY2024/25, a reduction of about 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟯𝟰𝟵𝗯. Even the 2025/26 estimate of 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟭.𝟱𝟲𝟰 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 remains below the 2023/24 level. Yet health is the sector that directly touches mothers in labour, accident victims, children with malaria, emergency patients and families in public hospitals.

Now compare:

• 2,000 interns × Shs1m × 12 months = 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟮𝟰𝗯 per year
• 2,500 interns × Shs1m × 12 months = 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟯𝟬𝗯 per year
• 3,000 interns × Shs1m × 12 months = 𝗦𝗵𝘀 𝟯𝟲𝗯 per year

Even using the Ministry of Health’s own gross figure of Shs15.6m per intern per year, the reported 2,706 eligible interns would require about Shs42.2b. That is still small compared with what is being found for political comfort and administrative expansion.

That money is not a handout.

✨ It avails doctors on wards.
✨ It keeps emergency units covered.
✨ It supports maternity care.
✨ It fills staffing gaps in regional referrals.
✨ It protects patients.

So let us stop pretending.

This is not a numbers problem.
This is not a money problem.
It is a priority problem.

Medical interns are doctors under apprenticeship, not free labour!

#InternsNotSlaves

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Housing Finance Bank Commits To Support Planned Urban Growth In Uganda’s New Cities
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Uganda’s Top Farmers Set for Netherlands Agribusiness Exposure Trip Under the Best Farmers Initiative
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