Zaharah 🤍

[KIIZA ERON @kiizaeron]

**HE IS NOT ALONE*

*STAND WITH BESIGYE*

For 22 months, Dr Kizza Besigye has been behind the walls of Luzira Prison.

For nearly three decades, he has paid a heavy price for standing for freedom, justice and democracy in Uganda - arrested countless times, detained, brutalised and prosecuted, without a single criminal conviction.

Now his health is failing.

He collapsed in court. Yet bail has repeatedly been denied. His trial continues while he is unwell and unable to participate fully in his defence.

His legal team has been broken up: team leader @MarthaKarua barred from Uganda, another forced into exile, and his Deputy lead lawyer, former Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, @EriasLukwago_ himself now in prison instead of hospital of choice per medical team opinion.

They (Government) have taken Besigye’s freedom.

We (the people) will not stand by as prison takes his health and dignity too.

And we stand with those imprisoned alongside him, and those paying a price for defending him.

OUR GOAL: UGX 100 MILLION

We are raising UGX 100,000,000 for Dr Besigye’s welfare and care in detention, and to ease the enormous burden that prolonged imprisonment places on those caring for him.

This is not a legal fund. It is a human solidarity fund.

It is ordinary people saying to a man who has given so much:

You are not alone.
We see you.
We stand with you.

The arithmetic is simple:

100 people × UGX 1,000,000
1,000 people × UGX 100,000
10,000 people × UGX 10,000

Every contribution counts. No amount is too small.

Let thousands of us turn our concern into solidarity—and our solidarity into action.

CONTRIBUTE:
[phone] — Atuhaire Agather

HE IS NOT ALONE.
SHOW UP. NOT TOMORROW. NOW.

#StandWithBesigye #FreeBesigye

[Agora Discourse @AgoraCFR]

Ronald Kizito Jjuuko, 38, a boda boda rider and father of five, was shot dead on August 29 at Ndejje-Kanaaba during enforcement of movement restrictions for National Cleaning Day.

@PoliceUg initially identified the officer who fired the fatal shot as Allan Okello but later corrected his identity to Police Constable Allan Ogwal. They say Jjuuko attempted to pass through a restricted area, but witnesses have given a different account, saying he was riding home and that there was no confrontation before he was shot. After the incident, police said they arrested Ogwal and that preliminary findings suggest the force used may have been disproportionate.

More than 48 hours after his arrest, however, there is still no public indication that he has been charged before any court. Jjuuko has since been buried, leaving five children and a family that depended on him.

We call for a prompt, independent and transparent investigation. The right to maintain public order does not give police a licence to use lethal force arbitrarily. Any use of force must be lawful, necessary and proportionate. The circumstances of Jjuuko’s death must be fully established, and anyone found responsible must be held accountable.

[Zue @Zu_BedaAhmed]

There’s something you guys aren’t telling us 🧍🏽‍♀️
Are they going to arrest unmarried people?

[𝓁 @sexierrrrr]

regardless of how you were raised, it’s your job to grow up

[ALTON 🩺 @NewtonAllan6]

Someone should tag “Apooso” and his sheep.

Message from Uganda AIDS Commission. 👇

[Lisa @lisathebeauty1]

I think Apple lying about this storage shit😭

[Beewol @beewol]

The Phaneroo people landed on my Tweet castigating the other lady who claimed their pastor healed an HIV/AIDS patient and now my mentions are blowing up with Bible verses.

People need to appreciate that there is a fundamental risk of tweeting such stuff. In the 90s when the HIV/AIDS scourge was ravaging the population, one of the problems Ministry of Health fought against was Pastors & traditional healers who constantly claimed they cured the disease.

Many people lost their lives because they believed they’d been cured by their pastors and therefore they went off medication. To this day, we lose people simply because they replace taking meds with prayer and fasting.

It’s very dangerous to create the impression that your pastor cured a patient because what you’re communicating to other patients is that they don’t need to take medication, they just need to locate your pastor.

Therein lies the problem.

If you’re an HIV/AIDS patient, it’s okay to have your pastor lay hands on you but please, do not under any circumstances stop taking medication.

As of now, there is no known cure for HIV/AIDS. However, the virus can be fully managed through medication, lifestyle change & discipline. Short of that, you’re at risk of the disease spreading through the body & wiping out immunity hence leading to death.

Phaneroo people & their pastor are going to undo decades of hardwork put in by many people to teach the population about how to manage HIV/AIDS.

Believe in your God, worship him, hold hands and sing Kumbaya, but please do not spread falsehoods about HIV/AIDs. It is still a dangerous disease & must be treated as such.

[Bammy @ayobamiamisu]

I need to find hobbies that don’t include my debit card. 😭😭😭

[🌙 @sharon_kiwanuka]

Good morning everyone. A contribution or retweet would help 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[Noah Kahan @NoahKahan]

Holy fuck Raleigh

[Noah Kahan @NoahKahan]

Please tonight queen?

[Ameenah.B @ammeenahh]

Another beautiful day stolen by the shackles of employment.

[Aaron Ahlstrand-White @AaronWhite608]

“God I hope I don’t get the lettuce parasite,” I say as I eat a Celsius and peanut m&ms for lunch.

[Big Choctaw @Derekalexander_]

please wear the deodorant with the chemicals in it

[$ @jxtsummer]

does anyone know what to do. like in general

[Martha Ahumuza @MarthaAhumuza]

I find it endlessly amusing when men expect a level of domestic labour from me that I don't even do for myself. If I haven't built my own life around cooking every single day, what exactly makes you think you'll be the exception?

[Noah Kahan @NoahKahan]

A lot has changed in my life but I still get the same goosebumps when I see a line for my show or my name on a marquee. I walked around alone in this city at berklee singer songwriter 2 week camp and manifested so fucking hard and so hopelessly for this shit

[Joshwelt @weltszzn]

I think Apple lying about this storage shit

[Pelumi @Msliterarylover]

Me: Omg you read too? What is your favourite book?
Them: Atomic Habits
Me:

[Mujuni Raymond @qataharraymond]

Please join the memorial march for Sydney Gongodyo tomorrow. Here are details for where to get kits and the route map 🙏🏽