Dear Minister, @MoWT_Uganda@HonByamukama
Thank you for convening the contractors. The only small concern is that, looking at the audience, one struggles to identify which country the meeting was intended to build.
We have become remarkably efficient at commissioning roads. We have been less successful at commissioning Ugandan road contractors.
Foreign contractors are not the problem. Every country needs international partners. The puzzle is why, after decades of infrastructure investment, Ugandan contractors still seem to attend these meetings as guests in an industry financed by Ugandan taxpayers.
Perhaps the measure of leadership is not how many kilometres of road are completed, but how many local companies graduate from subcontractors to prime contractors by the end of each project.
Otherwise, we risk celebrating completed roads while quietly renting the experience, the profits, the technology and the next generation of contractors.
The roads remain in Uganda. It would be nice if more of the industry did too.
#UnpopularOpinion #660. From living in a government pool housing apartment when I was a young officer, to a bungalow as a senior officer, now making final plans to live in an apartment again as a retired officer. Life goes into circles. When all lights get shut one by one & the children choose to abandon the old styled bungalows to the now trending condos, you find yourself living with your wife just the same as when you had just married, but this time in a huge empty house. This applies to the huge farm house in the village that you erected during your prime. Children don’t want to even celebrate Christmas with you. It’s left to a care taker who if not careful, will enjoy your marital bed with village “belles”. Why do we build personal mega projects for families? Be wise. Be humble. Be simple. Invest your money in businesses that give you cash flow than big personal houses that you can’t even give a coat of paint in your retirement age.
Be willing to look stupid.
- Send 1,000 emails that get ignored.
- Book the call and fumble your pitch.
- Launch a campaign that gets 10 “f-offs” in the replies
Everyone who wins at outbound did this.
You aren't special.
Invest in your portfolio of failures until you can afford to succeed.
Reading a book is a form of resistance training for the mind.
You're resisting social media, notifications, the news, and other distractions.
That's how you strengthen your attention span and focus.
Pick up a book, beloved. Read. Deliberately seek knowledge outside the 'blogs', social media and even mainstream media. Exercise your right to information access. Use your privilege of access to literature.
You don't need a mentor.
You're allowed to:
Fire yourself up
Create your own deadlines
Hold yourself accountable
Do more than anyone asked you to
Make yourself proud
If you're waiting for someone to believe in you, start with yourself.
Hello @burtonalbionfc how many retweets for this beautiful jersey? I am your number one Ugandan fan . Please don’t air me atleast say NO but don’t air me 🥹🥹🙏🙏
Hack #3: The Identity Restoration.
Weekly wins documentation is your psychological insurance.
🥦Write down 3 professional wins every week.
🥦Send yourself appreciation emails.
🥦Create a "victories folder" on your phone.
When they try to rewrite your story, you have evidence of your true value.
The 5 most impactful habits I've built over the last 5 years:
• Walking 15K steps a day
• Taking an obsessive amount of notes
• Writing for 90 minutes at least 6X/wk
• Waking up at 5 AM and going to bed by 9 PM
• Cooking 99% of my meals with single ingredient, organic foods
You only need ONE MOMENT to change your life forever.
Bitter Truth: You encounter many such moments in your life...but you are either not prepared for them, or they don't really seem like much.
Train yourself to recognise these moments.
Coming up! The Ugandan National Land Information System (UgNLIS) public portal is being launched this Wednesday 2nd October 2024! 🌍 You can now conduct land searches online, verify property, and even initiate mortgage transactions—all at your convenience. No more long queues!
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#TellingtheCEDPstory #LandSearch #DigitalTransformation