I thank you all, my friends and comrades. The messages are overwhelming.
I thank the parliamentary commission that appointed me, the panel that found me fitting, and the country that has welcomed me across social media and radio.
I pledge diligence, hard work, focus, and total loyalty to the Speaker, and to service, leadership, and teamwork; building an Office of the Speaker that communicates for the greater good: transparent, integrity, free of corruption and abuse, feeding a tenfold growth strategy that elevates Uganda in the community of nations.
To the media fraternity, we shall set the agenda together. To online media specifically, we shall use the social shaping of technology to co-create and co-produce.
To the fratenity at the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Programme in Cape Town and the Crans Montana Forum in Switzerland, the team at Young Engineers Uganda, the Network for Multidisciplinary Research Africa , Research Finds News and Uganda Premier League for the encouragement and support.
To you Mother Mary Nyina wa Jambo and all pilgims to Kibeho in Rwanda and the Uganda Martyrs for your protection, grace, and intercession.
And to my family for the unwavering support and resilience.
I give all the glory back to God.
"I can do all this through him who gives me strength." (Philippians 4:13).
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
In his reflection about what Christianity should say to oppressed black South Africans during Apartheid, Steve Biko said that the Bible should also preach to the black man that “it is a sin to allow oneself to be oppressed”. One of the people that have vehemently resisted committing this sin is Dr Kizza Besigye. You do not oppress him with his permission, and he won’t cooperate in fostering his own oppression - even if it means dying in protesting abuse.
Watch the moment Ugandan opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye collapses in court during his treason trial.
The 70-year-old, who has been detained since November 2024, collapsed while objecting to state-appointed lawyers representing him.
NEWS: Uganda grants Starlink operating licence 🇺🇬
• Uganda has officially granted Starlink an operating licence
• Only 9% of Ugandans are online
• In rural Uganda, just 4% of people use the internet, compared with 17% in urban areas
• Starlink could help connect millions in remote and underserved communities
Another major step forward for Starlink’s expansion across Africa.