Esther Namitala

God's Child • Nice & Polite • Loving • Open Minded • Light-Hearted • Likeable • I Make the Final Decision!

[Esther Namitala @EssieTala]

I hate it when some people spend half the time caressing their phones while hanging out with people.

[Allan Ssenyonga @ssojo81]

Akol Alfred presenting: "Livelihood strategies & Cultural Resilience in Teso During and After the insurgency (1986 -2006)" This ignited a debate on the wording used during conflicts. Do we call them rebels, terrorists, freedom fighters or bandits? #ClimateAndMigrationHistoriesUg

[Makerere University CHUSS @MakerereCHUSS]

Day 3 of the “Histories of Climate and Migration in Uganda” workshop is underway at @Makerere. Today we examine how environmental crises have shaped displacement, mobility and political imagination in Uganda from sleeping sickness and famine to refugees and heritage.

[Allan Ssenyonga @ssojo81]

At the moment, our emphasis is on ensuring that we diseminate as much information as possible so that our people are better prepared to respond to disasters - Commissioner Davis Mwenyi
#ClimateandMigrationHistoriesUg

[Lioness aka Mama Afrika @Hirolla256]

As a Government we appeal to stakeholder to translate evidence into workable decisions.
Research should answer practical questions such as:
Commissioner Davis Mwenyi
#ClimateAndMigrationHistoriesUg

[Samwise Gamgee @Sambannz]

. #ClimateAndMigrationHistoriesUg panels are organized based on the following 4 Themes:
A~ Broadening perspectives and expanding methodologies: writing new histories of migration in Uganda.
B~ Historicizing climate change: reflecting on local histories of adaptation.
1/2.

[Lioness aka Mama Afrika @Hirolla256]

His study provides a historical perspective from 1912-2025.
It examines how Arabica coffee farmers responded environmental pressures. 3/5
@MakerereCHUSS
@CambridgeAfrica
#ClimateAndMigrationHistoriesUg

[Allan Ssenyonga @ssojo81]

Sometimes the seasonal migrations caused by impending landslides start when locals see cracks in the ground and so they start moving to safer areas. - Dr Nakaiza
#ClimateAndMigrationHistoriesUg

[Allan Ssenyonga @ssojo81]

Given that govt and donor response is often delayed or insufficient, it is important for traditional knowledge to continue being passed around so that people can respond on their own without over relying on outsiders in case of a landslide
#ClimateAndMigrationHistoriesUg

[Lioness aka Mama Afrika @Hirolla256]

I’m always worried for the people who live in the areas of Kasese Bududa, Sironko, and Bulambuli etc
Massive, terrifying landslides bury entire villages. The government has actively tried to migrate these populations to safer lowlands

#ClimateAndMigrationHistoriesUg

[Lioness aka Mama Afrika @Hirolla256]

Climate Change destroys livelihoods, forcing many Ugandans to make the painful choice to pack up and leave their ancestral lands every year. Elgon and Kasese people are always displaced every time the rains come. So as we prepare for the El Niños #ClimateAndMigrationHistoriesUg

[Samwise Gamgee @Sambannz]

@MakerereCHUSS @CambridgeAfrica @Makerere 2/2.
Which will in turn provide the much needed context to policymakers working to design and implement tangible solutions to ongoing problems.
#ClimateAndMigrationHistoriesUg

[Samwise Gamgee @Sambannz]

Today is Day2 of #ClimateAndMigrationHistoriesUg workshop.
The project seeks to support scholars from Uganda, as well as refugees and internally displaced people to craft humane historical accounts of migration, displacement and environment,
1/2.

[Samwise Gamgee @Sambannz]

@MakerereCHUSS @Makerere @CambridgeAfrica @Cambridge_Uni The project seeks to expand knowledge of how environmental and climatic factors have shaped Uganda’s long history of migration, both in more recent times and in the deep historical past.
#ClimateAndMigrationHistoriesUg

[Samwise Gamgee @Sambannz]

. @MakerereCHUSS under @makerere in partnership w/@CambridgeAfrica under @Cambridge_Uni are hosting; Histories of Climate and Migration in Uganda workshop, involving scholars from multiple disciplines and members of refugee communities in Uganda.
#ClimateAndMigrationHistoriesUg

[Makerere University CHUSS @MakerereCHUSS]

Invitation to Prof. Phillip Kasaija Apuuli's Inaugural Professorial Lecture slated for 21st August, 2026 at 2:00 pm in the @Makerere Main Hall. Prof. Kasaija will deliver a lecture titled "Reflecting on the 2023 African Peace Mission to Ukraine and Russia"

[Charles Peter Mayiga @cpmayiga]

Leero nnangiridde ensonga ye "Ente ya Kabaka" Twagala buli yenna alima emmwanyi era buli alina olusuku, okubeera n'ente ya Kabaka.

Ente ya Kabaka ekuwa amata abaana ne banywa, ate n'evaamu obusa okuliriikiriza n'okugimusa ettaka lyaffe kubanga likaddiye.

#EnteYaKabaka, mu nteekateeka ya Situla Omutindo eno nayo nsonga nkulu nnyo kati era nsaba abantu ba Buganda ffenna tugigoberere. #SitulaOmutindo

[Makerere University News @MakerereNews]

The Academic Registrar invites applications for the Special University Entry Examinations for admission to the Diploma in Performing Arts. The deadline for receiving the online applications is Tuesday 12th May 2026.

The examination will take place on Saturday 16th May, 2026.
Details:
https://t.co/eZp4Dp0dpF

[Institute of Gender and Development Studies @MakerereIGDS]

📢 Call for Abstracts!
The IGDS MAK, invites scholars, researchers, practitioners, policymakers & graduate students to submit abstracts for the inaugural issue of the Makerere Gender and Development Journal (MGDJ).
For more details; https://t.co/ZM9JXpiZb7

[Jim Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim]

Norah, the lupus patient for whom we fundraised here, will be on NTV at 10:00am today talking about her condition.

[Alan Kasujja @kasujja]

Thank you ⁦@esteritebandeke⁩ and ⁦@SamTebandeke⁩ for opening up to me and sharing your deeply moving story..

Sam is donating his kidney to his wife Esteri.. https://t.co/oAbUlUutzK