Faith Amongin

Journalist | Chai addict | Simple but not ordinary

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Uganda Media Outlets Shutdown:

NTV Uganda and Spark TV shut down after a night raid

NMG's daily monitor has also been closed

Uganda Chief of Defence Muhoozi gave the orders

Muhoozi: I do not believe in a free press

Opposition & human rights groups condemn crackdown

#CitizenSundayLive

[Rukh-Shana Kitaka @RukhShana]

I don’t know what is more concerning. That the regulator tweeted about a shutdown not sanctioned by them? That the tweet came at 5:00 PM over an incident that happened at 1:00 AM? That the Military Chief declared only he could sanction reopening the media houses? That a public order to arrest media lead @SueNsibirwa came via X? That the CDF actually believes the press should be 'guided by cadres of the revolution,' or that the Head of State (the last known one, at least) allows all this to happen in silence?

How will this be recorded in the history our children’s children read? 🤔 or maybe the ‘writers of history’ will pretend none of it happened!

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Uganda's leading media outlets say they under 'military siege' https://t.co/qbp6vwmfO7

[Daily Monitor @DailyMonitor]

BREAKING NEWS: NTV Uganda, Spark TV forced off air as Daily Monitor shutdown on Gen Muhoozi order

Details👇🏽
https://t.co/LjJUc9ow4S

[Uganda Driver Licensing System @UDLSOfficial]

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[Nicholas Opiyo (Pronouns He/Him) @nickopiyo]

We’ll not reshare the torture images of @EriasLukwago, as to do so would be to further the interest of the folks carrying out the unlawful actions and to perpetuate his undignified and humiliating treatment.

We’ll say, though, that such actions are a daylight manifestation of the state of our country, captive to the shallow interest of a small clique to whom the law is a suggestion, rather than a command.

You humiliate the man, torture him, but you’ll never match the power of his ideas; the high moral grounds on which he stands will be a summit you will only glance from afar.

We’d demand that he be set free or taken to court through a lawful process if he has committed any crime, but i doubt you’ll heed to such calls. It is out of your grapes. So we will only ask that when you have satisfied your cheap desires, leave him alive to return to his family, cause, and country. He’ll meet and vanquish you in the arena of ideas, law, and morality.

[Jim Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim]

A country where an innocent sickly prominent lawyer is kidnapped, and someone tweets that he is torturing him, and the tweet is liked by thousands of cheering people!

[Mwiza Sophy 🇺🇬🇷🇼 @MwizaSophy]

Good morning, everyone. Let’s wake up and demand justice for Sydney, every single day.

We cannot afford to move on!!! #Justice4Sydney

[27. @dimvji]

sometimes you gotta decide that it’s the last time the universe teaches you the same lesson

[Faith Amongin @fayamongin]

@CarolNatukunda @DailyMonitor Sure, @SSEGGI_'s craft is a breathe of fresh air

[Ministry of Finance @mofpedU]

RATIONALISATION OF GOV'T EXPENDITURE:
The PSST Dr @rggoobi has said that effective next FY 2026/27, @GovUganda will not spend money on organising public functions (public holidays) including: Women's day,Labour day,Independence day etc). He says money will only be spent on the few religious functions.

According to Dr.Ggoobi,H.E the President @KagutaMuseveni will address Ugandans on Radio and Television from State House,adding that the money saved will be used to finance the priorities of Gov't (ATMS & Enablers).

[Faith Amongin @fayamongin]

@CarolNatukunda 😂😂 right! Many others are just pretending with their feelings.

[Benjamin katana @katanab001]

FYI.

[Faith Amongin @fayamongin]

@SpireJim Oh dear! My Commerce and Economics teacher. He was a good man. We pray for his soul and strength to his family 🙏

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

https://t.co/OewBRsH1qF

[Joel Ssenyonyi @JoelSsenyonyi]

This is a legitimate concern, especially because it involves tax payers' money.
Firstly, the LOP's budget caters to opposition MPs and staff, unlike the Speaker and Deputy Speaker who don't have MPs under them.
So contrary to what some believe, the budget for the office of LOP is not money that goes to the pocket of the office bearer. If anything, I don't even have control over that budget, the Speaker has to always clear any activities that we propose to do as the Opposition, and sometimes she doesn't give clearance even if it's budgeted for.

The Speaker controls the budgets of all departments and committees of Parliament. Even when committees have money budgeted for them, many times the money is used elsewhere by the institution and therefore not availed to the particular committee. Likewise, the LOP's budget is not under the LOP's control.

Some time recently as the Opposition we planned to execute some activities which were budgeted for, but the Finance department told us the money was not available, eventhough on paper(budget) it was. I wrote to the Clerk to Parliament as the Accounting Officer, asking him what happened to the resources since we had not utilized them. He wrote back to me explaining that the Speaker had directed for the usage of that money for different Parliament activities which I didn't even know about, and this is a concern I have raised severally regarding the operations at Parliament.
So that 4.2bn budget is in the real sense not under my control.

[Jim Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim]

@emmanuel_dombo Here are my academic qualifications. You may as well share yours sir and we compare.

[InspiroQuest @InspiroQuest]

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[Daily Monitor @DailyMonitor]

.@cobbo3: Here is a possible 10-Point Charter for the Sustainable Procurement Fraternity (unofficially, the Eating Manifesto) https://t.co/9tqIzFSzYw
#MonitorUpdates