Grace Julius Ssembatya

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[Grace Julius Ssembatya @GraceJulius256]

@amerix I work with young adults in my community to equip them with trade skills and keep them fit through my sports program.

I dream of establishing a power youth center in my rural community. I already have the land.

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.” Proverbs 19:21

Man proposes. God disposes.

[Daily Monitor @DailyMonitor]

HARD LABOUR AT 78: Henry Balikowa, a resident of Iganga District, fetches around 50 jerrycans of water daily to earn a living. Carrying eight 20-litre jerrycans per trip and selling each for just Shs500, the elderly man relies on this physically demanding routine as his sole source of survival.

Full story:👉 https://t.co/kTQRRnpTwh
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[The Observer @observerug]

Ugandan pupils to study for max 3 hours per day under new primary curriculum

Under the new competency-based curriculum (CBC) expected to be rolled out in lower primary in 2028, the government wants to limit structured learning time to cater for the developmental needs of young children.

Dr Patrice Ssembirige, acting director of National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) said children aged 3-4 should be engaged for a maximum of two hours a day, while those aged 3-4 should spend about 2-3 hours in structured learning activities. Children aged 5-6 could spend about three hours.

Ssembirige said young learners should not be subjected to excessively long school hours, arguing that the lower primary curriculum should take into account their developmental needs rather than treat them as “miniature secondary school students”.

“These children have to be engaged for about 15-30 minutes at a time, so there is no need for them to be in school as early as 5 am. We are looking at the physical development of the learners, cognitive, language, social and emotional aspects,” he said.

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[Daily Monitor @DailyMonitor]

Put witch doctors on Inter-Religious Council, writes Alan Tacca.
https://t.co/UH2mr2InC4
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[stevenfurtick @stevenfurtick]

"I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living." Psalms 27:13

[Matt Brown @evangelistmatt]

Speak life over your children and your spouse. Encouragement starts at home.

[Samwise Gamgee @Sambannz]

Equal Opportunities Commission spends Ugx 2,500,000,000 annually to rent office space at Kingdom Kampala (about Ugx 200,000,000 per month).

Reason; the commission can't find Ugx 1,000,000,000 to renovate it's gov't-owned premises in Bugolobi.

Uganda zaabu...😭😭

[Jim Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim]

Poor young souls! Having to spend her youthful age in prison just because of holding a different political opinion! The tormentor may think that this is an expression of might, but it’s sowing seeds of anger among these young people that will last generations. When you jail rivals, you’re constructing a jail for yourself too.

Recall Asa’s song?

“I'm in chains, you’re in chains too
I wear uniforms
And you wear uniforms too
I'm a prisoner, you’re a prisoner too, Mr. Jailer
Oh, I have fears, you have fears too
I will die, but yourself go die too
Life is beautiful
Don’t you think so too? Mr. Jailer” (Asa - Jailer)

Well, Doreen has sent me emissaries too, asking for books! God, hear out these souls who are incarcerated while their tormentors thank you for blessings!

[Moral Philosophy @ML_Philosophy]

“The final test of freedom is this: can you remain the same person in praise, in insult, in gain, and in loss.”

— Seneca

[SokoAnalyst @SokoAnalyst]

The point of wealth is not to prove that you have money. It is to stop money from controlling every decision you make.

[Moral Philosophy @ML_Philosophy]

"It is the part of a wise man to resist pleasures, but of a foolish man to be a slave to them,"

— Epictetus

[SokoAnalyst @SokoAnalyst]

Revenue gives you options. Profit gives you stability. Cash flow gives you breathing room. Ownership gives you freedom.

[Timothy Kalyegira @TimKalyegira]

"Bless you prison, bless you for being in my life. For there...I came to realize that the object of life is not prosperity as we are made to believe, but the maturity of the human soul."

(Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1918-2008; The Gulag Archipelago, 1973; on life in Siberia camp.)

[Nithya Shri @Nithya_Shrii]

Education should make you humble, not make others feel small.

[Anthony Natif @TonyNatif]

What was that former CEO of Uganda Airlines doing?

[Moral Philosophy @ML_Philosophy]

Sex is everywhere, but loyalty, commitment, and support isn’t.

[Daily Monitor @DailyMonitor]

Alex Mukulu: The final curtain falls on giant of Ugandan theatre.
From “30 Years of Bananas” to “Wounds of Africa” and “Guest of Honour”, his plays tackled politics, power and the everyday struggles of Ugandans https://t.co/rgDvA2ydli #MonitorUpdates

[Jim Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim]

Some Ugandans don’t know that if you’re travelling with money (cash) above a certain amount you simply have to declare it at the airport for clearance. If found with it, Airport staff only have to ask you to declare it, not to take it. On the night of 12th July some staff at Entebbe Airport took a friend’s dollars. Report yourself and refund it before we expose you.

[Snr. Cde. Robert Kabushenga @rkabushenga]

I think @SolomonSerwanjj brings back the idea of what LC 1 chairman was envisaged in the late heady eighties when RCs were real political authority. The days when they ensured “essential goods” reached everyone equally & were shared fairly. When service was done for the public. Here is to many more Serwanjjas taking servant leadership closer to the people at the grassroots 💪🏿

[Lawrence Kitema @lawrencekitema]

People think that if you fail to help them, one day they’ll be rich while you’ll be poor. It doesn’t work like that. Life is not like a Nigerian movie.