Mr T

[Daudi Kabanda @DaudiKabanda]

He has said nothing. No body has stopped him from visiting prisoners in Luzira and no body is intimidating his supporters. Let him tell us about the 7 Square Miles of Land at Nshaara Ranch he acquired Fraudulently.

[Rohit @HeyRohhit]

Watch this 2-hour Lee Kuan Yew interview. It'll change how you think about leadership.
It is more valuable than 20 business books.
Bookmark & give it 2hour today, no matter what.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🇩🇪 BREAKING: Jürgen Klopp as new Germany head coach, here we go! 💥

Klopp has accepted to take over; long term contract details, project and RB Group exit still under discussion, but he will be the new head coach.

RB considered Glasner as replacement but he signs at #NFFC.

Klopp is back.

[Winnie Kiiza @WinnieKiiza]

Leaders, listen carefully

#Uganda.

[Samuel Leeds @samuel_leeds]

People say, “I’ll have kids when I’m ready.”

But you’re never really ready.

You’ll never have a child and regret it.

Kids are a blessing.

People say, “They’re expensive.”

But what’s the real cost?

Baby food? Nappies?

It’s negligible compared to what they give you.

Having kids gives you a deeper reason to win.

When you’ve got a family to protect and provide for, it gives you an extra level of hunger.

It makes you more focused.

It makes you more serious.

It makes you grow up.

So stop thinking children are a burden.

They’re not.

They’re a blessing.

And for me, having a family made me want to become more successful, not less.

[Mr T @kanyesiga]

@wamara_jim77418 @AndrewMwenda @DaudiKabanda @mkainerugaba 😂😂😂

[The Observer @observerug]

From inside the palace: Uganda President Yoweri Museveni's son-in-law Odrek Rwabwogo says he's extremely worried to the core about the direction the country is taking.

Rwabwogo has asked Ugandans to unite and speak out.

He says the army and NRM's vote rigging, bribery, ballot stuffing, shooting of voters in the 2026 general elections and monetisation of the country's politics are a bigger threat to Uganda than foreign invasion, flooding, and earthquake, because now it doesn't pay to be good at what you do and as such, we can't get good leaders, good teachers, good doctors anymore.

[Andrew Kabuura. @andrewkabuura]

Retweet if your club has ever won the UEFA Champions League

[Tabz @NinyeTabz]

We may not all like the choices Museveni made for ministers but it is totally dumb to accuse people of being non-Ugandans when their families and roots here are known!

Adonia or Muganga being NRM or siding with what we don’t align with doesn’t deprive them of their Ugandanness!

[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

Before we say goodbye to former Uganda Parliament Speaker Anita Annet Among (AAA), who was brought down by a scandal over a very expensive Rolls-Royce “gift”, let us close with something about the car’s history.
The “Spirit of Ecstasy” is the iconic sculpted mascot that sits on the bonnet (hood) of every Rolls-Royce motor car. It depicts a woman leaning forward with her arms outstretched behind and above her. It was modelled after Eleanor Velasco Thornton (also known as Thorn), who was caught in a secret, passionate affair with the wealthy British aristocrat John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu. Eleanor was Montagu’s secretary.
On 30 December 1915, Eleanor and Lord Montagu were travelling to India aboard the passenger steamship SS Persia when it was torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Crete in the Mediterranean.
The ship sank in just five minutes. While Lord Montagu miraculously survived by clinging to a life raft, Eleanor drowned along with hundreds of others.
Pity we only paid attention to this now. We could have warned AAA that a Rolls-Royce is no car for a lady; its mascot is quite literally the tragic epitaph of a woman lost at sea. And, I can't resist this one: “The Thorn” would have been a fitting nickname indeed for Among.

[Amos Wekesa @wekesa_amos]

A must read

MOMBASA HOTELS

Do you guys know that Mombasa has more quality hotel rooms than whole of Uganda hotel rooms combined, yes just Mombasa!

The hotel am staying at has many hotel rooms and apartments and they are turning away visitors and so are other hotels of its level now.

Of course Mombasa has its set of issues like any other place but it’s promoted as MOMBASA RAHA meaning Mombasa has pleasure.

This hotel easily makes between usd 15m to usd 20m dollars a year and that gives the owner a chance to grow, employ more people.

Kampala with fewer hotels has an occupancy level of 25% averagely, Kampala as a city has no single marketing plan by KAMPALA CITY COUNCIL.

Hotels need an occupy of 35% order to be break even just profitability starts at 40% upwards, reason hotels in Kampala and uganda struggle with loans.

Leave a lone Kenya, Mombasa is marketed as Mombasa and it has head of tourism who wants Mombasa to grow and is very hard working.

The biggest challenge in developed countries is actually loneliness and Kampala has the vibe the rich love to enjoy and if we positioned ourselves, Kampala would beat many cities in Africa.

When hotels are full, it means visitors are in town, it means shopping malls will be busy, fuel stations get more business, transporters make money.

It means banks make money, restaurants make money, entertainment makes money, food suppliers make money, crafts sellers make money.

It’s not a problem of Kampala alone, all other cities or towns in Uganda need an awake leadership, create activities that attract spenders.

@BalaamBarugahar first congratulations on becoming a minister of local government and I would be happy to sit with you and we push these ideas.

@BalaamBarugahar come to Rwenzori marathon and see how this idea creates opportunities for the people of kasese and the surrounding towns.

Right now, most of the hotels are fully booked around kasese and the surrounding villages because of Rwenzori marathon and we are talking close to 2500 rooms of all types.

[UgHistory @UGHistory256]

1987.

The 5000 shilling note arrived, not as a sign of a thriving economy, but as a weapon in a desperate war against hyperinflation.

Printed in Britain, designed for a nation clawing its way back from collapse, this single note could buy over 90 kilos of meat.

The Uganda of 1987 was a nation in emergency.

The NRM had inherited a country shattered by two decades of war and misrule.

Hyperinflation raged; the currency was worthless; the black market had replaced legitimate trade.

The official exchange rate in 1986 was 14 shillings to the dollar, while the black market rate hit 5,000, a gap that exposed total economic collapse.

In May 1987, the government launched radical reforms: a 66% devaluation, shifting the official rate to 60 shillings per dollar, alongside price liberalisation and currency reform.

Under the Currency Reform Statute, the old shilling was replaced by the new shilling (UGX) at 100 to 1.

Everyday notes of 5 to 200 shillings were issued, but alongside them came the 5000 shilling note, a high-value instrument for major institutional transactions.

The IMF and World Bank supported the reform package with policy advice and financing tied to devaluation and deregulation.

The note was a collaboration between Kampala and London.

Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited, the renowned British security printer, produced the series.

The signatures of Governor Suleiman Kiggundu and Secretary Kahoza sat below the national emblem and the outline map of Uganda.

What did this note actually buy?

Under the reformed system, with meat prices stabilising at roughly 55 shillings per kilo, a single 5000 shilling note represented over 90 kilos of meat.

It was not for the market woman or the taxi conductor.

It was for settling government contracts, interbank transfers, and major commercial deals.

Its very existence was a sobering admission of how far the currency had collapsed, 5000 new shillings was the equivalent of 500,000 old shillings.

The reforms worked, inflation fell from 190% to 21% within two years, and the black market was crushed.

The note circulated as the economy stabilised, then grew.

But as the years passed, so did its purchasing power.

By 2010, the Bank of Uganda had introduced a new series of banknotes with enhanced security features and images celebrating the nation's history and culture.

The 1987 series, including the 5000 shilling note, was gradually withdrawn.

On March 30, 2013, it was formally demonetised, the entire 1987 series ceased to be legal tender.

By then, the world had changed.

Meat prices in Kampala averaged roughly 7,850 shillings per kilo in 2013, and the exchange rate had moved to approximately 2,587 shillings to the dollar.

That same 5000 shilling note, which had once represented the equivalent of over 90 kilos of meat, could now buy roughly 0.6 kilos, about two modest cuts, barely enough for a family stew.

This was not a failure of policy.

It was the natural arc of a currency that had served its purpose across 26 years of recovery, growth, and transformation.

The note that had once been a symbol of emergency stabilisation had simply outlived its era.

Today, this note is a relic of that painful pivot.

Printed in Britain.

Designed for Uganda.

Used in the corridors of government, not the marketplace.

It was the currency of a nation that had looked into the abyss and chosen, through harsh discipline and foreign assistance, to pull itself back.

Over 90 kilos of meat in 1987.

Less than a kilo by the time it was retired.

A quarter-century of rebuilding, folded into a single piece of paper.

The 5000 shilling note was never meant for daily life.

It was a tool of economic warfare against hyperinflation.

By the time it was demonetised, its purchasing power had shrunk from over 90 kilos of meat to barely half a kilo.

What does a currency's arc tell us about the era it served?

#ughistory #BOU @BOU_Official @NRMOnline @DeLaRuePlc

[Rodgers Adai @rodgers_adai]

I looked at Public Debts for Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia 2025.

Kenya US$ 100 Billion ( KShs 12.8 Trillion)
Tanzania US$ 46 Billion ( KShs 5.9 Billion)
Ethiopia US$ 51 Billion ( KShs 6.5 Billion).
Note that Public Debts for Ethiopia and Tanzania are 50% of Kenyas Public Debt.
It is difficult to tell where Kenya's KShs 12.8 Trillion was used.
I will analyse looking at major Projects the 3 Countries have undertaken since 2002 when the three has almost same Public Debts at US$ 7 Billion.
I will look at Kenya last.
Tanzania:
1. US$ 10 Billion Shs 1 Trillion 2,300km Standard Gauge Railway Dar Dodoma Mwanza Kigoma linking Rwanda Burundi DRC
2. US$ 3.6 Billion Julius Nyerere Hydro Power Plant 2115 MW
3. US$ 260 Million JPM Magufuli 3.2km Bridge Lake Victoria.
4. Dar es Salaam BRT US$ 332 Million
5. Kigamboni Bridge US$ 136 Million.
6. US$ 550 my Kinyerezi 400MW Gas Turbines

Total US$ 14.8 Billion ( Shs 1.28 Trillion)
If you consider Tanzania has built more Bitumen Roads (15,000kms versus 9,500km for Kenya), already about 50% of the Foreign Debt is accounted for.
And Julius Nyerere HPP was funded largely from Exchequer. Similarly more than 50% of SGR was funded from Exchequer.

Ethiopia:
1. US$ 5 Billion Grand Renaissance Dam 5150 MW
2. US$ 4 Billion 750 km Addis Djibouti Electrified SGR
3. US$ 1.7 Billion Awash Woldia SGR 425 km
4. You can't ignore Ethiopian Airlines, one of the biggest in the World with 150 Aircraft with 70 Wide Body Aircraft 100% Govt owned. At US$ 250 Million each, that is at a minimum US$ 20 Billion
US$ 12.7 Billion KShs 2.66 Trillion.
Again already about 50% of the Public Debt is accounted for.
And they can even fund GERD US$ 5 Billion from Exchequer.
Kenya
1. US$ 3.26 Billion 600km SGR Mombasa Suswa
2. Olkaria Power Stations US$ 1.3 Billion
3. US$ 360 40km Thika Superhighway
4. US$ 800 Nairobi Expressway
5. US$ 400m Dongo Kundu 17km
Total US$ 6.12 KShs 783 Billion.
When you compare with Shs 12.8Trilliin Debt,bthus is a mere 6% you can see.
I can't think of a Major Project the size of Julius Nyerere HPP or GERD in Ethiopia that Kenya has funded from internal resources the last 25 years.

Remember Kenya has borrowed KShs 6.4 Trillion more than either of those two countries.
Moreover Tanzania has 15,000 km Bitumen Roads more than Kenya at 9,500km
The ex Pres. Uhuru Kenyatta opined that about KShs 2B ( US$ 17 million) was being stolen everyday during his tenure. It is not far from the truth.
If you consider Tanzania is almost double the size of Kenya and people live everywhere.
Kenya, we live in only 30% of the Country. So Tanzania has more Roads, Population and Public services compared to Kenya.
Ideally Kenya's annual Budget should be half of Tanzania.
Instead it is 1.5 times bigger
That is about Shs 1 Trillion 'lost' annually.

This problem started after 2002 because the Public Debts were the same in the 3 Countries at US$ 7 Be each.
The mistake in Kenya is probably the choice of Political System. We chose Democracy where the one who does a better public circus gets elected. So you can end up with more than 90% of elected representatives with a dubious background who can lead a country into the abyss.
Unlike Ethiopia and Tanzania who tend to have Technocratic high quality leadership because of their Socialist past.
If you look at Kenyan Politicians the last 20 years and see who could make it in CCM Tanzanian leadership, very very few can make it.

And today, Kenya cannot do any minor Project without borrowing.
And we are still promoting PPPs as if it is free money.
Useless PPPs like Motor Vehicle Inspections, Speed Cameras, Africa50, Adani etc
So long as Foreigners are doing the PPPs, it is a burden on the KShs and they will have to be paid in US$ FOREX.
Kenya needs now to start thinking about whether the choices of Democracy and Devolution were a mistake.
At the moment, Kenya's future is bleak and nobody seems to have a clue on how to reverse.

[Dr. Anderson N. Maina, PhD @Maina_Poultry]

Kenyan farmers, it's time to rethink your dairy breed choice! Brown Swiss cattle thrive in our heat, resist tropical diseases, and survive on local roughage, no expensive feeds needed. Less input, more profit. The Friesian looks good on paper, but Brown Swiss works on your land.

[Dr. Paddy Kinyera @PBKinyera]

I watched this show and I think @AndrewMwenda should call Paul Mwesigwa and ask if he listened to his advice. This was really good information for Paul, and it is not even a year since taking over. Maybe he didn’t take Mwenda serious!

[Samuel Leeds @samuel_leeds]

My kid is gonna be a millionaire by the time he's 25. But I’m not gonna give him a penny. ❌

Here’s why.

1. I'm gonna teach him the value of money.

I’m not handing money to him on a plate.

He's gonna have to learn to work for money and value it. If he works at my company he starts by making teas and working his way up.

2. I’ll teach him all about financial literacy.

He won’t attend the brainwashing education in the standard UK classrooms.

We’ve designed our own curriculum. He’ll learn a lthe core subjects from private teachers we pay. Ill then teach him important subjects such as tax, negotiation, sales and investing.

3. He’s gonna be around other millionaires.

Your environment is stronger than your willpower. Surrounding around other wealthy people… it kind of rubs off on you.

So watch this space, Joseph Solomon Leeds. He's coming for you!!

Follow this page for more insights from a multi millionaire business owner/ property investor ✅🤑

#millionaire #wealth #inheritance

[Jim Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim]

One of the telling things about our society at our functions is how we behave around food:

1. People loading more food on their plates than they can finish, and without feeling ashamed of the heaps on their plates
2. The fact that people have to be served, because they don’t know how to share limited resources
3. When given a chance for self service, people serving themselves without any regard to those behind them that might not get. Five pieces of chicken are left in the dish, and someone serves himself three of them (with 20 people behind him)
4. People eating more than they need, just because there is free food
5. People acting impatient as if they would die if they took 10 more minutes before their turn to serve (okulookalooka/ okululunkana)
6. Serving the second time (double) before others get anything, and pretending not to have eaten at all
7. Packing food to take home when some people present haven’t got
8. Catering service providers hiding food.

While these habits might seem isolated and only related to food, they ALL vividly manifest themselves when we are in charge of any resources that have to be shared. Think about it. Our biggest problems as a country are around GREED, SELFISHNESS, DISHONESTY, and lack of a sense of SHAME

[Mr T @kanyesiga]

@TuryahirwaPatr3 @Winnie_Byanyima @Makerere That's sad

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