"The LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast desert. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything." - Deuteronomy 2:7 π
@mtnug@NatukundaR95761 Hello @mtnug ,in all your adverts you tell us how mobile money is regulated by the Bank of Uganda, when did it transfer powers to UCC? Does this mean that our money is now in the hands of UCC?
These Senegal fans never gave up even when Moroccan police molested and manhandled them. They stood and fought against injustice and the defeated the AFCON rigging agenda. They stood with the team till the end. They are the real MVPs! Black never crumbles!
I never wear bright colours to work, naye leero, I am in red. Eeeeerybody busy asking me what's up. Mbagambye, y'all know what's up πβ β β πβοΈ #OneDayToGo πππ
I'm one of those Ugandans who will probably be branded a foolish Ugandan because, even when I know fully well that the outcome of the election is largely predictable, I will still go and vote.
We all know for a fact that Mr. 1986 will be announced the winner, irrespective of the actual results. It will be a cold day in hell before anyone else is announced. But I will still go and vote against him, at the very least. I will sleep well at night knowing I did my partβno matter how inconsequential my single vote may be.
I am voting for two important reasons.
First of all, it is my duty as a citizen to exercise my rights, and I will not voluntarily disenfranchise myself because the process is flawed (which it very much is). The entire process is shabby. Reforms have not been put in place. Rigging might happen left, right, and center. The results are probably already known. But I will still do my part and vote. I owe it to no one but myself.
Secondly, I am hopeful that a time will come when the electoral process will be more trustworthy. And when that time comes, we shall need people to vote. But where are young people going to learn about the importance of voting if they have grown up seeing us abscond from our duty because we thought the process was flawed or the results predetermined?
The lesson we will have taught them is this: if you have doubts about the electoral process, donβt vote. I donβt know how valuable such a lesson is.
I donβt vote because I think my candidate will win. I vote because it is my duty. And in the future, when elections are actually trustworthy, we shall have a population that has learnedβnot just from reading, but from seeingβthat voting is important.
You cannot devalue the process of voting today and expect young people to attach value to voting tomorrow. The things we hold in high regard are the things they will hold in high regard.
The circumstances today do not favor a free and fair election. The circumstances tomorrow might. No matter what the circumstances are, it should always be your duty to vote. You don't only exercise love for your country when it is convenient. You do it even when it hurts. Now is such a time.
I canβt say I donβt understand people who are against voting because it legitimizes this draconian and despotic regime. They also rightly say that if you are voting in an election whose results you already know, what is the point?
As I usually say, hate the regime but love the country. In essence, we are voting so that we can carry on the tradition of attaching value to the process for the sake of future generations. Our circumstances today are unfortunate; theirs might not be. If they are going to learn one thing from us, let it be this: voting is your duty as a citizen, whether your candidate is projected to win or not.
On Thursday, go and voteβif not for you, then for those coming after you.
"The LORD will lay bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God." - Isaiah 52:10
#Monday π
@LwangaMundo Mmmmh! As long as those protecting their gains don't order people to stay home. Even with my excitement for the 2nd public holiday, those guys can't be trusted π