mukeka greetings

Mukekagreetings is an inspiration derived from “Mukeka:” - a traditional Ugandan straw mat, elaborately woven out of dried & dyed natural palm tree straw fiber.

[mukeka greetings @mukekagreetings]

Bobi Wine Forced Into Hiding! FROM PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO MOST WANTED... https://t.co/QCTrT0hc4E via @YouTube

[mukeka greetings @mukekagreetings]

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[Don Salmon @dijoni]

People are just enjoying themselves at Obama Open Day Center, Chicago.

[mukeka greetings @mukekagreetings]

The primary tools used by authoritarian regimes to pervert democracy!

Dictators subvert democracy not by openly abolishing it, but by slowly hollowing out its institutions from within. This is typically achieved by co-opting the legal and electoral systems to consolidate power while maintaining the fragile illusion of public consent.

Manipulating Elections: Holding deeply flawed or blatantly fixed elections. Regimes may disqualify popular opposition candidates, pack election boards, restrict voter access, or use state resources to fund the incumbent’s campaign.
Neutralizing the Judiciary: Replacing independent judges with loyalists. This ensures that executive overreach, unconstitutional laws, or corrupt practices are legally shielded from oversight.
Suppressing the Press: Labeling independent media as "enemies of the state." Dictators often use strict libel laws, restrictive licensing, and financial taxation to bankrupt critical journalists and monopolize the national narrative.
Weaponizing the Law: Enacting vague "state of emergency" decrees or national security laws. These are specifically targeted to ban protests, criminalize political dissent, and arrest opposition leaders under the guise of protecting the public.
Astroturfing Civil Society: Creating state-sponsored grassroots organizations and unions. This crowds out authentic civic participation and falsely projects widespread public support for the dictator’s agenda.

@KagutaMuseveni, @kazbuk, @USEmbassyUganda, @EUinUG, @FrenchEmbassyUg, @JusticeKisaakye, @WinnieKiiza, @miriamatembe, @PatrickAmuriat, @KakwenzaRukira, @IsaacSsemakadde, @CivicSpaceTV, @FDCOfficial1, @mugishamuntu, @SarahBireete, @NUP_Ug

[mukeka greetings @mukekagreetings]

#Otafire epitomizes the popular English idiomatic proverb or figure of speech

“You can't have your cake and eat it too”

The proverb literally means "you cannot simultaneously retain possession of a cake and eat it, too". Once the cake is eaten, it is gone.

It can be used to say that one cannot have two incompatible things or positions!

The proverb's meaning is similar to the phrase “you can't have it both ways"

In other words #Otafire can’t be part of a political system that abuses democratic processes with autocratic practices like restricting civil liberties, weaponizing the law against opponents, arbitrary use of security forces against the opposition, abductions and a weak justice system; while at the same time remaining part of the hierarchy that maintains this scourge of democratic principles.

#Otafire should be like Dr. #Besigye or general #Mugisha #Muntu, to mention but a few, and resign from this forsaken cult of personality family regime that appointed their son @mkainerugaba as CDF who has since, naturally acquired a toxic blend of extreme entitlement with a distorted perception of reality that is shielding him with impunity and untouchable mentality from his reckless X social media posts and the audacity to recommend the appointment of the new speaker of parliament that is literally going to be a rubber stamp for their cult of personality regime!

Even though Uganda’s law does not allow serving military officers to engage in politics @mkainerugaba has already illegally established a political action organization that is maneuvering in the background and blatantly recommending appointments like the new speaker of parliament! All this in a blatant attempt to retain his family’s cult of personality grip on power buttressed by state propaganda, implicitly demanding unquestioning loyalty and stifling dissent by security forces intimidation!

@KagutaMuseveni, @kazbuk, @USEmbassyUganda, @EUinUG, @FrenchEmbassyUg, @JusticeKisaakye, @WinnieKiiza, @miriamatembe, @PatrickAmuriat, @KakwenzaRukira, @IsaacSsemakadde, @CivicSpaceTV, @FDCOfficial1, @mugishamuntu, @SarahBireete, @NUP_Ug

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

Barack Obama imagined his mother sitting on a bench, smiling as children ran through a fountain.

To honor her, he created a dedicated space that could be filled with the kind of joy she would have loved.

[mukeka greetings @mukekagreetings]

#Otafire epitomizes the popular English idiomatic proverb or figure of speech

“You can't have your cake and eat it too”

The proverb literally means "you cannot simultaneously retain possession of a cake and eat it, too". Once the cake is eaten, it is gone.

It can be used to say that one cannot have two incompatible things or positions!

The proverb's meaning is similar to the phrase “you can't have it both ways"

In other words #Otafire can’t be part of a political system that abuses democratic processes with autocratic practices like restricting civil liberties, weaponizing the law against opponents, arbitrary use of security forces against the opposition, abductions and a weak justice system; while at the same time remaining part of the hierarchy that maintains this scourge of democratic principles.

#Otafire should be like Dr. #Besigye or general #Mugisha #Muntu, to mention but a few, and resign from this forsaken cult of personality family regime that appointed their son @mkainerugaba as CDF who has since, naturally acquired a toxic blend of extreme entitlement with a distorted perception of reality that is shielding him with impunity and untouchable mentality from his reckless X social media posts and the audacity to recommend the appointment of the new speaker of parliament that is literally going to be a rubber stamp for their cult of personality regime!

Even though Uganda’s law does not allow serving military officers to engage in politics @mkainerugaba has already illegally established a political action organization that is maneuvering in the background and blatantly recommending appointments like the new speaker of parliament! All this in a blatant attempt to retain his family’s cult of personality grip on power buttressed by state propaganda, implicitly demanding unquestioning loyalty and stifling dissent by security forces intimidation!

@KagutaMuseveni, @kazbuk, @USEmbassyUganda, @EUinUG, @FrenchEmbassyUg, @JusticeKisaakye, @WinnieKiiza, @miriamatembe, @PatrickAmuriat, @KakwenzaRukira, @IsaacSsemakadde, @CivicSpaceTV, @FDCOfficial1, @mugishamuntu, @SarahBireete, @NUP_Ug

[mukeka greetings @mukekagreetings]

M7’s Typical Non Sequitur Fallacy

Non sequiturs usually occur when a speaker makes a wild leap in logic, but misses a step in their explanation, or tries to distract the listener by introducing irrelevant information!

M7 is so vulnerable to non sequiturs but his dubious overextended stay in power gives him the illusion that whatever he says is logical and the country is his family heirloom to be inherited by his son rather than a tax supported democracy.

This self entitlement often manifests as a dangerous mix of absolute impunity, extreme narcissism of dictator sons that are raised with no moral or legal bounds that sometimes escalates into violence or illegal methods against dissent!

https://t.co/a47jL5kIVE

[mukeka greetings @mukekagreetings]

M7’s Typical Non Sequitur Fallacy

Non sequiturs usually occur when a speaker makes a wild leap in logic, but misses a step in their explanation, or tries to distract the listener by introducing irrelevant information!

M7 is so vulnerable to non sequiturs but his dubious overextended stay in power gives him the illusion that whatever he says is logical and the country is his family heirloom to be inherited by his son rather than a tax supported democracy.

This self entitlement often manifests as a dangerous mix of absolute impunity, extreme narcissism of dictator sons that are raised with no moral or legal bounds that sometimes escalates into violence or illegal methods against dissent!

https://t.co/a47jL5kIVE

[mukeka greetings @mukekagreetings]

@KagutaMuseveni

[mukeka greetings @mukekagreetings]

M7’s Typical Non Sequitur Fallacy

Non sequiturs usually occur when a speaker makes a wild leap in logic, but misses a step in their explanation, or tries to distract the listener by introducing irrelevant information!

M7 is so vulnerable to non sequiturs but his dubious overextended stay in power gives him the illusion that whatever he says is logical and the country is his family heirloom to be inherited by his son rather than a tax supported democracy.

This self entitlement often manifests as a dangerous mix of absolute impunity, extreme narcissism of dictator sons that are raised with no moral or legal bounds that sometimes escalates into violence or illegal methods against dissent!

https://t.co/a47jL5kIVE

[mukeka greetings @mukekagreetings]

@kazbuk

[mukeka greetings @mukekagreetings]

M7’s Typical Non Sequitur Fallacy

Non sequiturs usually occur when a speaker makes a wild leap in logic, but misses a step in their explanation, or tries to distract the listener by introducing irrelevant information!

M7 is so vulnerable to non sequiturs but his dubious overextended stay in power gives him the illusion that whatever he says is logical and the country is his family heirloom to be inherited by his son rather than a tax supported democracy.

This self entitlement often manifests as a dangerous mix of absolute impunity, extreme narcissism of dictator sons that are raised with no moral or legal bounds that sometimes escalates into violence or illegal methods against dissent!

https://t.co/a47jL5kIVE

[mukeka greetings @mukekagreetings]

M7’s Typical Non Sequitur Fallacy

Non sequiturs usually occur when a speaker makes a wild leap in logic, but misses a step in their explanation, or tries to distract the listener by introducing irrelevant information!

M7 is so vulnerable to non sequiturs but his dubious overextended stay in power gives him the illusion that whatever he says is logical and the country is his family heirloom to be inherited by his son rather than a tax supported democracy.

This self entitlement often manifests as a dangerous mix of absolute impunity, extreme narcissism of dictator sons that are raised with no moral or legal bounds that sometimes escalates into violence or illegal methods against dissent!

https://t.co/a47jL5kIVE

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

It's even more gorgeous at night.

[mukeka greetings @mukekagreetings]

@MutunziJenkins @nbstv @davidochieng87 That’s true! They should’ve repaired the mud wall first! Even a thatched wall would’ve worked!

[mukeka greetings @mukekagreetings]

@nbstv @davidochieng87 How much is needed for the
Roof?

[Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 @Bubblebathgirl]

Obama Presidential Center Has Officially Opened — How Does it Look?

The $850 million Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park has officially opened to the public.

Key Stats:

• Cost & Funding: $850 million total project cost — privately funded by the Obama Foundation. Separate public infrastructure costs were approximately $123–200 million.

• Build Time: Groundbreaking in 2021, opened in 2026 — roughly 5 years of construction.

• Site Size: 19.3-acre campus including a museum, new public library branch, and green spaces.

• Height: Signature Museum Tower is 225 feet tall.

As for how it looks, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The stark granite tower with its large text facade and mosaic window is bold and imposing. This AI video highlights its presence both day and night.

Do you find this beautiful?

(Video: AI)

[mukeka greetings @mukekagreetings]

LIVE | Obama Targets Trump In Sharp ‘No Kings’ Speech, Defends Peaceful ... https://t.co/Zp2HhuRtI8 via @YouTube

[Eric Horng @EricHorngABC7]

'It's stunning': #ObamaPresidentialCenter public opening elicits joy, pride, awe. https://t.co/CyChOP6zFy

[Forbes @Forbes]

The planet’s billionaire population just keeps growing. Forbes counted a record 3,428 ten-figure fortunes around the globe on this year’s #ForbesBillionaires ranking, spread across 80 countries and territories. But more than half of all billionaires—51% in total—are concentrated in just three countries.

Learn more about where the world’s richest people choose to call home: https://t.co/vIiJTZ9MkJ

[Amunet @freakoutsideofx]

People enjoying the pleasures of the Obama Presidential Center 🖤

[CBS Mornings @CBSMornings]

Former President Barack Obama opened the Obama Presidential Center this week, which features a museum, library, basketball court, free public gardens and a restaurant.

@JackieKostek takes us on a tour with Chef Cliff Rome - the culinary leader for the center and owner of Peach's — who is cooking up a new chapter for the community.