Ook4douglas

GOD First | Lawyer | Farmer in a Firm | Free Spirited | Apolitical | Lover of justice, clean environment and open mindedness.

[Ook4douglas @ok4douglas]

@UDLSOfficial 1000/10 given the Ugandan standards of public facilities. Each time I personally have been there, I never last 30mins. Process soooo smoooooth... Asanteni Sana 🤝👏👏👏

[UgHistory @UGHistory256]

14 March 2007.

Kampala High Court.

Over 700 lawyers, dressed in white shirts and black suits, gathered in silence.

They had been on strike for three days.

Now they were here to perform an ancient ritual of purification.

At the front, a lawyer held aloft a blood‑stained shirt, evidence of what the state had done in this very building two weeks earlier.

The Cleansing of the Court - 2007

The procession, led by Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki and Uganda Law Society President Oscar John Kihika, circled the court building in a symbolic cleansing ceremony.

Kihika described it as an "age‑old African ritual designed to purify the court."

The bloodied shirt and tie belonged to Kiyemba Mutale, a lawyer who had been beaten unconscious during a government raid on the High Court on 1 March.

That day, armed security forces from the "Black Mamba" anti‑terrorism unit had stormed the criminal registry to re‑arrest nine treason suspects who had just been granted bail after 15 months in detention.

During the hours‑long standoff, Mutale was attacked.

The suspects were beaten, bundled into a police vehicle, and taken away.

The raid was a grim echo of November 2005, when the same unit had laid siege to the High Court to prevent the release of the same men during Kizza Besigye's presidential campaign.

The 2007 attack triggered an unprecedented response.

On 5 March, Uganda's judges went on a week‑long strike to protest the assault on judicial independence.

On 12 March, the Uganda Law Society began its own three‑day sit‑down strike, demanding an apology and concrete reforms.

Five ULS members who held high‑level government positions were suspended.

Justice James Ogoola captured the gravity:

"The point had to be made. They will not survive unless the rule of law, independence of the judiciary and all other fundamental principles that hold the nation together are back to form."

President Museveni eventually expressed regret for the incident and promised a "legal and transparent modus operandi" for future arrests.

The judges and lawyers returned to work.

But the ceremony on 14 March was more than a conclusion, it was a declaration.

Mutale's bloodied shirt, held high before the committee tasked with investigating the raid, was not just evidence.

It was a symbol that the judiciary would not be cowed.

The cleansing was not merely ritual.

It was a line drawn in the dust of a courtroom, a reminder that even in the face of armed men, the law could still speak.

#ughistory #ULS @ug_lawsociety
@Lawpointuganda @JudiciaryUG

[Joel Ssenyonyi @JoelSsenyonyi]

The senseless abductions continue, Tabz @NinyeTabz has been taken by a drone from Kamwokya!!

#FreeUgandaNow

[ACHILLA @GiftGrace01]

If this appears on your timeline, just repost🙏

#FreeTabz

[Dr. Bireete Sarah @SarahBireete]

In Uganda, wonders will never cease!! What @KagutaMuseveni usually calls transformation is degradation of the citizenry. How can a lead Cousel on a case for two years be added to the same charge sheet as a suspect? Did the evidence presented by @ODPPUGANDA on Besigye case incriminate Lukwago? Who will ever explain such issues to Ugandans @ug_lawsociety

[Ook4douglas @ok4douglas]

@BredsguardDalen I actually would. Even more.

[Wise Mentor | Leadership @thewisementor]

NATURE IS THE BEST MEDICINE.

5 TROPICAL FRUITS THAT FIGHT CANCER, DESTROY PARASITES AND REBUILD IMMUNITY:

1. Soursop

[Tobechi Ogazi, Esq. @TobechiOgazi]

Lawyers who leave the profession rarely stop being lawyers. They spot issues in conversations, flag risks at dinner, and review agreements nobody asked them to review. It is a condition, not a career.

[Dr. Oriba Dan Langoya @DrOribaDan]

In Memory of Dr. Mathew Lukwiya

In his final hours, he spoke to Sister Apio Anyai Angioletta, the paediatric nurse who had known him for years. She would later remember his exact words.
"Sister, things are worsening. I have tried to fight. The battle is almost over. Now I am seeing that I am also going. The time has come for me to go. That I know. I am going. But if I go, I will be at the doorway. Nobody is going to die now. I will tell my God that enough is enough."

Then he began to sing a hymn about war. Everyone in the room broke down. Sister Apio replied, "No, doctor, it will not be like that." But it was. On December 4th his breathing briefly stabilised. Later that evening his lungs began to haemorrhage. He died at 1:20am on December 5th, 2000.

He was buried at 4pm the same day. The coffin was sprayed with Jik bleach as it was lowered. Margaret asked if she could see him one last time and was refused. The body was considered too infectious.

He was placed in a grave he had chosen himself while he was dying, at the Grotto inside the hospital grounds, beside Dr. Lucille Teasdale and later Piero Corti. Teasdale had died in 1996 of AIDS, contracted while operating on an HIV-positive patient.
The student was buried beside his mentors.

And then something extraordinary happened. After Lukwiya's death, every remaining Ebola patient at Lacor survived. Not another single person died at the hospital. Sister Apio remembered the promise he had made on his deathbed: "I will tell my God that enough is enough." It is the kind of detail you would not believe if you read it in a novel.

By the time the WHO declared Uganda Ebola-free on February 6th, 2001, 425 confirmed and probable cases had been recorded, and 224 Ugandans had died, including thirteen health workers from Lacor alone.

The survival rate during the outbreak was nearly 50%, compared to as low as 10% in previous African outbreaks, largely because of the systems Lukwiya had built before anyone else even knew what was happening.

This is what the mainstream story leaves out. The intern who refused a teaching job in England. The doctor who walked into the bush instead of the nuns. The administrator who turned the hospital into a shelter for nine thousand people, most of them children, every night.

The Acholi son of a smuggler who topped his country in school, won the John Hay Prize at Liverpool, and still chose Gulu over everything else. By the time he made that final speech to his nurses, the heroism was already the entire shape of his life. The Ebola work only made it public.

Happy Heroes Day, Dr Matthew and all healthcare workers who sacrifice more than they should have to! #HeroesDay

# *Copied*

[The Observer @observerug]

Parliament cheers Anita Among fall

“People are in a celebratory mood,” one staff member said. “We can now read, like, and share social media posts without fear. In the past, even being seen reading certain newspaper stories could be risky.”

It has long been alleged that hundreds of individuals were recruited into Parliament without formal advertisements or interviews, including relatives, friends, and associates of influential politicians.

Many of the recruits associated with the former Speaker are now rushing to complete performance appraisals and submit academic qualifications and employment documentation - requirements that reportedly received little attention previously

https://t.co/RIMuaN4QLe

[JSC Conversations @JSConversations]

"A judge who is annoyed gives a fine of 200 million shillings and puts a lawyer in prison for several years for contempt of court. What are you trying to demonstrate? When you are dispensing justice, you are not looking at the lawyer in front of you. You are looking at the person he represents. You are looking at justice itself."
Dr. Sam Mayanja, Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda speaking @JSConversations @elisonk

[Capafy @Capafyai]

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On Capafy, you can upload your Skills, they run online while staying closed-source, and you get paid every time someone uses them.

You can also use Skills uploaded by industry top talent to get expert-level work done

[Uganda Law Society @ug_lawsociety]

IN MEMORIAM: Sidney Gongondyo (1999 – 2026)

Our #RadicalNewBar President @IsaacSsemakadde, SC, has presented the following message of condolences to Senior Advocate James Charles Gyabi (the deceased’s father) and the @UgandaRugby:

“Rising levels of state-backed violence, judicial decay, the retreat of elites from the struggle for good governance, and the glaring deficit in civic education have created fertile ground for the mob violence that claimed the life of the 27-year-old national rugby star, Sidney Gongondyo. Let’s honour his memory by standing together to combat lawlessness and erosion of the rule of law.”

@piratesrugbyUG

#BangTheTable #BackOnTrack #RNBVision2060

[NBS Television @nbstv]

VIDEO: Hon Sanjay Tanna has been sworn in as Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives for the 2026-2031 term.

#NBSUpdates

[Newton Karera @KareraNewton]

Am offering 5,000,000 Ugx to Whoever knows this guy and can provide information leading to his arrest. please notify @PoliceUg or Inbox me or dm @alpine_ug . we at Alpine will to support the police in finding justice for the late.

Thank you

[The Observer @observerug]

Mufumbiro denied mandatory bail after over 60 days on remand without trial

Acting Chief Magistrate Doreen Ainembabazi held that although Mufumbiro had met the constitutional threshold for mandatory bail after spending more than 60 days on remand without trial, public interest considerations warranted his continued detention

https://t.co/LN3dpRR4SI

[Dr. Faith Nabushawo @faith_nabushawo]

Y’all remember when they arrested us in December 2021 and I almost fell off a speeding police pickup? Yes, that time medical interns were on strike decrying low pay among other poor welfare issues, and on this particular day we were arrested while peacefully walking to Parliament to deliver our petition. Yes, at that time we were being paid 700k per person and we demanded an increase in pay.

And following a prolonged strike that took about six weeks, the government responded and increased our pay from 700k to 2.5M monthly. But this change was implemented for only two years, then without any discussions with stakeholders they reduced it to 1M and now they have completely eliminated it.

This leaves me with so many questions? Does the government even know why they pay interns? I doubt. Do they even know why they increased our pay then only to take it back a few years later? Do they…. ???? 🤦‍♀️

Please stop politicizing everything. When we say pay interns we mean prioritize the health of Ugandans. 📌

#PayAllMedicalInterns #SaveLives

[Jim Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim]

Feel free to make use of this cartoon wherever you think it can help on Ebola, be it in print or soft copy

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.

She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.

Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.

Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.

Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.

She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.

By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.

[Sir Dan Magic @SirDanMagic1]

How Kampala thieves operate:

These criminals move with a well-planned strategy on the streets. In most cases, they work in groups consisting of a woman carrying a bag and several male accomplices acting as backup.

Once they identify a target, the woman quickly approaches and deliberately bumps into the person. Suddenly, her bag falls to the ground, or she throws herself down and starts shouting, “Omubbi! Omubbi!” (“Thief! Thief!”).

Immediately, her accomplices rush in, pretending to respond to the alarm. They begin searching, harassing, and accusing the victim while checking for valuables. In many cases, they start beating the victim, attracting a mob that joins in without knowing the truth.

A friend of mine once fell victim to a similar scheme. Thank God his “Inzikuru” 🏃🏾‍♂️ ancestors watched over him and helped him escape the danger. Otherwise, he could have lost his life.

Sadly, this appears to be a growing trend in our country. Even more concerning are allegations that some of these criminals are protected or aided by corrupt security personnel.

We must all remain careful and vigilant when walking on the streets, driving along highways, or stopping at traffic lights. Stay alert, be aware of your surroundings, and never rush to judge a situation before knowing the facts.

Your awareness could save your life or someone else’s!