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[Jacob Otile, MD @DrOtileUg]

My rib, My wife Mrs Aaliyah Otile ❤️#Proverbs18:22

[BlueHornBill @PatOgwal]

@DrOtileUg Congratulations Dr.

[Atukunda Isaac @Atukundaisaac1]

MINISTER’S POWERS OVER NSSF SHOULD BE EXERCISED WITH NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL RESTRAINT TO AVOID POLITICAL OVERREACH:

Dear Hon. Minister,

Congratulations upon the impressive interest declared by NSSF for 2025/2026 HOWEVER the tone of your voice while delivering your key note sounded rather concerning than guiding even when well intentioned.

Legally speaking, it is true that The Minister responsible for NSSF has a legitimate oversight role. The biggest question HOWEVER is how that oversight is exercised without risking political overreach which can put workers savings at risk.

When a Minister has the statutory power to appoint and remove the NSSF Board members [as you intimated], public statements suggesting that the Board will not be renewed unless it acts or performs in a manner desired by the political leadership can create a perception of pressure and undue influence on the NSSF Board. That is where institutional restraint becomes important.

The NSSF Board is not a political committee. It is the governing organ of a Fund holding workers’ savings. Under the NSSF Act, Board members have defined responsibilities, while the Minister has defined statutory powers. Those powers should be exercised according to the law—not as a means of arm-twisting the Board into decisions that satisfy the wishes of political leadership.

International pension-governance practice offers an important principle:- "Accountability to Government does not necessarily mean taking instructions from Government".

The OECD describes an arm’s-length relationship in which Government may have a role in appointing the Board, but once appointed, the Board should have independence to determine strategy within the law. Government should not influence Board members to invest in a particular project because the government considers the project important for the economy even when not profitable.

The OECD further states that pension governing bodies should protect the best interests of members and beneficiaries and should not bend to government or public pressure to make an investment that is not in members’ interests.

So how should a Minister exercise oversight?

1. Set the policy and legal framework. 2. Demand accountability
3. Insist on competence
4. Require transparency
5. Ask the Board to explain its decisions
6. Use the statutory mechanisms available to address misconduct, incompetence or breach of duty.

However the Minister should let the NSSF Board make its decisions independently, professionally and in accordance with its fiduciary responsibilities. If the Minister wants NSSF to invest in a particular sector, project or national priority, the proper question should not be, “Will the Board do what I want?”. It should be:

“Can this proposal withstand the NSSF investment policy, actuarial analysis, risk assessment, commercial scrutiny and the best-interests-of-members test?” That is how workers’ savings will be protected.

NSSF belongs to the workers whose contributions built it. Government should supervise it. The Board should govern it. Professionals should manage it. And workers’ savings should never become an instrument of political preference.

This is therefore to humbly request the Honourable Minister to exercise restraint while playing his oversight function in supervising the NSSF

[Alan Kasujja @kasujja]

He Googled instead of using Encyclopaedia Brittanica.

Ran a grammar, spellcheck and looked for synonyms on Word…

Instead of using Roget’s Thesaurus or Oxford English Dictionary.

He used a laptop instead of a typewriter..

TP instead of leaves.

The same reason you don’t drive manual cars anymore.

For someone who’s as tech savvy as you are, my beloved Andrew, I find your characterisation of this gentleman odd.

Especially because you are a lifelong advocate of efficiency.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Uganda’s plight should serve as a warning to other African countries: without real elections to refresh the faces at the top, expect trouble as autocrats age https://t.co/MNzNgs9W9N

[AIGP(Rtd) Asan Kasingye @AKasingye]

#UnpopularOpinion #828. If your contract expires, please leave office. Why do you challenge the appointment of your successor? Let it be someone else. It doesn’t matter whether your successor’s appointment was legal or not. If you were wanted, your contract would’ve been renewed.

[BlueHornBill @PatOgwal]

@MrBusinge Leave Akena and UPC alone,PLU,an illegitimate pressure group
can't pick a party president for UPC.

[Bloomberg @business]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned Uganda’s crackdown on dissent, which it said was creating a climate of fear in the East African nation. https://t.co/vpvra6oiTP

[Maggie Kigozi @KigoziMaggie]

Get well soon the freedom fighter Dr Hon Kizza Besigye. You managed illness among the NRA fighters but also the communities around. As the outside wing we smuggled drugs from Nairobi. I remember putting drugs in a clean petrol tanker. Get well soon our hero. @Winnie_Byanyima

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

#Uganda: UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk denounces the ongoing crackdown on dissent, erosion of the rule of law, increased military involvement in civilian institutions, and shrinking civic space. 

He urges the Government to uphold the separation of powers and the rule of law, including by preventing military interference in civil institutions.

https://t.co/L3IKEnous2

[Jimmy Kiberu @KiberuJimmy]

As Ugandans prepare to welcome back @NationMediaGrp platforms in Uganda, her government owned rival New Vision has just published a not so prominent Profit Warning Announcement.

Coincidence or nature's irony?

[Herman J. Cohen @CohenOnAfrica]

The future of the United Nations—and to some measure the course of the world—will be shaped by the candidates seeking to become the next U.N. Secretary-General. I'm glad to see two highly qualified candidates from Africa in the field, though every candidate brings valuable experience and perspectives to this important global role. An African serving as the head of the world's leading peace and security organization would help bring greater international attention and resources to the continent's opportunities and challenges. As member states consider their choice, they should prioritize a leader with the experience, independence, and judgment needed to strengthen the UN's ability to address today's complex global challenges. I'm interested to hear others' thoughts on who should be the next Secretary-General.
https://t.co/v9mwpTGCJX

[Winnie Byanyima @Winnie_Byanyima]

I am so proud of my partner, @kizzabesigye1.

After months of unlawful detention, he stands in court with dignity, clarity and unwavering principle. He insists on his constitutional right to counsel of his own choosing. He even refuses to burden Ugandan taxpayers with paying for lawyers he does not seek, at a time when so many families are struggling to put food on the table.

This is the courage and integrity I know. This is Kizza Besigye.

Read his statement below.

https://t.co/p2GifXsJGm

[BlueHornBill @PatOgwal]

RT @SpireJim: How can Uganda build an image to attract more visitors and make Ugandans speak proudly (positively) about it?

[Bridget Nyakato @mwiine_bri66880]

Normalise testing for HIV status and using condoms,your girlfriends are sleeping with sick people for money 🤑

[Bernard Sabiti @BernardSabiti]

The Washington Post editorial on Uganda is not behind a pay wall! They clearly wanted us to read it.
https://t.co/Mt5mE6OtOg

[Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda @RuhakanaR]

I was pleased this afternoon to join Mama Miria Obote at her home as she celebrated her 90th birthday.

Among those present were Jimmy Akena, his aunt Jane Akullu Pole (aged 99), and Anita Mpambara Cox, an Ugandan-born political leader based in the United States.

We thank Mama Miria for her wisdom, grace, and enduring love for the people of Uganda and our country.
May God continue to bless her with many more years of good health and happiness

[Odrek Rwabwogo @OdrekRwabwogo]

Can Uganda build a $500 billion economy if people are afraid to speak? | Odrek Rwabwogo

Fear disables citizens.
Silence weakens institutions.
Suppressed opinion kills national confidence.

We grow by listening, talking to each other, and exercising restraint.
Uganda must keep communicating freely…

Watch the Full Episode Saturday 18th July 2026 9PM on @Odrekrwabwogo Social Channels.

[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

The Tragic Day 37 Years Ago When the Uganda State Army Baked Its Own People Alive
On 11 July 1989, at Okungulo Railway Station in Mukura, Kumi District, eastern Uganda, a horrific atrocity was committed against local civilians.
The victims were farmers, teachers, sons and fathers from the surrounding Teso villages, rounded up by the National Resistance Army’s (NRA) 106th Battalion on suspicion of being rebel collaborators. More than a hundred of these local men were driven into a single, unventilated steel goods wagon and locked inside.
The afternoon heat at Okungulo Railway Station was already suffocating when the heavy iron door was slammed shut and the bolts slid into place, sealing them inside the metal box.
Within minutes, the air vanished. Inside, it became a pitch-black furnace. Men stripped off their clothes, drenched in their own sweat and the sweat of those pressed tightly against them. They began to gasp, their chests heaving in vain for oxygen.
Desperate, they hammered their fists against the corrugated steel walls, screaming for water, for air, for mercy.
Outside, the response to their cries was a strike of a match. Soldiers gathered brushwood and lit a fire directly beneath the wagon.
The steel floor turned into a scorching hot pan, and the wagon became an oven. The rising heat and smoke consumed the last remaining pockets of oxygen. Inside the belly of the iron beast, the frantic thumping slowly faded, replaced by the sound of men choking and collapsing onto one another.
When the doors were finally opened hours later, the silence was absolute. Sixty-nine bodies lay contorted in the dark, piled in a desperate, final scramble towards the cracks in the door.
A concrete monument was eventually built to mark the mass grave of those who perished that day. Yet the nation has never truly come to terms with the horror of what happened.
Because this dark chapter remained unaddressed in the national conscience for so long, their restless ghosts continue to haunt the country’s memory.

[Jim Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim]

Dear Dr @jbyabs
Can I choose a prisoner I want to work on my farm?