Were Andrew

Let Gratitude be my Attitude

[Were Andrew @wereandrew441]

God is not looking for good Christians, he desires disciples.

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“An evil man is ensnared in his transgression,
but a righteous man sings and rejoices.” Proverbs 29:6

He sings.

[Grab a Coffee Podcast @GrabACoffeePod]

Saving is a good start, but is it enough?

Zac Kisesi, Managing Director of @OldMutualUganda explains why investing should be part of your financial plan.

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or wherever you get your podcasts from.

#GrabACoffeePodcast #Podcast

[𝕱𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝕯𝖎𝖕𝖑𝖔𝖒𝖆𝖙 @brunolukyamuzi4]

𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝑴𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅. 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑲𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑶𝒚𝒐’𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒓, 𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, a conditional heir is not an imaginary heir. The reported will provides that a lawfully recognised biological son surviving Oyo should succeed him. That condition requires verification. Calling the heir “hypothetical” does not establish that the condition was unmet. It also names Prince Nyaika Solomon as alternatives under specified circumstances. Why does your explanation omit how those provisions were considered?

𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱, the committee’s lack of knowledge is not proof that no child exists. Conflicting names, missing photographs and withheld family details justify questions. They do not, by themselves, establish false parentage. A photograph cannot prove paternity. What opportunity was provided to produce reliable records, confidential family testimony or, if necessary and appropriately authorised, scientific verification?

Supporting the Queen Mother requires allowing that claim to be properly tested before exclusion.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱, explain the committee’s procedure. You rely on a secret ballot, yet the Musuuga was publicly reported as saying the next king would be determined through tradition without voting. Was this ballot merely advisory, or did it determine succession? Which customary authority governed it?

Your account also says the preferred candidate requested time to consult, after which the committee moved to another candidate because the kingdom was “time barred.” What established that deadline, and what procedure authorised the replacement? Tooro deserves a clear explanation.

𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵, demonstrate the custom you invoke. If eligibility requires birth to an officially married Mutoro queen, identify the recognised customary authority and relevant precedents. Your assertion is central to excluding the child and therefore deserves scrutiny. The will’s authority must likewise be examined alongside established custom; neither side should assume its interpretation settles everything.

𝗙𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗵, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑟, 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑘𝑠 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐴 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛’𝑠 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑’𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒.

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆
The Queen Mother has asked for space to mourn and bury her son. The kingdom’s prime minister has also urged the rival camps to pause the contest until after the burial. That appeal deserves serious consideration. Prime minister’s appeal⁠..

My position is clear: authenticate the will, examine its succession provisions, verify the child’s claim confidentially, and explain the applicable customs through a credible process. Respect King Oyo’s wishes, hear the Queen Mother, and give Tooro a succession its people can trust.

[Snr. Cde. Robert Kabushenga @rkabushenga]

We Asked. You Voted. Thank You. So here is our new look. This is how we at @RugyeyoFarmLtd will arrive on your kitchen countertops & office coffee breaks in 2027. We are now going to harvest, you place your orders.

Please celebrate with me the design work of @ElijahFaizal

[Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire Akiiki @toorokingdompm]

AN APPEAL FOR PEACE AND UNITY IN TOORO

People of Tooro, our leaders, friends of Tooro and fellow Ugandans,

We are living through one of the most painful and delicate moments in the history of our Kingdom.

His Majesty Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV has passed away, and even before we have laid our King to rest, sharply differing positions have emerged regarding succession to the Crown of Tooro.

On one hand, a group has announced a new King. On the other, there is a Will left by the late Omukama containing his expressed wishes regarding succession.

These are serious matters that must ultimately be addressed. But as Batooro, we must ask whether this is the right moment, and whether the manner in which this is unfolding honours the King whose body we have not yet laid to rest.

Whatever our positions or interpretations of Tooro’s customs and institutions, there must remain a minimum standard of moral decency.

Let us first bury our King.

The Crown of Tooro has existed for generations and will endure long after all of us. Nothing is so urgent that we must sacrifice the dignity of His Majesty’s final journey, the grief of the Royal Family, the unity of our people or the peace of our Kingdom to settle it now.

There will be time to examine the Will, to hear those advancing a different position, and to consider our customs, the applicable law and the proper institutions through which succession should be determined. That process should take place calmly and credibly, not through competing announcements, confrontation, or attempts to establish facts on the ground while our King still awaits burial.

I therefore appeal to everyone involved, regardless of the position they support, to exercise restraint. Tooro is bigger than any one of us, and the Crown is too important to become the prize in a contest conducted in the middle of our mourning.

I also respectfully appeal to the Government of Uganda to provide appropriate guidance and support to ensure that peace, order and sanity prevail during this sensitive period.

This is not a request for Government to choose a King for Tooro. It is an appeal to help protect the conditions within which the relevant cultural, legal and institutional processes can take place peacefully, fairly and without intimidation or disorder. Where necessary, respected elders, cultural leaders and other credible persons should also help guide an orderly way forward.

My appeal is simple: lower the temperature.

We can disagree without destroying one another. We can defend our positions without insensitive language. We can seek the truth without abandoning our culture, dignity and humanity.

History will remember not only how the succession question was resolved, but also how we behaved when our King died.

Let it record that, in a moment of grief and disagreement, the people of Tooro chose restraint, our leaders chose wisdom over confrontation, and we gave His Majesty the dignity of resting in peace before turning to the future of his Crown.

For now, let us mourn together. Let us bury our King with honour. Then, with dignity, fairness and respect, let the truth and the proper process guide what comes next.

In whatever we do, Tooro must come first.

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

"If a ministry is man-praising and man-honoring, it is not of God."

— Charles Spurgeon

[Emmanuel Wabwire @Wabwire1]

"The more I learn, the more I realise how much I don't know." ~Albert Einstein

[Billy Graham @BillyGraham]

"What will Heaven be like? Just as there is a mystery to Hell, so there is a mystery to Heaven. Yet I believe the Bible teaches that Heaven is a literal place." —Billy Graham

[Ron Kazooba Kawamara @Ronkawamara]

Truly a God’s general!

[Timothy Kalyegira @TimKalyegira]

In tomorrow's Daily Monitor, Sept. 7, read my history of the Tooro kingdom.

It traces Tooro's origins, the decisive impact of European missionaries, schools, the stylish, often chaotic royal family, etc.

It's a much more comprehensive brief than the Tooro entry on Wikipedia.

[Lucky Mbabazi @LuckyMbabazi]

Can we take some time off to appreciate Princess Bagaya of Tooro. The way she is interacting with the people of Tooro during this very difficult time is so beautiful to watch. At 90 years she is still solid and speaks with compassion and you can tell by how people react to her that she is indeed a leader in her own right.

[Jim Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim]

What the sun has done to coffee in Masaka this year is terrible. In some gardens, all leaves have literally dried. It rained about four weeks ago, and the coffee flowered. But the sun that followed wasted all the flowers. Considering that many people are reliant on coffee and very few irrigate, tough times ahead! Agricultural efforts need to be put on irrigation now. Living at the mercy of nature is very unsustainable.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

Today, I received the body of His Majesty King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, at Entebbe International Airport.

The Queen Mother first informed me of his illness in November 2025, and we supported efforts to secure specialised treatment for him in Germany and later in the United States. Unfortunately, he died.

Throughout his reign as King of Tooro, Oyo was a good person and a good leader. His passing is a great loss to the people of Tooro and Uganda.

I encourage the people of Tooro to remain calm and avoid disorganisation, even in this difficult time.
May the Lord grant him eternal rest. Amen.

[Solomon Serwanjja @SolomonSerwanjj]

Exciting news from #Bamutakudde! This one I can’t keep it to my self.

As we enter the planting season, I reached out to the Commissioner General of @UgandaPrisons, Can. Dr. Johnson Byabashaija, for support with maize seed for our village.

He generously donated 1 TON of maize seed!

We received the consignment today. Our people are excited and ready to plant. This means food security & income for our community. Thank you CGP for supporting the people of Bamutakudde!

[Jim Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim]

That nagging pain that feels like you were family. Memories from a distance that feel like you were so close. Royalty that came with unusual humility and low profile. No drama, no harm, no noise - just human.

[Timothy Kalyegira @TimKalyegira]

Bugala Island, Kalangala District, in Lake Victoria, Nov. 2019.

The alluring scenery speaks for itself.

At night, to the left, out of view, one can see the lights at Entebbe International Airport from here.

Photo by @TimKalyegira

[Timothy Kalyegira @TimKalyegira]

I plan to travel to Fort Portal to attend King Oyo's burial.

I'll shoot a video capturing the mood and cultural and tourist sites.

As with other upcountry videos, I'm crowdfunding. The goal is to give the public co-ownership of it.

Just 5,000shs to 0700-839639.

Thank you!

[Solomon Serwanjja @SolomonSerwanjj]

Bamutakudde cleaning Day:

This week's community cleaning was special in #Bamutakudde.

We didn't just clean — we planted the future🌱. 2,000 trees: 🌸 1,000 cherry blossoms along our village highway. 1,000 fruit trees for homes & gardens 🥭

Grateful to @GoodForestsUg for partnering with us on this greening journey. Together, we are building the village we call home.

[Kris Vallotton @kvministries]

When you think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, make sure it’s not artificial turf.

[Center for Constitutional Governance (CCG) @ccgea1]

🎉We celebrate Hon. Miria Matembe today as she clocks 73! We recognize her role in promotion of Rule of Law , Constitutionalism, Human Rights in Uganda and her continued reminder to Ugandans to fight for their rights & speak up against all forms of injustice.

Happy Birthday!🎂