Tony Otoa
@Comrade_Otoa
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#ProfessionalSpeaker. Chief Corporate Affairs Officer @UNOC_UG #UbuntuLeadershipSafari. Follow more @safariubuntu & @ugtukowapi
Joined May 2009
“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” . -G. Michael Hopf.
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Bank of Otoa savers are counting their savings for 2021. Now I am convincing them on where to invest. The savers want to spend already. 😎😎
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My brother @SolomonSerwanjj asked me yesterday about career. He thought I was all about great education until I told him my hustle story. From being a turn boy on a truck to a journalist and a Radio DJ. I washed cars and washed dishes till I got promoted to grills man at
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I want to take leave from my daily work and take a round trip around Uganda. 10 days probably. I need travel companions with great camera skills (video and still) and good content creators. What we come up with, we share proceeds if any. All travel costs on me. Anyone?.
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My old man Tony Otoa Snr who is visiting woke me up so early this morning like he used to in my high school to go for mass. Mans prefers early mass. Now we are here at church waiting for the next mass. One hour wait! We have stocked newspapers for the wait. Happy Easter 😎
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This driver needs to stop breaking traffic rules and act arrogant at the same time. Road rage has never helped anyone. Being in a government vehicle doesn’t give you the right to act reckless!!! What parastatal is this?
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Remember Grace? The guy I took for oil and gas welding certification? Well, we opened up a company while we wait for oil & gas and now we have started fabricating windows, doors and grills. No more imports. Customised to the customer's grilling plans. Let me know if you need one
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I would advise different. Young Queens and Kings, become so good at what you do. While at it, try out running some side businesses that can afford you what you want. Park wherever you want. If the so called boss has an issue, leave that toxic hole and go shine elsewhere. Stop.
Young people. I know you like good things & showing off a bit. It’s natural at that age. From experience, my advice however; never buy the same or better car than your boss & park near his office parking lot day in day out. Thank me later.
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If you can rent, please rent. If you can build, please build. If you are good at alternative investments, please invest. But, remember to mind your own business. Let people do what works for them. Joy, happiness and success have various formulas.
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Fix up look sharp. Chilling with the Commander of the Otoa household 😎
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I have registered my presence at my local Kafunda deep down in Butogota, Kanungu. I have informed Zipora the Kafunda lady to make sure the fridges are running 24 hours. I have also asked her to summon the reserve forces I usually chill with. We have work to do. 🤣😎😎
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20 years ago on this day, I took the risk of abandoning Makerere university to go to the UK for Kyeyo. I had already given up on my journalism job at @DailyMonitor to look for air ticket money so the hustle was real. @Akeda4 , @Opiaiya and @AndrewMwenda lectured me about my.
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Immediately after coming into town, I passed by @Mama_d256 to deliver odi (peanut butter) from LA (Lira). I told her to cook malakwang and boo tomorrow. northern cuisine to the world. Best of luck gal!! You got people talking about Uganda. @djbankrobber .#Bless
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Comrades, it’s with a mix of emotions that I share this message with you all. After 6 incredible years as founding Chief Executive of the Stanbic Business Incubator Ltd, a subsidiary of Stanbic Uganda Holdings Ltd., the time has come for me to embark on a new journey. This.
After nearly 4 years as Chief Executive of the Stanbic Business Incubator, Tony Otoa is rejoining the mainstream oil and gas sector as the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC)⏤ a wholly government of Uganda-owned company that runs the
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My father gave me his diaries to read. What a man!! I have found an entry of the day I went to the UK to hustle. 2004!! I never had a clue what was going to happen to me. Today I look back and I am filed with gratitude. He gave me 40k to change to £10. This marked the beginning
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I would like to use this lockdown time to give back. I want to host public speaking masterclass for free. If you are interested, please let me know by liking this tweet. I am following my elder @rkabushenga’s giving back agenda. This is on behalf of @Boundless_UG cc @Rukwengye.
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@carpediemmonst1 @nytimes You fail to understand the context. For you it's about winning on the court. Phenomenal people see beyond the game and the court. And next time you call people "pretty average", show us your excellent performance. Otherwise, take a seat.
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Being academically smart doesn’t necessarily translate to success in the real world. If you are my age, you can relate.
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Years ago, I went to hustle in the UK. We called it kyeyo. My first job was at a car wash. I hated the cold and looked for an indoor job. The kitchen at TGI Fridays in Croydon was my new location. I started off at the dishwasher and gradually rose up the ranks and ended on the
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This is one moment I will forever cherish!! ❤️❤️.
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I personally think government should just turn TRUCK days into PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. You can’t have the whole city littered with army trucks blocking movement. From kololo to Sheraton area, to Serena etc. How is business supposed to go on? Very frustrating
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Investments from proceeds of corruption do not qualify you as an entrepreneur. Let’s be guided 😎.
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We are ready for @Alienskin_ug_ we are ready!! Practicing with @Jossekabira for tomorrow’s show at Freedom city. Whooo whooo 🤣🤣.#5amclub @AlienSkinUg
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We have money for war but no money for medical interns. 🤦🏿♂️.
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I laugh when I see corporates acting super important bordering arrogance because of their jobs/titles. Let us be clear, for as long as it’s not your company, stay humble because tomorrow you could be out and someone new taking your position. Humility costs $0. #humility.
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I am 40 tomorrow!!!!! Well in on the 4th floor. The last 39 years were warm up. It is now action time. Let life begin. Hello from Kidepo National Park.
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10 years ago I failed my medicals and almost failed to get my job at Total E&P at the time. My cholesterol levels were high, my blood pressure was high. I was way above my BMI at 83kg. Today, I am 70kg. Perfect BMI. Thanks to my morning rituals. Thank God 🙏🏿.#DoYou .#gratitude
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Today the Central Bank of the Otoa Republic allowed the savers to break their 2020 piggy banks. Of course savings were affected by the global covid pandemic. 2021 promises to be a better savings and investment year. The savers now need investment coaching. #TeachThemEarly
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I was worse than this in my shack in Namuwongo years ago. Gratitude to God and the people who believed in me! No situation is permanent my sister. Never downplay or underestimate humble beginnings. They are the best motivators.
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My luggage was taken by another passenger on the Kenya Airlines flight I took to Nairobi last evening. Our carry on cases are similar and I must admit, I was shocked to open ‘my’ case today only to find ladies items including makeup. Eh eh!!!.Anyway, I have told the people in my
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When I see govt officials saying Sekitoleko was arrested for trying to tarnish Uganda’s image abroad, I am left very confused. Our daily corruption and injustice stories seem normalised that we had to overlook them and fish out a new problem, image. I was Ssekitoleko in 20yrs ago.
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My logistics manager Okello has cracked me up this morning. He has told me about his new barbershop and the massage that comes after the haircut. This was the conversation. Okello: sir does your barber do massage?.Me: Yes but I find it time consuming. Okello: Ala!! Me I like
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Ah ah ah Ankole functions have speeches!!! I wonder why they even pay for a DJ. Anyway turi aha right now konka tinyene nte 🤣😎
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Back to my roots. This is the most peaceful I have been in months. I am grateful 🙏🏿
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Forget money! Cultivate a great network and strategic relationships. Thank me later 🙏🏿.
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Back to office and guess who has checked in on me. @elvis_mugume! We talked before Covid about his dream to manufacture computers. We lost touch. Today he has brought me his laptop manufactured in Uganda and going at a very low cost!! @NITAUganda1 approved!! .Congratulations to
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I was hit by COVID. Comrades Covid is real. Do not take chances. I am glad to be alive and I have recovered 100%. Not everyone is lucky. Mask up and protect your space. COVID IS REAL! People are dying and you do not want to be a statistic. #StaySafeUg.
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If you are invited at the last moment for anything, you were never in the plan. Decline and wish them success. You are not a space filler.
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Comrades let’s be guided. If we have grown up together and I know you, DO NOT FLIP ACCENTS ON ME!! .This nonsensical garra this garra that, oh my gad, calling me brejjen etc. stop it! . Nkumanyi Seruganda. Tubere bakakamu. Kankume sigiri yange😎.
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So I have tried the @booth_rolex in Mbarara. One thing is true, this Rolex speaks French. It forgot Runyankore ages ago. The only Rolex with Cucumber salad. Bajenzi!! .Great business concept by entrepreneur @RonahAsiimwe1.
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7:30 AM. Proudly an Ugandan Moment. Our first vessel has arrived!! MT Martinez has arrived at the Port of Mombasa. Well done Uganda well done @UNOC_UG #UNOCFuelImports
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Stop congratulating athletes for winning Gold when you do little to nothing to support them. Most of them train under the worst situations. Prioritise them when you are allocating yourselves mad budgets. Priorities please not rhetoric!!!.
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Did you know that a Ugandan designed the new Jinja bridge? The same Ugandan designed the Entebbe express highway. Ladies and Gentleman let’s acknowledge David Luyimbazi the unsung hero in these two projects
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This life!! Even before you are underground, a replacement is made. This reminded me of a former work place. We lost a boss at about 5am, convened at 9am for a minute of silence and by 12pm, his portrait was put down and a new one was put up with the new boss’s picture. From
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I have sat in tens of job interview panels in the past year and I am seeing a worrying trend. The boy child is not showing up!!! The girl child comes in with all the fight in her and ends up winning the day. Super prepared and knowledgeable. What is going on with the boy child?.
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Stabex Lungujja!! Close to 1000 shs reduction @UNOC_UG started importing petroleum products for Uganda. Amazing progress
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There is this mansion in Gbadolite in DRC. It cost £100m to build. This is its state today. Very interesting story.
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Social media can be a cesspool of toxicity. Watch out who you follow and what you engage in. Do not fill your subconscious mind with negativity and stuff that will never help you grow. Put your mental health above anything else. Most importantly limit your time online in 2022 🙏🏿.
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Today was a Great day. I can't really explain. A few years ago this was a dream. Today was a great. Humbled 🙏🏿🙏🏿
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Remember when I said being academically smart doesn’t necessarily translate into success in real life? Well, you can now add that going to school doesn’t necessarily emancipate your mind. Some people will keep kneeling. Great Sunday and a new week of winning Hustlers!!.
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My colleague at Stanbic was sad when she met my logistics manager Okello removing my office items in boxes into the car yesterday. When she asked him what the plan was, Okello responded with, “we are taking him back to lira!”. Such a joker!! 🤣.
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I have received many reports connecting me to this @DStv Sports presenter. I want to state clearly that my father has never traveled to the African country this brother comes from. My father will release his own statement 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Signed .Comrade
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I don’t know how factual this is, but I am part of that statistic 🤣.
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My dad was not happy about me hustling and refusing to go to school. When I tried to study at Makerere uni after 3 years of hustle, I quit in my second semester. I went back to school after 6 years. I made it a point to fly my dad to my graduation in the UK. #ImpossibleIsNothing
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Yesterday I met one of the drivers of the truck I worked on as a turn boy back in the day. His name is Mr. Bogere. Now a senior corporate driver. He recognized immediately and asked for a photo. Here is our story. Immediately after High School, I took on a job as a turn boy on
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Today I paid my great mentor a curtesy visit at his residence. I was hosted by his amazing wife. This is part of my end of year meetings to share on how the year went and what I can do better next year. I.When I returned from my hustle in the UK, I started doing some work in the
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If you want to grow, avoid the enemy called jealousy. Thank me later 🙏🏿.
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Fuelling your lifestyle on tax payers sweat should not make you think you are grand! Like the street says, Toli wakitalo nga wolowoza 😎. A week out of job and you are asking for handouts. So please be humble.
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Clout chasing and a few likes will be the downfall of many of us. Stay humble and respectful 🙏🏿.
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8 things that have opened doors for many people including myself .📌Networking.📌Public Speaking.📌Being persistent .📌Taking risks.📌Moving on very quickly after failure .📌Setting crazy Goals but Focusing on the Process .📌Being vulnerable and accepting I DO NOT KNOW.📌Reading.
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Ugandans need a consumer protection agency to protect us from the discrepancy in nsenene prices. Call it The Nsenene Watchdog. I just bought 10k nsenene and it felt like jaribu yet last week I bought a whole cup for 5k in Hoima. Is it because city nsenene have accents & make up?.
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And he is a custodian of information in your parliament. It is interesting how people who have never run a kiosk seem to think they know what’s best for business people.
Jinja needs industries not nyege nyege. Tourism is not about one week nyege nyege. Busoga has better tourism sites to be developed than nyege nyege.
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Great things are coming your way. My only hope is that you are preparing to manage them. God’s timing is perfect always. Be blessed. 🙏🏿.
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I am in this training and the lady speaking in Lusoga said italy over and over while describing her clients from a certain location. My colleague from Mbarara tapped me and said, “Wow, this lady has many clients from Italy!”. I laughed and told him that in Lusoga Italy means
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This is my favorite spot on the Hoima Buliisa road. The escarpment. Did you know Fmr President Idi Amin loved this view so much that he built a lodge that he visited often for the views? .Uganda is beautiful
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NAM is NAMing for real. Stuck at the Fairway lights for over 40 mins. What has been interesting is our chaps who thought they are ‘big’ having their convoys stopped and told to fall in line. Also, if you ordered your food with Uber eats. May the God of patience touch your soul.
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Doc, you are my person and I can say this to you! This is not right !!!!.In our Afro traditions we had masks and they symbolized our heritage. For you to come with your sensational idea of what morals are is utterly ridiculous and NONSENSE!! .By the time I said this, I recognized.
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My love for a good roast will get me doing the most random roasts anywhere. This was in the wilderness and I loved it. 😎
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Mbarara people are not simple. You say you are passing by to say hello and they load you with food! Webare munonga @BaketungaNaome for these massive matoke bunches.
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Many sick people knowingly moving around town with Covid. This is sad and selfish at the same time. Why can’t you think!!! At this rate, a total lockdown is called for. Many people are dying. This wave is tougher and spreads fast. Have sense!!!!.
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Social media is used by many to hide their insecurities and fight those that are doing their best to elevate themselves. To those working continuously to elevate, keep going. You don’t owe bystanders and hecklers anything. Let them get the likes and reposts while you get the.
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The air miles and carbon emissions these activists accumulate ‘fighting’ climate change worries me a lot.
Ugandan climate justice activist, Vanessa Nakate, is in Davos to call on politicians and business leaders to stop new fossil fuel investments.
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Great friendship since Senior 1. We went to Lake View SS in Jinja. Very unsure about life. We used to rap and sing together. We had a rap group that involved the late Radio Mowzey @RadioandWeasel. Did gigs in Jinja and Bugembe. Today @Emoru11 is a top lawyer in town. Me, the
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I really miss Radio. This was one of our pictures in our humble beginning. @Emoru11 , Moses (Radio) and I were ragamuffins. We were paid to sing at events. RIP bro @RadioandWeasel
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If you are an entrepreneur there are three people you should never lower your standards when engaging for your business. These three are;. 📌Lawyer.📌Accountant.📌Tax consultant. These guys will save you what you thought you were trying to save in the first place. Use them.
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Great pleasure bumping into Ambasaador @adoniaayebare with my crew this morning. A great diplomat. A man with a plan.
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I dropped out of @Makerere in my first year back in the day. I left to go hustling. Returned to school at 28 Today I return to speak to the Law society to share on career. As an international lawyer myself, I am excited and honored to be speaking today besides amazing comrades.
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Keep pushing. Never let the calendar year be your yardstick for progress. You can make your new year start NOW!!!.Greatness doesn’t have a start date. Let’s go!!!!!!!.
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One day, God is going to bless you with everything you are asking for today!! His promises are real if you allow him to take charge. Blessings 🙏🏿.
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I walked into the gym this morning and my comrades couldn’t recognize me. Today I start my stoic meditation period for 10 days and tonsure is to remind me of humility and devotion to my works and the man upstairs. Second frame the old me yesterday. Wish me luck 🙏🏿😎
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This morning I say good bye to a good friend. 5am gym sessions will never be the same. The jokes the networks will be missed. The locker room was silent this morning. Rest well my brother Tash 💔
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I would like to remind you that the country registered double digit inflation a few days ago. Tighten your belts otherwise it’s a tough few months to go. This is worrying for millions of Ugandans and we should be concerned.
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3 years ago. My fish farming journey. I have learnt alot mostly from my failure. Market was a problem after the confusion in South Sudan my intended market. My fingerings were not the best, I wasted alot of money on feeds. But ultimately I learnt and came back strong.#keepgoing
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How do you borrow 60m ugx to grow watermelons at an interest rate of over 10% per month? .Someone help me understand 🤨.
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Doors will open for you if you stay humble and intentional. 🙏🏿.
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I just met a guy who has been speaking all crazy and evil about me. We had never met before so practically he didn’t know me. I went over and gave him a great bear hug and introduced myself. He was speechless. I told him we should grab a drink soon. What stoicism has done to me!!.
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I am tempted to open up a grill house. I think I should call it Comrade’s Grill House. Let me meditate on this. This picture is my inspiration
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Jinja town breaks my heart! I grew up in this town when things were great. Today, it’s a sorry tale of messed up infrastructure. This is Madhavani road that used to be an amazing road. Most properties are run down. City full of potholes especially around the mayor’s office. 🤦🏿♂️
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I have learnt as I grow older not to waste time thinking about what I can’t control. Things like people disappointing me, the weather, traffic, a lost deal, fake people, gossipers etc. I now invest my energy in good vibes, genuine people, ideas for growth and fattening the wallet.
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I would love to meet with Spyda MC. Who can do a connect? He is inspirational and I believe he is what we needed on the Ugandan music scene. I am told he has been around for a while.
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Last week it was high bus fares. This week we are talking high hospital costs. I wonder whether any arrests have been made for hospital owners or the bus comrades were easy to bundle onto police trucks. For as long as we can’t sort the mess, let’s stop playing for the gallery.
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Remember the bald headed chap a few weeks back, well my hair is finally back. I am back from my period of meditation and I must say, y’all must try this one day. I took time to introspect much about life. Allow me share some of my thoughts with you. I hope this is meaningful 1/6
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It is not everyday that you bump into @ProfPLOLumumba and have a great conversation about Africa and the possibility of a great continent if we harness the power of workers. I had to switch up my accent so we are at par! Good conversationalist he is. Asante baba
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In life never stop being good. Even when they act against you, JUST BE GOOD. In all of this, take care of your mental health!!!💯.
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Ugandan internet is like buying Lira Lira waragi at the price of Champagne. Expensive for nothing. 😡😡😡.
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Sat with dad in my gazebo this afternoon. We spent it talking about the eventuality of death and the need to live life to the fullest. My dad makes 83 this year and owes his old age to his happy lifestyle. Very stoic mindset #Gratitude 🙏🏿💯
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