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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! The white smoke has been sighted.
MEET YOUR CHAMPIONS!
The gentlemen from St Mary's College Kisubi take the day. 💐💐💐👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥
Grand Final motion; This house opposes the use of political messaging in children’s entertainment.
King's College Budo (affirmative) vs St Mary's College Kisubi (Negative).
May the best team win.
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We would like to congratulate our own
@EdnaKanyesigye
who celebrated her union with
@Wabwire1
over the weekend.
We wish you nuptial bliss.
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls & the countries of the world, meet your winners from the Emerging Voices Inter High School Debates.
Congratulations to St Mary's College Kisubi.
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The anthem of Uganda 🇺🇬 🇺🇬 🇺🇬 is played at the City of Johannesburg Council Chambers before the grand final.
May God uphold our motherland.
It's an all Uganda debate final.
Grand Final motion; This house opposes the use of political messaging in children’s entertainment.
King's College Budo (affirmative) vs St Mary's College Kisubi (Negative).
May the best team win.
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The stage has been set for the great final.
St Mary's College Kisubi vs King's College Budo!
Our
#USDC23
champions take on Our associate school in the grand final
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Tyra Kabugo from
@GreenhillUg
wins the 2nd Best Public Speaker of the 2023 Johannesburg Summer Holiday Open Debate Championship.
#layingfoundations
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+256 🇺🇬 is running riot in +27! 🇿🇦
St Mary's College Kisubi
King's College Budo
Green Hill Academy
Mbarara High School
Seeta High School
Have all proceeded to the Quarter Finals of the Jozi Summer Holiday Debate Open.
Congratulations to all the Schools from Uganda for breaking to the Partial Quarters at the Jozi Summer Holiday Debate Open.
Special congratulations to the team from SMACK that has broken 3rd out of 71 teams.
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🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Yesterday, St. Joseph's Vocational School Mbarara were crowned champions of the
#USDC2022
South Western Schools Regional Debate Championship. We congratulate the school on this milestone and celebrate their commitment to debate.
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Grand Final motion; This house opposes the use of political messaging in children’s entertainment.
King's College Budo (affirmative) vs St Mary's College Kisubi (Negative).
May the best team win.
The stage has been set for the great final.
St Mary's College Kisubi vs King's College Budo!
Our
#USDC23
champions take on Our associate school in the grand final
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Leading one the teams in this evening's debate is Mr. Simon Ssenyonga.
@_SimonSsenyonga
is a lawyer, a leader and a congregant with Prophet Elvis Mbonye's headed Zoe Ministries.
#KLASocialDebateClub
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Ladies and Gentlemen, meet our National Head - Mr Patrick Ssemwogerere.
Patrick is debater, adjudicator, coach and has been a leader for different debate organizations.
Patrick has debate and public speech experience that spans 16 years.
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The sides for the final has been decided.
SMACK vs Mengo Senior School.
Resolved: Rich Nationas should pay poor nations a carbon foot print tax as reparations for both historical and current global warming.
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The formidable team from KING'S COLLEGE BUDO are the 1st runners up here in South Africa. 👏👏👏💐💐💐
This is the first outing for the team this year, but the Kings roared into the final and they have been accounted for.
Proud to associate and Congratulations! 🥁
Grand Final motion; This house opposes the use of political messaging in children’s entertainment.
King's College Budo (affirmative) vs St Mary's College Kisubi (Negative).
May the best team win.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, our quarter finalists.
1. Bishop Cipriano Kihangire
2. Mengo SS
3. Light Academy
4. Baptist High
5. Nabisunsa Girl's SS
6. Gayaza High School
7. King's College Budo
8. St Julian.
May the best team win.
#USDC2022
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Our members continue to make us proud.
Congratulations
@JuliaMuhumuza
🎉🎉🎉
Ms.
@JuliaMuhumuza
has topped the charts of the 72nd MUBS Graduation list with a CGPA of 4.91. Julia has been pursuing a Degree in International Business. Julia has served in various capacities in leadership and the most recent being Minsiter for Gender and Vice President
@unsa
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Huge final coming up in Johannesburg!
King's College Budo vs St Mary's College Kisubi.
💐👏🔥🥁
May the best team. We are certain of one thing, IT'S COMING HOME!
The final is nigh and we have glory in sight.
Ladies and gentlemen, three teams from 🇺🇬 have made it to the final at the Jozi Summer Holiday Debate Open.
St Mary's College Kisubi
King's College Budo
Greenhill Academy
🔥👏👏👏
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Nabisunsa Girls' Secondary School takes the day. The ladies put up a spirited fight and emerged victors.
Hard luck to Mengo SS who were worthy adversaries.
This seals the Central
#USDC2022
regional tournament.
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Cometh the hour, cometh the men/women.
We are excited to welcome the ladies and gentlemen for the central regional championship. A promising day ahead.
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#USDC2022
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Introducing
#DSUSpaces
In this inaugural edition, we host
@annitakomie
@I_Rugambwa
@JTumwesigye
and
@omwanawaTooro
to discuss Uganda’s emergency response to the Corvid19 pandemic-what lessons to take and which challenges to address?
@AdvocateMatanda
will call in the shots!
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Our final has been determined.
Mengo SS and Nabisunsa Girls School battle it out for the crown.
#USDC2022
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Our Winners (SMACK) will among other prizes, get an all expenses 3 day paid trip to Nairobi aboard the Uganda Airlines, and the winning school shall participate in the 2023 Africa Schools Debate Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa in December 2023.
Meet our Debate Champions from the 2023 Uganda Schools Debate Championship!
ST MARY'S COLLEGE KISUBI (SMACK)! 👏👏👏📢📢📢💐💐💐
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#USDC23
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We are here with
@JuliaMuhumuza
, who was
@OfficialMubs
' best student for the Mak 72nd graduation. Julia is a member of Debate Society Uganda and she is always ready to serve and share her knowledge.
#USDC2022
, Central Schools Regional Debate Championship.
📍 King's College Budo
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We express our felicitations to our former National Head,
@Jacobeyeru
, on his election to the inaugural COMESA Youth Advisory Panel.
We are certain that the knowledge and experience you've acquired over the years will come in handy in your work with the panel.
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Congratulations to
@BlairNtambi
and his teammate Wamai Jerry representing
@iuiuac
for winning the Accountability interuniversity debate 2019.
Blair was also Best debater and he walked away with UGX 1.5M in prize money.
#AccountabilityUG2019
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The fantastic 4!
1. SMACK
2. Mengo Senior School
3. Nabisunsa Girls School
4. Baptist High.
We are getting closer to our grand winner.
#USDC23
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We join Uganda and the rest of the world to celebrate a senior debater, and a man of great character and conviction,
@qataharraymond
.
Dear Ray, please stay the course.
Happy birthday 🎂
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Our CA,
@EbiseEmiru
and DCA
@FortunateOkello
took our debaters and Adjudicators through a rrfresher course on the format.
#USDC23
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SMACK's first speaker in the opposition has responded and opened the opposition case.
Excerpts of his speech!
King's College Budo is arguing the affirmative for today's grand final motion.
Excerpts from the first affirmative speech.
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BREAKING!
#Uganda
wins a medal as
@BlairNtambi
from Islamic University in Uganda emerges the 8th Best Public Speaker at the Pan African University Debate Championships.
#Akofena2019
#PAUDC2019
Congratulations Sir!
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We congratulate
@Makerere
,
@makdebateunion
who are the winners of the inter-university debate tournament on tax justice 2021.
#UniTaxDebate21
#TaxJusticeUG
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Over the weekend, Nabulime Shivan from Baptist High School was crowned the overall best Speaker at the Central
#USDC2022
Debate Championship.
Congratulations to the lady.
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Nimusiima Tracy from Nabisunsa Girls Secondary School won the Public Speaking Competition at
#USDC23
. 📢💐📢💐📢💐👏👏👏
After 3 preliminary rounds, a semi final and final, Tracy took the day from a group of 46 public speakers.
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It’s a few days to the increase of our number and we are all smiles to those joining our fold.
#DSU2021
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Our
#USDC23
National Champions from St Mary's College Kisubi together with the contingent from Uganda arrived safely in Johannesburg SA for the Jozi Summer Holiday Open.
We wish them all the best.
Meet our Debate Champions from the 2023 Uganda Schools Debate Championship!
ST MARY'S COLLEGE KISUBI (SMACK)! 👏👏👏📢📢📢💐💐💐
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Congratulations to
@MakerereU
who emerged 2nd Runners up at the
#UniTaxDebate19
Great minds indeed.
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All smiles from our Semi Finalists as they head into the Semi Finals.
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.
@BlairNtambi
is the DSU Head of Schools’ Program and Tournament Director, USDC 2019. He is the former President of the National Rule of Law Clubs Council, the clubs are avenues through which Uganda Law Society can promote awareness about the rule of law among youth.
#USDC2019
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Birthday wishes to a face of strong debate leadership in Uganda Christian University and East Africa.
Happy birthday madam President
@MBANZAPAULA
🥳
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Our own Twinomujuni Henry- is representing Uganda at the regional Hult Prize challenge happening in Nairobi after winning the national challenge a few months back.
The challenge seeks to give 1M-USD to the best business Ideas from young people world wide.
We are proud Sir.
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To the cause of debate,
@EbiseEmiru
brings great courage and passion. Her voice makes a way, and she forms a good example for many young women out there.
#BoldStrongFirm
#ElleParle2023
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Two of our members in
@murungi_pato
and
@RoyjayJoel
are part of the delegation representing
#Africa
at the International Commonwealth moots hosted in Lusaka, Zambia.
We wish them the very best.
#LayingFoundations
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Congratulations to all the Schools from Uganda for breaking to the Partial Quarters at the Jozi Summer Holiday Debate Open.
Special congratulations to the team from SMACK that has broken 3rd out of 71 teams.
Our
#USDC23
National Champions from St Mary's College Kisubi together with the contingent from Uganda arrived safely in Johannesburg SA for the Jozi Summer Holiday Open.
We wish them all the best.
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As a debater,
You have to listen before you speak.
When you are sure of what you want to say, raise a point of information and speak.
#USDC2022
, South Western Schools Regional Debate Championship.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, meet our Chief Adjudicator for the South Western Regional Debate Tournament.
Mr. Joel Roy Mucunguzi is a lawyer, debate trainer, adjudicator and a debater with an illustrious history.
#USDC2022
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Ladies and gentlemen, our final 8 ladies and gentlemen
1. SMACK
2. Mengo Senior School
3. Nabisunsa Girls School
4. Baptist High
5. Buddo SS
6. Kiira College Butiki
7. Mbale Secondary school
8. St Julian School
#USDC23
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We could listen to this debate again & again, but it has to come to an end.
The excerpts from the 3rd speaker from SMACK brings us into the reply speeches.
What a show!
We are having an exhibition of great debate skills from the debaters in Johannesburg.
Excerpts from Budo's third speaker. 💐
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To contribute to the ongoing conversations this Women's History Month, DSU is organising a Twitter Space on women in the workplace.
Join us on Thursday 24-03-2022 at 6pm to 7:30pm as we interrogate the Gains and Shortfalls of women at the work place.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the moment of truth is here. Join us to celebrate the top 16 teams breaking to the octo final at
#USDC23
.🎊
1. SMACK
2. Mengo Senior School
3. Nabisunsa Girls School
4. Nyakasura School
5. Baptist High School
6. Buddo SS
7. Kiira College Butiki
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The Equal Pay Day is celebrated annually to raise awareness of the gender pay gap.
Work inequality manifests not only through the unequal wages, but also through barriers to promotions, microaggressions against women at work, and bias the against women.
#DSUSPACES
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We also have our associate school, King's College Budo, at the Jozi Summer Holiday Debate Open in Johannesburg SA.
As of today, the team has won all of its open debate rounds. 👏👏👏
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Special Announcement!
Here are the schools that have made it to the Semi Finals of
#USDC2021
.
1.Muyenga high school
2. Nyakasura School
3. Nabisunsa girls school
4. Kings College Budo
We congratulate them and wish them the best.
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Congratulations to the individuals that have made the adjudicators' list for
#USDC2019
We shall be sending out an official email to all of you within 24 hours.
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We celebrate our Chief Adjudication Panel for running a great tournament.
We thank them for all their effort in ensuring that we had quality Adjudication in all rounds of debate and public speaking.
#USDC23
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Debate 101!
Our masters debate this afternoon.
Thank you
@OlympiaOpen
for accepting our invite to showcase what debate looks like to our young debaters.
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The sun sets on the Central Regional
#USDC2022
Championship. Meet our semi finalists.
Room 1. Gayaza High school vs Nabisunsa Girls School
Room 2. St Julian vs Mengo SS.
May the best teams win.
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Meet our winners for last Friday's
#KLASocialDebateClub
.
The Government / Affirmative team.
@portia_uwera
@P_Ahabwe
@BlairNtambi
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Did you know that Kansiime Mukama Taremwa
@Kmtaremwa22
has the envious ability of charming adjudicators with his oratory prowess?
Well, he will be looking to receive some of his own mastery at
#EAUDC2019
as Deputy Chief Adjudicator.
#3DaystoGo
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Our deputy chief adjudicator for debate shall be a lady from
@StrathU
in Kenya. Wairumu Manyara
@nemomanyara
is as classy as it gets with Debate culture. Her Nickname is Nemo, or if you prefer to use chinese accents, that will be -Nimo-
#USDC2019
@Jude_Mugabi
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Today is a good day to reminisce on Saturday's Olympics Values Contest.
A short story! 👇
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Be on your screens today at 10:30am when
@UrbanTVUganda
brings you the
#UniDebateNationals18
finals live from the beautiful enclosures of Ndejje University.
Be woke!!
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The battle lines have been drawn!
Round 1 motion - THBT economic sanctions are effective in compelling states to abide by AfCFTA protocols.
#USDC23
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The 3rd edition of the Uganda Schools Debate Championship starts this weekend with a trip to the North. Ocer Campion Jesuit will be the host of our first regional tournament.
#USDC2022
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Today is our team leader/national head
@eyjacob
's birthday. Please join us as we wish him a happy birthday and more fulfilling years ahead.
PS: We have tried to find a photo in which he doesn't look like he is moving the world and failed-the man has chosen a path of greatness.
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We congratulate the team from St. Kaggwa High School, who were 1st Runners-up in the
#USDC2022
, South Western Schools Regional Debate Championship. St. Kaggwa put up a spirited fight. We congratulate them on this milestone and celebrate their commitment to debate.
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Off to the cape of good HOPE they go!
Uganda's representation at the 2018-2019 World University Debate Championship rests on the shoulders of a regionally dominant duo from
@kyambogou
We wish you well
@whoisCeba
and
@shabil_wabwiire
#Onwards
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Here is the Mengo Senior School team that have emerged winners of the inaugural Uganda Schools' Debate Championship (USDC).
#USDC2019
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3 of the 6 representatives of Uganda at the 6th EAC youth ambassador debates in Dar Es Salaam are our active members and the other 3 are our great friends.
Sometimes, we are in awe of our company of great minds.
Follow updates with
@EAC_yap
#6EACdebates
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Debate Society Uganda is deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Rt Hon Speaker of
@Parliament_Ug
Jacob Oulanyah who passionately supported and loved debate.
May God comfort his family and the People of Uganda in this difficult time. May his soul rest in eternal peace.
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Former
@lawsocietymak
president and DSU adjudicator
@JTumwesigye
gives feedback to the students from Greenhill academy after round one.
#centralschoolsregional
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Apply today to join our membership in any one of the membership categories and support Debate growth in our country.
Applications close 25th April.
@Jacobeyeru
@omwanawaTooro
@I_Rugambwa
@JTumwesigye
@makdebateunion
@KYUDebate
@DebateMubs
@IUDU_
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Our warmest greetings to
@MushikaziK
.
Daniella is an intelligent lawyer and former Council Director of
@makdebateunion
. She is a distinguished orator and debater. Daniella is very passionate about women's rights and feminism.
May your years be full of happiness, fun and cheer.
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The chief adjudicator for the
#centralregionals
at St. Mary's College Kisubi this weekend is
@mythnina
Here's her brief bio.
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And we call it a day.
1. 3 debate rounds.
2. 1 conference session.
3. Masters' debate.
4. Opening ceremony.
Tomorrow awaits!
#USDC23
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Our first conference session on understanding young people's opportunities in the AFCFTA.
Meet our panelists
1. Mr. Mugisha Boris COO & Co founder Tubayo.
2. Ms Patricia Ejang of
@Youth_TJN
3. Mr. Emolot David Chairperson of Continental Advisory Council on AFCFTA
#USDC23
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Congratulations to this trio of DSU members. From us to the world,
@Kmtaremwa22
,
@murungi_pato
and
@RoyjayJoel
.
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We celebrate and congratulate our very own,
@kasozishubrah
, for her election as the Speaker of the Central Youth Parliament.
May the knowledge and erudition that you will acquire help you in serving your country and the youth better.
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New logo, New name.
Same class act!
We are here laying foundations!
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When you want to object but then you listen a little bit more and the person drives the point home in a manner you cannot contest, it is only fair that you allow yourself to feel its awesomeness sink in.
#USDC2019
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We are excited to announce the 4th edition of the Uganda Schools Debate Championship happening from 26th August to 1st September 2023 under the theme, " Igniting Competitive Spirits for Uganda's socio-economic transformation."
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#USDC23
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Peter Ahabwe is a wonderful gentleman on many accounts.
He is an accomplished leader and passionate scholar of the law; we are honored to call him one of our own.
A happy Birthday to you Sir
@P_Ahabwe
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We provide in a team of professionals who put service above self to lay foundations. These are Debate Society Members with great experience in debate and speech, who lend their time and experience to the society in a bid to make a difference.
#USDC2022
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BREAKING!
@Strathdebate
from Strathmore University
@StrathU
emerge 1st Runners Up at
#PAUDC2019
East Africa is proud of you
@Its_Baba0
and your teammate Jabez.
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Meet our moderator.
@JTumwesigye
is a budding young lawyer and an advocate of the High Court. He is a member of Debate Society Uganda. He has immense interest in Health Rights, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. He's also the founder of
@ConstellationUg
.
#DSUSPACES
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Some count years, he counts impact!
A happy birthday to the indomitable man at the helm of our National High School program.
Always a class act!
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The Best Speaker at the
#elleparle2020
Women's Open is
@MakerereU
's and
@makdebateunion
's Ruth Kitamirike.
Congratulations
@KitamirikeRuth
🎊🎉
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From Mbarara H/S to
@MakerereU
,
@JTumwesigye
has exemplified the kind of leadership this country hopes for her young leaders.
Contributions from patriots like him fortify our trust in the foundations we are laying.
Happy Birthday Sir!
-Photos from
#NorthernRegionals
in Gulu-
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We wish one of our members,
@ryanmuhumuza
a happy birthday 🎉 🎉🎉
Muhumuza Umar is a Medical Doctor and 5th East African Community Youth Ambassador. He served as the 30th Guild President of Mbarara University of Science and Technology.
#DebateSocietyUganda
#DSUBirthdays
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This Friday, we are
#LayingFoundations
with the Emerging Voices Inter High School Debates co-organised with the
@usmissionuganda
.
The debates will convene articulate young speakers from six (6) schools; King's College Budo, St Mary's College Kisubi, Greenhill Academy
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Our Sunday best are a team of great legal minds. We congratulate our members
@BlairNtambi
,
@Kmtaremwa22
,
@M_____i_JR
and
@MushikaziK
upon their graduation from
@LDC_Uganda
with a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
We wish them well.
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They've been a devastatingly great team and have shown some great debate character this year.
Congratulations to Uganda Christian University for emerging winners of
#UniTaxDebate19
@ucumukono
@UCUniversity
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Join us in wishing our Ag. Patron SC Francis Gimara a happy birthday.
Your exemplary leadership shall for long be the aspiration of our value based ideals.
@FGimara
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Clearly we underestimated the interest level of young people in the
#RuleOfLaw
Today we have 11 Universities, 10 debating rooms and only one day to get it done.
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There's new law in town, our family members graduated with honours from
@uculaw
.
Congratulations
@hezlee_kihembo
@kelvinbalyebuga
and
@TwinomujuniHen1
on this well deserved achievement.
Well in folks!
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Chairman
@Jacobeyeru
said I do, and the Debate Society Uganda members turned up. It was a whole vibe.
It's a lovely community of young and spirited people that we have, and we love the look of it.
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We are excited to announce the start of the Kampala Social Debate Club, a monthly debate meet-up whose inaugural debate will be held on Friday 7th/July/2023.
Please see the poster for details.
#DebateUganda
#KLASocialDebateClub
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