Cde. Robert Kabushenga
@rkabushenga
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Obsessive Farmer & Administrator- @RugyeyoFarm | Ugandan, couldn't be anything else. Curator & Host for @_360Mentor & #AfricanSpeak
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Joined April 2009
Folks, following our post below, please find a statement from Maj. Gen. David Kasura Kyomukama, Permanent Secretary for @MAAIF_Uganda regarding bad harvesting practices of coffee.
Folks, say a prayer for Uganda’s Coffee. The political myopia & monumental stupidity that dismantled the regulator has set us back decades. We are back to picking unripe green cherry. I told you about the seedlings crisis. Clearly the Ministry was not ready to take over, they are
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How I arrived at Vision in 1991 vs How I am leaving in 2021🤣
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I am still trying to understand how someone who has failed to deliver a hospital 4 which she was paid upfront years ago can be the savior coming 2 rescue us Coffee farmers from the plight of low prices. It may be that I struggle with cognitive abilities but this can’t be my fault.
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One of the reasons I climbed #Rwenzori2022 was to shout this 👇🏿message on Uganda’s rooftop. Now help me to get the word to hear it by spreading this message. If we can get to sell more of our #UGCoffee I am sure #WeCanAffordLife .📸@tmsruge @david_galukande thanks for my banner🙏🏿
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It is common knowledge that @Parliament_Ug is itself a #NyegeNyegeFestival that runs in five year cycles. And using taxes to irregularly buy ultra luxury Benzes at inflated prices while denying ordinary folks an opportunity to earn a little money from an event is a moral hazard!.
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The Parliament should be dissolved & we bring forward both Presidential & Parliamentary elections to June. A new political mandate is needed. This one no longer holds. #UgandaParliamentExhibition.
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Atte ebinyebwa byomukazi tebisiridde nga ndi ku tiivi. She told me to stir it every twenty minutes, I forgot. Nfudde🙆🏿♂️! Dinner mye 🙈.
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If you focus narrowly on the #KampalaPotholeExhibition you miss the wider impact of what @SpireJim has so cleverly done. Basically he has shown how to engage in politics of protest using tech & lowered the personal physical cost of engagement. It is the new mode of mobilization.
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Hon. Mohammed Nsereko MP, Kampala Central has something interesting to say in Luganda🤣🤣🤣
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Yeah, superlife, my name is Kabushenga, I used to work in an office but now I grow coffee at .@RugyeyoFarm & drive Kivuuvu. So, superlife, life is super🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. KiUganda kinyuma 🤣🤣🤣
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So the man himself @nyamadon trying out “the chair” of Managing Director/CEO at @newvisionwire. For me it is time to go. Thank you & good bye!
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To All UG Religious Leaders:.This weekend, we expect to hear what God has to say about;.- The young people jailed for speaking out against THEFT.- Has God amended the commandment on THEFT?.- A parent who beats a hungry child that asks for some of the food being eaten at the table
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- We were told the prisons would be full of thieves stealing public funds🤔.- Instead the prisons are full of young people fighting the thieves 😏.- We were told a war had been declared against corruption 🤔.- Instead the guns are now turned on the young people waging that war
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Are you a youth? .Do you want to learn how to drink coffee?.Step 1. Buy a pack of #RugyeyoFarm Roasted Beans or Ground Coffee- contact 0777023183.Step 2. Buy a Grinder or Coffee Plunger.Step 3. Put in ground coffee, hot water & slowly press the plunger down.Step 4. Drink.Voila
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H. E. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Wow!.To All East African Men: here is an opportunity to dial down our egos. Let our girls pursue their dreams
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DUE TO PUBLIC DEMAND.This Thursday for my Spaces on #EnvisioningTheFuture of Uganda's Transition Politics I will host @SpireJim. We shall discuss public protest & civic action using novel approaches such as humor & tech platform hashtags. Log on at 8 pm to follow the conversation
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#UoT: Good morning. Our CEOs Group has grown & is giving! Mr. Sikander Lalani of @Roofings_Group offered all the oxygen that may be required in hospitals. But this will be done under .@MinofHealthUG supervision. He also gave UGX100m to support @nwscug deliver water to communities.
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4 years of consistent exercise & a radical change of diet. We are here now!!.Thank you @drkasenene, the #TwitterRunningSchool #XRS & the Spin Class of @RahimRamah1. Now we can enter 2024 with bigger dreams-90 km run in South Africa, The Virunga 3 Peaks & Mt. Simien, Ethiopia
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Getting ready for the next coffee harvest season, October to December. Hoping for good volumes & praying that prices hold up🙏🏿
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.@GenWamala good morning sir. Let boda bodas operate 24 hours. They have exactly the same (likely more actually) strategic value to our economic recovery as Uganda Airlines. It is like allowing hotels to operate & banning rolex stands. Or allowing lounges & banning bufunda.
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Lunch at CapitalOne Restaurant in Fort Portal, Tooro. After this we head to Kasese for #Rwenzori2022
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- If you don’t engage the rational youth, you will confront radical anarchists. - You refused dialogue with the opposition, you have ended up with NUP.- You sidelined progressive forces, you have ended up with sycophants .- You undermined experienced legislators, now you have
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On Monday, first on #360Mentor this August is .@EstherBirungi4. Named one of the top influential women on Twitter will mentor us on how to grow your social media presence & use it to advance social good. Tweets at 9am & Spaces at 7pm. Let’s drive this hashtag & grow together.
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Oba they open bars & lift curfew only for tonight??? People are going to need to have a drink this evening.
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They say you are the company you keep 🤣. So let me leave this here. @joshuacheptege1 you did exactly what you said you would do for Uganda 🇺🇬. What a golden moment.
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Hustling after a life in formal employment is like switching from playing golf to rugby 🤣.
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.@cobbo3 @Joelkibazo @BBatwooki @dfkm1970 @kasujja @skaheru @OfwonoOpondo @AndrewMwenda @pmwesige @Kalinaki @RugyendoQuotes @kyam @AgaSekalala @TioKauma folks, kabara sunu?🤣. I have dropped the 🎤 at @newvisionwire. I will now go to grow coffee full time at @RugyeyoFarm. ✋🏿.
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Dropped off a ton of sundried (kiboko) coffee beans to my buyer. We can meet payroll, something we have struggled with all year. In the past I was able to divert other personal incomes to meet working capital needs. Now I have to to do so from Rugyeyo Farm revenue. Happy holidays
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#RoboAt55: We did it. We partied hard. What a place to do this! Madam was there . The party crew @tmsruge @Andrew110D @rbyaruha @Fssozi @sharon_nabasa (planner). JP(@_Ikanza) I can’t thank you enough. To all those who wished us well & prayed for good weather, Ahsante
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It has taken me five days to process a tragic loss at the farm. Two walls of the coffee warehouse we are building came down in a storm. I made two mistakes: delayed the ring beam & didn’t supervise one consignment of cement (which turned out to be bad) now we have to rebuild
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To All My Twitter Family: I started on this farming journey exactly four years ago. This is an aerial view how far we have come with @RugyeyoFarm! Thank you for cheering me on
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I have been notified by the Public Service Commission that I do NOT meet the minimum requirements for the job of Executive Director of @KCCAUG. I do not hold a Masters Degree. For this reason I will not make the shortlist. I am grateful to all those who expressed their goodwill &
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I have been counted. But guys at @StatisticsUg how do you ask a person how many times they are sleepless? In this economy? That should be obvious 🤣!! On a more serious note, you should have allowed us an online option to save time & money. If we can apply for passports, visas &
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.@newvisionwire staff:I know it’s been raining in Kampala since 5 am but I am already in office. So U will find me waiting at the clock-in point. Latecomers better have a gd story other than having no waterproof shoes or waiting to be carried across a flooded road by local boys😡
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Coffee. Coffee. Coffee! I just wish we bothered to read the political history of Ugandan Coffee from 1931 to date & how it altered the fortunes of the political establishment at different times. Each time those who grow the coffee (the real owners) have always prevailed.
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.@MosesMagogo in normal times you should be in jail & weightlifter Julius Sekitoleko should be an MP. But then God has played a cruel joke on us as a country & it is the other way round. But it takes a special kind of idiocy to make a mockery of it. I give up!!!.
@rkabushenga It looks like tweeting is your retirement hobby. Dot com era Jajja does not tell stories around fire places but tweets. Just provide us your bank details to be receiving the man's salaries. Thank you for the good job.
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Folks, thanks for all your goodwill, kind words & best wishes. I read all of them 🙏🏿. To those who expressed resentment, Madiba taught us that it is like drinking poison & hoping the other person dies. How true. I pray you find personal healing in your lifetime. Best.
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Indigenous Ugandans are hardworking people, committed workers, willing to learn & loyal to a fault. All you have to do is show them what you want done & treat them FAIRLY, HUMANELY & DECENTLY. That's it. It is one of the reasons I have succeeded in my work life as a team leader.
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Folks, #WeAreBroke & on our own. Everyone for themselves. I don’t think even God will be there for us all. There is no help coming, certainly not from the political establishment.
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COFFEE EXPOSÉ: EPILOGUE .Folks, following my last post, I have since received an update on what happened to the rest of the money. Find here below how the 31.4bn meant for the coffee value chain was shared out by the crooks at @coffeeinvestug. Read it from frame 1-4 on that
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Folks, reviewing the coffee agreement shd NOT be left to only political actors. The diverse sector players shd be involved in defining what value addition is & what our national interests are b4 committing to foreigners. Our agency & heritage shd not be usurped. Spread the word!
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COFFEE SCAM DISCLOSURE . So it turns out that a political order was given & US$20m was disbursed to @TugumeNelsonO. This money is meant to finance coffee export trade. But as some of us kept pointing out, this money has since ended up in Nelson’s private account. He has lived up
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This is why Father’s Day brings great personal joy! What about you? Share right here, priz🤣🙏🏿
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To all .@newvisionwire staff: I regret to inform you that due to a technical glitch I was unable to transfer your December salaries to the bank. The earliest money will get to your accounts is 28/12. So for now, be strong!.
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“Wealth Creators” at work while the rest of us pay tax & our public services suffer savage budget cuts & neglect. Now you know why @Parliament_Ug is a garrison!
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IDEA:With the escalating cost of fuel, employers should consider letting people work from home/in shifts to avoid the cost of commuting to work. Might be cheaper both ways. Just saying.
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The #FarewellKabushenga went well. This video broke me down. Thank you guys. I take some powerful memories
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.@cobbo3 as part of my #7DayChallengeUganda I promised to get rid of plastic bottled water from my Board room. Pot dispensers have now been introduced! Cold water, zero energy, zilch pollution. I am scorching the competition of @kanyindo @qataharraymond @henruga & @rpbyaru
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My final question for the night: why would you post, then like your own post after which you retweet it? I need to understand that logic.
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. @Balaam1980 please help us and release the rain even for just 3 days. Monday to Wednesday 🤣. Mazima we are badly off. Our coffee trees are dying. For you, you have done some bivulu, now allow us also to make some money 😂
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Once upon a time there was a man in Uganda who went by different names: Michael Ezra, Pato, Bryan Whyte, Don Nasser, Medi Sentongo & so on. The End. Discuss the moral of the story.
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.@mosesmagogo stupidity is not a badge of honor. It is not a good idea to wear it in full public view. But then again you are far too tone deaf to understand it.
@rkabushenga @michocoach With you as the country head boy, we will make sure that in this new contract we pay him through your bank account.
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Folks, let me take my small contribution to Uganda’s growing coffee exports to the miller for hulling. When the stats for 2022 are out, please remember it is the sweat of the 1.8 million of us farmers who toil daily that make it happen! #UGCoffee
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Greetings from @RugyeyoFarmLtd. This is how the real coffee value is created in Uganda. The rest are simply freeloading on our farmer backs. A word of caution to those planning on this journey. Since the removal of the regulator with nothing in place to take over, nursery
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Since coffee has become an issue, let us also look at mangoes. I am told the dried ones go for a fortune in the Middle East 🤣
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COFFEE SCAM PART II.Back to @NelsonTugumeO. 1. The latest scheme is a media campaign in Russian media allied to Putin. Supposedly to grow imports of Ugandan coffee into Russia. That will need more money. 2. He is spending part of the taxpayers money to build his “factory for
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Those who sit in judgement of others must do so judiciously. The detention of @kiizaeron is one where someone simply wanted to show power. Akin to punching someone in the face for annoying you. Zero Thought. #FreeEronKiiza
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Fuel Companies: Please tell us when u plan to reach 10k per liter. Need to plan better. Thank you & kind regards.
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Finally a REAL opportunity for us Ugandan coffee farmers. These guys have set up a processing unit using Danish technology to process ready to drink Ugandan coffee & export it straight to the shelves of European & North American markets. Their product has no preservatives & lasts
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Why only Kituutu? There are many who confessed to either stealing or being in possession of stolen iron sheets. The main ingredient of Theft as a crime is ASPORTATION-unlawfully taking away property that doesn't belong to u with intention of permanently denying its owner of it.
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To All UOT: Our demand is simple. #PayUgandaCranesAllowances! Let us speak out. Let the whole world know we stand with .@UgandaCranes on their pay. When U tweet today, add this👆🏿hashtag. If @OfficialFUFA ignores this, no wearing jersey on Friday! And cancel their citizenship.
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Fellow Ugandans, Baganda in their infinite wisdom say that a person who will not be advised sets sail in a clay boat. We, Abakiga know that water can boil all it wants but it must never forget that it comes from a cold place. The facts speak for themselves. And history bears.
“I want to warn those people who have been de-campaigning our coffee value addition strategy. We know who they are and we warn them. They want us to continue exporting our unprocessed coffee and other goods. They want us to continue importing used clothes. Even some people have
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#UoT: I am of the AIDS generation.We were told to ABC(Abstain, Be Faithful, Condom).It is behavior change that saved many of us.Only our behavior will save us from #COVID19UG. Hand washing, Sanitizing, Social distancing is a sure way to #STAYSAFEUG. Let’s #HSS. Be your own keeper.
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Whoever is making these t-shirts, get in touch ASAP. I need one right away. XL please. Would like to wear it to church. Haza orahusye juba!
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The driver of this car takes the prize of The Most Accomplished Idiot on Kampala's Roads. Now someone help find him so he can collect his prize money!!.PS: I recorded his behavior so once we get to know who he is, I will release it😂😂🤣🤣
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Today I have a different dress code. I am going to speak at the graduation of students of Uganda Pentecostal University in Fort Portal. Some of you will never be asked to speak at a kindergarten. So be humble in your comments priz!
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@SpireJim as promised, cartoon is framed. This will now be constant reminder on my wall👍🏿
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Now we have a chance to expose these thieves completely. What we need now is true patriots to take on our legal defense & take out these crooks. Let me know if you’re interested. Let’s make our stand here & begin to fight back. This is the limit.
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COFFEE SCAM EXPOSÉ 4. Why & how @TugumeNelsonO created @coffeeinvestug. To do so we must explain why Nelson has closed his Coffee City outfit & Inspire Africa Café on TWED Towers. Part of the reason is he had to flee his rent obligations. Landlords have been left holding an empty
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Folks, our mentor for Monday’s session of #40DayMentor is.@mosesmukisa. A personal finance growth coach & spiritual leader who will help us figure out how to confront the money demons we face🤣. We start at 9 am with a tweetathon & then 7 pm Twitter Spaces chat. Spread the word
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You mean everyday this guy is a student? I have hahad 😳.
Artiste Rema Namakula's husband Hamza Sebunya is among the graduands at Makerere University. Send your congratulatory message to doctor. 📸 By @bamulanzeki .#Mak70thGrad
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Kenyan Gen Z: Can you send us Ruto to UG for like two weeks only🤔?. We have mabaati thieves, coffee thieves, parliament thieves, stolen hospital, basically the country’s future is being stolen. We only need him for like a month, tops. If he can do for us just 50% of what he has.
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This is in Uganda. To get there you go to Kasese. Then head up to our rooftop called Rwenzori. On the way, you trudge thru the biblical Eden. It is an amazing experience. You will never be the same after you have visited.
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UoT: When you are done obsessing with #KenyaElections;.1. Rent will still be due .2. School fees will have to be paid.3. Fuel prices will still be going up.4. Loan repayments will be there .5. @Arsenal will still be aiming for top 4 in the Premiership 🤣🤣🤣.
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Memo to .@newvisionwire staff: As u may have guessed I am already at my desk. Other people r also heading to work in the heavy rain as u can see. Arrival time at work today will determine whether you get a Christmas hamper or not. Forewarned is forearmed!
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Atte mulowooza Kivuuvu tesise empewo nga I am looking 4 where to“drink” cheaper diesel 😂😂😂! I coax it to a station & the guy at the pump runs it for 50k more than I had asked. My ka-allowance is wiped out! No way I am going back to madam. She has learnt how to say “tokisussa”.
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Please meet .@Hbamulinde a businessman who says he is a jack of all trades🤣. He is well educated, with vast corporate work experience & now a mentor. He will talk to us on Thursday 8/07 session of #40DayMentor. We shall learn what it takes to do business & so much more! C u then
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COFFEE SCAM EXPOSÉ 3.The So Called Consortium . So how did we get to @TugumeNelsonO being given millions of dollars from @mofpedU meant for coffee to spend at will? How did I find myself in the thick of it?. In the early afternoon Saturday June 12, 2021 two unexpected visitors
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To All The So Called X Influencers who got the gig to attack me: Thank you for carrying our message to places where no one would have paid us any attention. It has worked magic. Keep the attacks coming, you have helped the Coffee Scam Story to trend. I have another salvo coming.
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.@UCC_ED. Madam, in case u don’t know, there simply isn’t enough bandwidth in this country. The little there is vanishes peak hours. Network quality is horrible & now u r levying 12% tax on a bad service. R we serious abt ICT being a strategic resource? @UCC_Official @URAuganda.
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From the Past: 1991, had just finished my night gig packing newspapers & was timing a lift in the staff van back to Campus. Posing 4 such pictures was “a thing”. @TioKauma & @KiryowaKk u rmbr the times. We have come from far! .@cobbo3 say nothing🤣🤣
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FYI: My glasses were made by @waziglasses a Ugandan start up that makes low cost eyewear. Just thought I might let you know.
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Finally got to keep my promise to @SpireJim. Dropped off his volcanic stone that I picked up at Uhuru Peak, Africa’s rooftop on Kilimanjaro. I shared my thoughts on the philosophical questions that arise out of extreme experiences. No mineral water bottle over my head🤣
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I have one question. And I don’t really need an answer. Deep down, do u think you are ready for life after lockdown & have u thought about your place in the post COVID world? Good night!.
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COFFEE EXPOSÉ.Guys, those of you who put your behind, behind our behind😂😂😂thank you!! Even those of you who put your behind in our eyes 🤣🤣oba what do we say???. Seriously, a step in the right direction that a written demand for accountability has issued. One more area where
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We told u abt the abuse of Lake Victoria, we were ignored & even dismissed as exaggerating the damage to it. Now it is fighting back with a fury. Culturally, there is only one person who can calm Nalubaale down. He turned 65 ystrdy & is chilling in Banda. Wangaala God’s Shadow!.
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I can confirm that @AzawiOfficial will join the Special Edition of #AfricanSpeak Spaces this Saturday at 9 AM. She will give us her perspective on how public figures can support the fight against corruption currently spearheaded by youth in Uganda.
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I have been appointed Special Advisor. Details to follow!!!.
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Hi Guys. I need your help with #RunWithCheptegei. The Champ asked me to do this. Yet on my own, I can’t. But if 200,000 people paid 10k ($3) each we would make young UG athletes’ dreams come true. Sporting glory would come to UG. Let us do this. No one else will. Spread the word
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Finally, the competition beats me hands down. I had no response. @TonyGlencross @Kalinaki thanks for this thoughtful gift. To all the guys at @DailyMonitor this is truly appreciated. Even u @chrisatuk thank you🤣🤣🤣
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After a year of preparation, the time is finally here. On Thursday we set off for Kilimanjaro. Saturday we start the climb to Africa’s rooftop. It is the ideal place to celebrate a life of 55 years. The trek will be 5 days of introspection. And then begin to work out what next!
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Wednesday #40DayMentor belongs to .@SandraNabasirye the Slay Farmer. She has an incredible story to share abt her farming journey. If u r in self doubt or listening to cynics, here is someone who has seen it all & some more. And she is still going. Tweets at 9 am & Spaces 7pm.
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Folks, this evening I was appointed Special Advisor to the Uganda Quality Coffee Traders & Processors Association. This decision was made by the Annual General Meeting of the Association which brings together local Ugandan players in the coffee value chain. I am humbled by their
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Over the last couple of years I have run into this post fairly often. A powerful reminder of life’s ways. It is time to share it.
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