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Mujuni Raymond

@qataharraymond

Aug 12

There’s a lot of justified anger at the state of affairs in Uganda but anger alone is not enough, it’s possible, even with a change of guard that’s publicly hailed, we could remain in the same state - or worse.

How are we thinking strategically about how to govern Uganda? 🇺🇬

I’ve often asked my friends who are a heartbeat away from the presidency what would the first 100 days of their leadership look like? Because if you cannot imagine them, then you cannot implement them.

A government is a large, interest filled bureaucracy that is not easy to navigate. A new president, for example, cannot sack a PS, and even if they could, they’d need to immediately replace them. So what’s the short term plan for continuity and the long term plan for reform?

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Mujuni Raymond

@qataharraymond

Jul 22

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The response to a march on parliament, surely, cannot be violent breakup, detentions, arrests and intimidation. It is, counter-productive, unhelpful and dangerous both in the short and long run....

The Ugandan state is the net-loser in corruption. For all the revenue the country collects [25.2 trillion shillings]. Core investment in health & education is still dismal. Investment in health per person is 27,000 shs per person per year & education at 185k per person per year

You cannot prevail over such a low investment in basic public goods with the arrogance, impunity and broad day theft of the political class many of whom are aloof, insensitive, crass and macabre in their ways

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Mujuni Raymond

@qataharraymond

May 6

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We don't talk about wealth as a matter of public policy and yet that is one of the ways in which it represents itself. In our lifetime, ofcourse, some people will have a lot more money than others, that isn't the problem at all.

The rich getting rich isn't a problem - we shouldn't atleast make it a problem. The problem is the poor getting poorer and being unable to afford basic public goods; health & education and being unable to live decent life; free from fear, anxiety and basic human dignity

The chopper and expensive car hiring isn't the problem, it is the manifestation of the problem.

Wealth as a matter of public policy is measured by GNI per capita [Atlas method]. Uganda has had growth in that regard, currently at $930 from $250 in 2002

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Mujuni Raymond

@qataharraymond

Mar 14

Small Thread;

I see that legislators have now lost all sense of shame about the immoral plunder and legislated corruption of public funds. It’s important that this moment is captured right in Ugandan history

Why?

The stated outcome for legislation globally and nationally is to make law for the good governance, peace and order and development. To do this Uganda’s parliament is parceled into constituencies and the total number of MPs from those are 519 [elected] 38 [elected non-suffrage]

They sit thrice a week; Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday and conduct business through either committees or through the house. So the total number of sittings a legislator can have is 780 per term [5yrs] broken down to 156 per annum - some adjustment to these numbers though - nxt

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Mujuni Raymond

@qataharraymond

Nov 11, 2023

Events like Nyege Nyege aren't where the 'Uganda' project, they are in fact where it thrives. If I sat in a corner office of govt, I'd do the following

1. Have a registration stall at the entrance for taxes, pension [nssf], national ID's and a general QR code survey for gov't services delivery

2. I'd get the DEO, DHO districts in the East to exhibit, register volunteers for teaching, health services and private donations

3. I'd run a small fundraiser for people to drop all the coin change into boxes for renovation of defunct public infra in Jinja, like the library. I'd even run a small paid for quiz on knowledge of Jinja where proceeds go to the city coffers.

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Mujuni Raymond

@qataharraymond

Jun 16, 2023

Small thread for journalists/journalism students and enthusiasts on managing access, ethical considerations and sourcing from the Rwenzururu story.

@ugandarn

I’d always passionately covered the tensions in Rwenzururu from my earlier days at @ugandarn I infact won a grant from @ACME_Uganda to investigate the land conflicts there and during that story I could tell there were deep seated grievances btn the kingdom and govt

Key among these was that Kasese which was the capital of the Rwenzururu kingdom despite being the most populated district outside of the capital had some of the worst indicators on education, health, roads etc.

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