Dip Civil (KYU), Bsc Civil Eng (MUK) , PGD Project Planning and management. And now with a passion in farming . Director at PAF Engineering Limited.
Kampala, Uganda
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Congratulations to our Executive Secretary @flavia_bwire upon her appointment as Permanent Secretary @MoWT_Uganda.
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The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation – Office of the President, led by Hon. Eng. Jonard Asiimwe Akiiki, was warmly welcomed by the leadership and community of Lira University at its campus in Ayere Cell, Barapwo Ward, Lira City West Division, Lira City.
The welcoming team included the Vice Chancellor, Professor Jasper Ogwal Okeng; Chairperson of the University Council, Mr. David Opiokello; Vice Chairperson of the University Council, Ms. Nellie Florence Okullo; the Chairperson of the University Appointments Board; and members of the university community.
The Ministry looks forward to a fruitful engagement with Lira University.
#STIUganda #STIWorks
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In exercise of the powers vested in me by Article 174(2) of the Constitution, I have named 13 persons for appointment to various government offices.
I have directed the Public Service Commission to assess their suitability and advise me accordingly.
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During a high-level strategic meeting with Lira University, the STI Secretariat team and I made commitments and presented proposals to ensure that the university keeps pace with a rapidly changing world.
I urged the university to prepare for students coming through the competency-based curriculum. They are coming with the ability to reason, question and apply knowledge. If universities remain basic in their approach, Darwin’s theory of natural selection will take its course: those that adapt will thrive, while those that fail to evolve risk becoming irrelevant.
“If prisoners can generate income for a prison, why can’t students generate income for their university?”
Our universities must turn knowledge and skills into practical solutions, products and enterprises that generate income and create jobs.
When you see President Trump scrapping some initiatives, introducing others and issuing far-reaching directives to ensure America is not left behind, who are we to remain comfortable at such a defining moment in world history? We must rethink how we teach, conduct research and translate innovation into wealth.
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Preparing universities to respond to changing educational needs and global developments was central to a high-level strategic meeting at Lira University, led by Hon. Eng. Jonard Asiimwe Akiiki, Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation – Office of the President. Together with the STI Secretariat team, the Minister made commitments and presented proposals to strengthen the university’s role in this transformation.
The Minister urged universities to prepare for students coming through the competency-based curriculum, equipped to reason, question and apply knowledge. Drawing on Darwin’s theory of natural selection, he emphasised that universities must adapt their teaching and research approaches to remain relevant.
“If prisoners can generate income for a prison, why can’t students generate income for their university?” he challenged.
He called on universities to translate knowledge and skills into practical solutions, products and enterprises that generate income and create jobs.
Referring to President Trump’s sweeping policy changes and directives aimed at keeping America competitive, the Minister challenged universities to respond to global change with urgency.
“Who are we to remain comfortable at such a defining moment in world history?” he asked, calling for a rethink of how universities teach, conduct research and translate innovation into wealth.
#STIUganda #STIWorks
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SAVING BWIINO FOR BAZZUKULU!
This projector is only 65 years old & one of those #Owanapaedia uses to salvage and digitise our motion picture history during Ancient Owana's busy retirement!🤓
@KagutaMuseveni @Parliament_Ug @UCC_Official @CCFU_NGO @UgMuseum
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The 4-Acre Model reflects H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s emphasis on practical, science-based approaches to wealth creation, agricultural productivity and improved household incomes.
During his visit to Lira University, Hon. Minister Jonard Asiimwe Akiiki toured the 4-Acre Model under the Presidential Initiative Hub, appreciating how knowledge, innovation and modern agricultural practices can be translated into practical solutions for communities.
The engagement reflects the President’s longstanding message that Ugandans must move from subsistence production to commercial agriculture, using even small pieces of land to create wealth, generate employment and improve household incomes.
Through the Presidential Initiative Hub, such practical demonstrations provide an opportunity to connect research, innovation and agricultural knowledge with wealth creation and national development.
As President Museveni has consistently emphasised, wealth creation begins at the household level.
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The Commander of the Special Forces Command (SFC), Maj Gen Asaph Mweteise Nyakikuru, presided over the pass-out ceremony for Commando Qualification Course Intake 05/25-26 and also declared the beginning of Intake 06 at the Special Warfare Centre and School – Camp Rufu in Ruhengyere, Kiruhura District.
In his remarks, Maj Gen Mweteise congratulated the graduands for passionately completing the intense training, saying the act marks a significant milestone in the history of building a modern and professional army.
He appreciated the importance of training, noting that “continuous training is an arm that moves an army to make operations simple.”
Maj Gen Mweteise noted that despite the scarce resources, equipping and empowering Special Forces Command soldiers plus training requires a lot of resources even if one decides to be frugal, further noting that the much-needed continuous training is based on the changing warfare terrain and emerging threats.
To the graduands, Maj Gen Mweteise told them that the Commando Qualification Course is a strategic, endurance and capability course but is a real value to what they want.
He urged the newly passed-out students to be ready to operate anywhere and demonstrate the specialised combat skills they have attained.
“We have trained warriors to finish the enemies of Uganda within and beyond,” he emphasised, further urging them to demonstrate elite specialised combat skills to easily execute high-profile assignments.
He also urged them to lead by example at their respective units and strictly follow the chain of command.
“Strictly respect the chain of command, be dependable and professional, maintain your tactical edge and observe your unyielding commitment to service,” Maj Gen Mweteise told the Intake 05 Commando Qualification Course graduands.
Maj Gen Mweteise also warned that SFC has no room for complacency and urged soldiers to maintain conscious discipline.
“The difficult chapter has come to an end and something beautiful is about to begin,” Maj Gen Nyakikuru concluded his message to the graduands.
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NOT all!
What that means is that even if he wakes up and say I will be slaughtering 10 Ugandans each day , that man with a big head cannot say anything —Nosense!
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The great Bachwezi Empire declined around 1450 AD. The USA was created in 1776. 300 years later. So in the 300 years when we were fighting for cows and women the bazungu created an empire in North America. 300 years from now will they write that we too failed to create the East African Federation?
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My heroes have always been UPDF soldiers. We are struggling to improve their accommodation. But now as I prepare to leave the military, every ÙPDF private must be paid 2,000,000/- as his basic salary. This must start in the next financial year.
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NEC Works Delivers House for Rwenzori ADF Survivor
NEC Construction, Works & Engineering Ltd (NEC Works) has today handed over a new home to Ms. Ruth Tungo, widow of the late Musa Tungo, in Nyakarongo, Kabarole District.
The house honours the memory of Musa Tungo, who was killed by the ADF alongside four of his children in the Rwenzori region. Two other children were abducted in the incident while his widow, Ruth, narrowly escaped death.
Commissioned by Hon. Alice K. Kaboyo (@Luwero_Rwenzori), Minister of State for Luwero Triangle, Rwenzori and Busoga Affairs, the house was constructed by NEC Works under the FY 2025/2026 @OPMUganda programme supporting civilian veteran families.
Representing NEC Managing Director Lt. Gen. James Mugira, General Manager, NEC Works, Eng. Brian Buhanda reaffirmed NEC’s commitment to delivering quality construction works that transform lives and restore dignity.
At NEC Works, we build more than structures, we build hope, dignity and a better future.
#NECWorks | #NECUPDF
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Why the New Karuma Bridge 🌉 is Long Overdue @MoWT_Uganda
1. Age of the Old Bridge
The old bridge is 64 years old. Recently, the deck was replaced, but not the substructures. A new bridge is needed to guarantee structural integrity and safe travel.
2. Safety
The approach road to the old bridge has S-bends, which are a risk to loaded trucks. Although the bridge was repaired, many trucks still fall and get involved in accidents at the S-curves as they manoeuvre through.
3. Capacity
The old bridge is two-lane and narrow, with sharp curves on the approach roads, and cannot evacuate traffic faster. The new bridge will have straight approach roads, and vehicles are expected to move faster.
4. The Old Bridge Will Remain Open
The old bridge will not be closed. It will remain open for emergency, auxiliary traffic and tourism attraction.
5. No Closure During Construction
The old bridge will remain open during the construction of the new bridge.
6. Project Cost
The project will cost USD 24m, funded through a Japanese grant.
The purpose of the old bridge will be both for traffic flow and tourist attraction. Its unique extradosed / cable-stayed design will be the only one in the North. Students and local tourists will not need to travel to Jinja to see a cable-stayed bridge. It will also offer diverse tourism opportunities, both for viewing the structure and for animal viewing in Murchison Falls National Park.
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IRAN'S SHIFT FROM THE OLD DOCTRINE OF REGIONAL WAR TO ONE OF WAR WITHOUT GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITATIONS; could take the world to the BRINK:
Essentially what this means is, IRAN is TRANSITING FROM REGULATED GEOPOLITICS- A totally new approach , not only on how it will react to subsequent attacks, but how it will henceforth PROJECT ITS OWN POWER across the international system.
This affects not only the geographical reach, but the NATURE OF TARGETRY itself; in it's widest dimensions- what, why, whose, where.......
To this extent, then, it it even blurs the line between COMBATANTS &NON-COMBATANTS. It adds a global dimension to THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE to be targeted; the INFORMATION ECOSYSTEMS of the World; GLOBAL FINANCIAL NETWORKS and to all DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL POWER- note; not DIMENSIONS OF STATE POWER, BUT GLOBAL POWER.
It is vital to note that, the contemporary GLOBAL POWER is defined by INTERDEPENDECE AND ASYMMETRY. Deal with these in a fundamental way and..........
Next will write about how to DESTROY/ DISRUPT this GLOBAL ASYMMETRY....
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New Bulgarian President Iotova pledges Russia reset. She won 57.6% in the runoff, advocating a balanced approach to Moscow, questioning Ukraine military aid, and urging independence from Brussels.
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Lavrov: Zelenskyy Must Come to Moscow for a Meeting with Putin
The Russian Foreign Minister stated:
🟦 If Vladimir Zelenskyy wants to meet with Vladimir Putin, he must personally come to Moscow.
🟦 Moscow has always had and will continue to have problems with the United States, however, Russia welcomes Washington's desire for dialogue.
🟦 Russia has not imposed any restrictions on the sale of fuel. How the United States will manage its own restrictions is up to Washington.
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Today at State House Entebbe, I met Egyptian investors led by our Deputy Head of Mission in Egypt, Lt. Gen. Charles Angina (Rtd). I encouraged them to invest in our economy, particularly in electricity, railways, irrigation and toll roads. We produce a lot from agriculture, minerals and forests, but we must add value to these products and have affordable infrastructure so our goods can compete in the global market. I welcome their proposal to establish an industrial park for processing coffee, cotton and other products.
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There are no jitters in the economy. It is simply transitioning from a period of extreme liberalism and indiscipline, where speculators and conmen robbed Ugandans of trillions of shillings, to one of order.