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Yesterday at @SeetaHigh ,Main Campus, through the Be Better Campaign by @reachahand
Every young person deserves the knowledge and confidence to make informed life choices. Because the conversations we have today can shape the futures we build tomorrow.
#BeBetterCampaign
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Yesterday I had the privilege of speaking to students during a school outreach with @reachahand at Seeta High School Main Campus, and topic was on Drug, Alcohol and Substance Abuse.
We had an honest conversation about the pressures young people face, the myths around.
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Small-scale vendors of Wi-Fi and internet hotspots should not be banned. Instead, UCC could come up with an appropriate licensing framework for them that is not as cumbersome as that of the big players.
#KeepingTheGovtInCheck
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“You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness” Thomas Sankara
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🚨🚨DEAN OF THIEVES 🚨🚨
We the traders, boda riders, youth and ordinary Ugandans have suffered enough. We are not refusing to pay tax. We are refusing to be over taxed and scammed by a system designed to make us poor.
This is how URA over taxes us;
1. Six Taxes on One Item. This is a Scam.
You import one phone or one bale of clothes. URA charges you;
- Import Duty 25%
- Excise Duty
- VAT 18%
- Withholding Tax 6%
- Infrastructure Levy 1.5%
- Environmental Levy 30%
One item, six taxes stacked on top of each other. By the time you reach Kikuubo, the price has tripled. Who can afford that? This is not taxation, this is extortion.
2. PAYE 40% - Highest in East Africa.
In Rwanda PAYE is 30%, Tanzania 30%, Kenya 30%. In Uganda it's 40%. A worker who earns 1M takes home only 600k. Government takes 400k before you even buy food which also has 18% VAT. Where is our take home? 🏠
3. Fuel Excise Raised Every Year.
Fuel excise from 1,350/= to 1,550/= to now 1,750/=per litre. Every time fuel goes up, everything goes up taxi fare, food, cement, soap. Yet URA says they are widening tax base.
4. Double Taxation on Small Businesses.
A small shop owner in Kampala pays: Trading license to KCCA, Income tax to URA, VAT 18% plus daily EFRIS fines of 2M, 6M for small mistakes. Many shops closed in 2024-2025 because of EFRIS enforcement without education.
5. EFRIS and Instant Fines are Digital Scam.
URA introduced EFRIS but did not train traders. Now a mistake of not issuing a receipt is 2M fine, then 6M. How can a woman selling tomatoes afford 6M? This is not tax collection rather this is punishment of the poor.
6. 11% Tax to GDP yet Harassing the Same 1 Million People.
URA collects only 11% of GDP, the lowest in EAC because they fear to tax the rich and the corrupt who steal billions. So they squeeze the same 1 million compliant Ugandans, boda riders, market women and small shops over and over.
What we ask not request because we are tax payers;
1. Reduce PAYE from 40% to 30% like our neighbors.
2. Reduce VAT from 18% to 10% like Kenya.
3. Stop stacking 6 taxes on one imported item and harmonize to one single tax.
4. Stop EFRIS fines until every trader is trained free of charge.
5. Publish online how every shilling is used.
URA @URAuganda , you are not collecting tax. You are killing businesses. You are making Uganda the most expensive country to live in East Africa.
If you tax us to death, who will pay tax tomorrow?
We Pay Tax, We Deserve Respect, Not Scam.
#TaxJusticeUg #EndOverTaxation
Egwale Godwin Abila retweeted
Just read his post; it makes a lot of sense. The rich will get richer at the expense of the poor. @AkisoBenjamin
🚨🚨DEAN OF THIEVES 🚨🚨
We the traders, boda riders, youth and ordinary Ugandans have suffered enough. We are not refusing to pay tax. We are refusing to be over taxed and scammed by a system designed to make us poor.
This is how URA over taxes us;
1. Six Taxes on One Item. This is a Scam.
You import one phone or one bale of clothes. URA charges you;
- Import Duty 25%
- Excise Duty
- VAT 18%
- Withholding Tax 6%
- Infrastructure Levy 1.5%
- Environmental Levy 30%
One item, six taxes stacked on top of each other. By the time you reach Kikuubo, the price has tripled. Who can afford that? This is not taxation, this is extortion.
2. PAYE 40% - Highest in East Africa.
In Rwanda PAYE is 30%, Tanzania 30%, Kenya 30%. In Uganda it's 40%. A worker who earns 1M takes home only 600k. Government takes 400k before you even buy food which also has 18% VAT. Where is our take home? 🏠
3. Fuel Excise Raised Every Year.
Fuel excise from 1,350/= to 1,550/= to now 1,750/=per litre. Every time fuel goes up, everything goes up taxi fare, food, cement, soap. Yet URA says they are widening tax base.
4. Double Taxation on Small Businesses.
A small shop owner in Kampala pays: Trading license to KCCA, Income tax to URA, VAT 18% plus daily EFRIS fines of 2M, 6M for small mistakes. Many shops closed in 2024-2025 because of EFRIS enforcement without education.
5. EFRIS and Instant Fines are Digital Scam.
URA introduced EFRIS but did not train traders. Now a mistake of not issuing a receipt is 2M fine, then 6M. How can a woman selling tomatoes afford 6M? This is not tax collection rather this is punishment of the poor.
6. 11% Tax to GDP yet Harassing the Same 1 Million People.
URA collects only 11% of GDP, the lowest in EAC because they fear to tax the rich and the corrupt who steal billions. So they squeeze the same 1 million compliant Ugandans, boda riders, market women and small shops over and over.
What we ask not request because we are tax payers;
1. Reduce PAYE from 40% to 30% like our neighbors.
2. Reduce VAT from 18% to 10% like Kenya.
3. Stop stacking 6 taxes on one imported item and harmonize to one single tax.
4. Stop EFRIS fines until every trader is trained free of charge.
5. Publish online how every shilling is used.
URA @URAuganda , you are not collecting tax. You are killing businesses. You are making Uganda the most expensive country to live in East Africa.
If you tax us to death, who will pay tax tomorrow?
We Pay Tax, We Deserve Respect, Not Scam.
#TaxJusticeUg #EndOverTaxation
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Wednesday at the production table. 🧵💜
Every reusable pad we make carries a bigger purpose: menstrual dignity for girls and practical opportunities for young women.
We’re not just making pads. We’re building possibilities.
#MenstrualHealth #ElevateKaramoja
Egwale Godwin Abila retweeted
AHPC BOARDS3⃣
The Medical Clinical Officers(MCO) Board caters for:
✅Medical Clinical Officers
✅Anaesthetic Clinical Officers
✅Ophthalmic Clinical Officers
✅Psychiatric Clinical Officers
Do you know who leads your board at AHPC?
Meet the Chairperson Annet Kaara Namugosa.
Egwale Godwin Abila retweeted
Allied Health workers & Patients, know your rights.
Under the Allied Health Professionals Regulations(2017), you can report professional misconduct, corruption, neglect of duty, or ethics breaches. Let us standardize quality care by speaking up. Let us all protect patient rights
Egwale Godwin Abila retweeted
AHPC BOARDS 4⃣
The Dentistry Board caters for:
✳️Public Health Dental Officers
✳️Dental Technologists
Do you know your board leadership?
Meet Chairperson Dr. J.M. Okwadi Tukei.
@ProfJCOkiria1 @MinofHealthUG @AttoGladys @CHRISBARYOMUNS1 @sbbagaya @flashNabagereka
I’ve recently started reading Good to Great by Jim Collins, and one idea has stayed with me:
“Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.”
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Watch Joyce one of our #SuperTeen leaders at Nateeta Church of Uganda Primary School was overjoyed about the #PeriodBank launch and donation to her school club. She shared how girls have been missing school for up to a week due to a lack of sanitary towels.
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We are LOCKED IN! Our next big event is here THE PERIOD BANK LAUCH!
We’re bringing a new chapter to menstrual health by ensuring rural girls have access to emergency sanitary towels while at school.
📍 Kayunga | October 11, 2026
#PeriodBank #DayOfTheGirlChild
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Today, we are celebrating girls, their rights, and menstrual health through the launch of our #PeriodBank in Kayunga!
We have a full day of fun games, exciting activities, learning, laughter, and meaningful conversations as we create a safe and supportive space for every girl.
Egwale Godwin Abila retweeted
Today, we launched the #PeriodBank! Here one of the headteachers from our partner schools appreciates our initiative to ensure girls have access to emergency sanitary pads while at school. @smartgirlsug @youthchaperonug @extend_uganda for joining us and supporting this.
Egwale Godwin Abila retweeted
Happy International Day of the Girl Child!
Every girl in deserves to learn, lead, live with dignity and dream without limits. Let’s end child marriage, protect girls’ rights and invest in their future.
We are not just raising girls. We are raising a generation. 🌸
#DayOfTheGirl
Egwale Godwin Abila retweeted
Happy International Day of the Girl Child!
Every girl in deserves to learn, lead, live with dignity and dream without limits. Let’s end child marriage, protect girls’ rights and invest in their future.
We are not just raising girls. We are raising a generation. 🌸
#DayOfTheGirl
Egwale Godwin Abila retweeted
Otafiire was the first Vice Chairman of the Original High Command, Late General Elly Tumwiine was the second Vice Chairman.
What we know, you never will.
Good evening, Che (The Genius)
Let me clarify about your Father’s honorary rank. First, he got an Honorary Rank of Colonel. Under normal circumstances, an Honorary rank is given once. You cannot be promoted when you are holding an Honorary Rank. That is why the late Kategaya remained an Honorary Brigadier until his death, Hajji Most Kigongo is also Honorary Brigadier, Hon Butime is Honorary Colonel etc. It is only your Father Otafiire who bullied Mzee and secured a promotion to Major Gen ( even jumping Brigadier). Such a promotion is unprecedented anywhere in the world. I am told he has been quietly lobbying to be promoted to full General but I hear Mzee refused. Second, Otafiire only did the Officers’ Basic Course at Bombo Barracks in 1990. Such a course would only assist him to the active rank of second Lt or Lt! The military knowledge he has can only allow him to command a Platoon. His colleagues who hold active ranks( not Honorary Rank like him) went on to do senior Military courses at Kimaka( Gen Salim Saleh, Late Gen. Tumwiine, Gen @sejudav , Late Mayombo etc) or else where like late Aronda, Kale( USA), Tumukunde( Nigeria) etc. It is a complete lie for anyone to say Otafiire did any other formal military course other than the OBC. So, his understanding of military issues is quite limited. Even in the bush, Otafiire your Father was in the politcal wing, he never commanded even a section. He has never even been a member of the High Command. Let uncle @sejudav dispute what I have written about Otafiire.
Happy International Day of the Girl Child!
Every girl in deserves to learn, lead, live with dignity and dream without limits. Let’s end child marriage, protect girls’ rights and invest in their future.
We are not just raising girls. We are raising a generation. 🌸
#DayOfTheGirl