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Our Neighbours Uganda had their president sworn in for a 7th term

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 13 May

I am a proud African, almost independent of any leadership as I am mostly self-reliant in terms of basic needs. I mean I hardly expect food, shelter and clothing from our government. Healthcare is scandalous and amenities are...

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Reprieve to poor Africans as Dubai property of their corrupt leaders is bombed

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 16 Mar

Many poor Africans whose leaders have looted their economies to invest in Dubai have had the last laugh after Iran bombed almost 60% of their properties. The corrupt leaders are now crying foul and hoping the war ends soon. What...

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US Rejects Uganda Apology

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 31 Jan

An army general in Uganda recently posted a tweet that did not go well with the US. In retaliation, the US threatened of sanctions. What we all know is that no African Country can stand without aid from the outside world,...

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80-year old Ugandan president wants to run for presidency again after rulling for 40 years

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1744) 4 Jul

What is the problem with many African leaders? They just want to remain in power forever, knowing that their health cannot withstand the rigours of such a position at that age. President Museveni of Uganda has governed his country...

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Uganda, the only African Country that is self sufficient with food

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 12 Sep 24

Also known as the "Pearl of Africa", Uganda is one of the poorest countries in the world. It is located in Eastern Africa, bordering Kenya to the east, Tanzania to the south, Rwanda, DRC and Burundi to the west and South Sudan to...

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The S. S. Uganda Cruise 2

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 23 Aug 19

The first few days of the summer of 1977 S. S. Uganda educational cruise were entirely at sea. The bullies lost interest in me after the first night, and the stormy weather of the North Sea gave way to the pleasant calmness of...

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Day Three On The SS Uganda Cruise - Meeting The Captain

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 17 Mar 18

June 1977 Day Three I woke to more seasickness – worse than ever – even the crew were sick this time. The ship was also rocking about alarmingly. I kept thinking about films like The Poseidon Adventure. People were falling over....

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My Smartphone is more expensive then these movies

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker @CaptAlbertWhisker (32760) • Calgary, Alberta 16 Mar 18

Recently Ugandan action movies are becoming a source of memes at social media. If you see someone flooding "You know the wae" at Youtube, Twitter or facebook most likely they get to...

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The SS Uganda Cruise Retro-diary 11th June 1977 Rough Seas

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 9 Mar 18

Like many of our party, I woke up feeling groggy. Breakfast came in an option of full English breakfast or a Continental breakfast, which amounted to a bread roll and a glass of orange juice. I was glad of the second choice as it...

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The S. S. Uganda Cruise 1 Sailing Off

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 4 Mar 18

This diary was written forty years after the events described, so inevitably, details are forgotten, and some events may happen out of sequence. Even the exact dates of sailing and arriving home were lost on me, but I got some...

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WATER

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 5 Jan 18

H2O fascinates me. It always has. I can barely pass a lake, river, stream or fountain without wanting to stop and enjoy the patterns made by waves, ripples, flumes and spray. Some people look at cloud patterns. I can do the same...

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What is ailing East African nations

Edwin Mogere @DrEdwi (49) 3 Oct 17

Going through the news recently I am unable to understand what ails these East African nations. Uganda's parliament is a wrestling ring while the first Rwandan female candidate is facing a jail time for contesting. The Kenyan...

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Yet another Obama war... Is this the 3rd? 4th? Maybe 5th?

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 14 Oct 11

Prs. Obama informed Congress that he has deployed 100 to Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Their mission is to act as "advisers" in these countries against a group called...

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Uganda might pass an Anti - Gay Bill

MsPatriciaDV @MsPatriciaDV (635) • Philippines 10 May 11

A friend in Facebook showed me something he happened to stumbled on the web. It's a page where it says that the Ugandan Parliament is about to pass an Anti - Gay bill, where people will be executed just for being gay.The penalty...

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Who Killed the Ugandan Second Lady Kay Amin?

Nic @academic2 (7000) • Uganda 17 Aug 10

Idi Amin Dada was the first Military dictator in post independent Uganda. He had very weird character and would marry on National Television and divorce on Radio. He killed so many Ugandans-others just disappeared, yet to this...

Another atrocity has claimed over 60 lives

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 12 Jul 10

At the beginning of the World Cup Somali militants threatened football fans in Uganda that they would publicly flogged - or even killed - if they were caught watching the World Cup on TV. Last night as people in Kampala were...

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Freerice.com

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169477) • United States 25 Apr 08

CBS news just did a return feature about Freerice.com, a school in Indiana where sixth graders use the site, and students in Uganda who receive rice from Freerice. So far enough rice has been donated to feed a million people for a...

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Any Body Had Seen The Last king of Scotland

deep25btech @deep25btech (7) • India 5 Apr 07

this movie is my fav of this year man..this is owesome.its brings out the regime of the grt dicator ide amin..forest whitaker plays the charcter ide amin pleasently..he brings out the dilema insied ide amins mind..and the cruelty...

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being gay in africa

ivanmuyingo2002 @ivanmuyingo2002 (7) • Uganda 24 Mar 07

For reasons many know its a crime being gay in africa.But there a thousands if not million of gay african what should they do can they live all there lives as criminals

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Where ?

memole @memole (8) • Germany 28 Jan 07

Which part of africa have you visited? I've been to Kenya and Uganda.

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