So, I finally got my hands on the monstrosity that is the recently passes Anti-Homosexuality Act the Parliament of Uganda (PoU)

With a non-legal background, but just common sense, here is my take on the most ridiculous provisions 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

🧵 They started on the wrong footing by getting the definitions wrong. The PoU decided to redefine what homosexuality is!! Homosexuality is not about the sex act. It is about one’s orientation – having emotional, romantic feelings for someone of the same sex.......

#Omena = tiny fish
#Omena = tiny fish eaten by other fish/people
#Omena = tiny fish, swimming in the lake, often destined for the plate, on someone's menu somewhere
Now imagine, some #omena (destined for someone’s plate tomorrow), think other #omena should be eaten (first)? Newsflash#1: If you are not wealthy/politically connected in your country, you are #OMENA 📢📢📢
Instead of fighting for all #Omena not to be eaten, instead of fighting for the dignity of all #Omena, you are asking #LGBTQ folks to be eaten first !!
Stupid will finish you
#Ubuntu

1/2 With the avalanche of news about #Omicron I can't help the sense of impending doom that I felt early in the pandemic. This is compounded by knowing that this was totally avoidable. Rich countries have mismanaged most aspects of their pandemic response.... ....allowed uncontrolled spread within and outside their borders, hoarded vaccines and test kits, relaxed other measures prematurely, fed us with empty promises, opposed #TRIPSwaiver, let vaccines expire and many other questionable decisions...i

I have been thinking about this lately. An African scientist has developed 2 vaccine candidates and he can't obtain funding to conduct vaccine trials!!!

#VaccineEquity

Western Countries Prevented African Nations From Having Their Own Vaccine vice.com/en/article/epn… via @vice For months now, African gov'ts have been lamenting about vaccine nationalism, BEGGING rich countries to share their vaccines and advocating for #TRIPSWaiver . Perhaps if @christian_happi had received funds 2 months ago, he would be inching closer to Africa's own vaccine

About a year ago, one tablet of Hydroxychloroquine in UG shot up to 6000 Shs because people emptied all the pharmacies and stocked it up presumably to treat COVID19 (IF they got it). The price later decreased to 5000, then 3000.......

*1 USD = ~ 3600 UG Shs

#StaySafeUG Meanwhile they are people who need Hydroxychloroquine to treat chronic joint conditions. For many of these, the drug became out of reach, so for months they were suffering with severe joint pains

#StafSafeUG

Have we ever considered the cost of common cold due to lack of protocols in schools if a child has a cold?? In some countries, children with a cold are expected to say home for at least 72 hours if they don't have fever & for those with fever, 48 hours AFTER the fever has stopped Without such protocols here, one child gets a cold, passes it on to all their classmates, who pass it on to siblings who pass it on to their classmates in other schools, who pass it on to parents who take it the workplace to other parents who take it to church and pass it on.....

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One day, I hope we will talk about COVID19 and schools; about the do or die attitude around school attendance, where parents, teachers and school heads are willing to risk their lives & the lives of students as long as they don't miss a few days of classes.
#CovidIsReal Case in point:
My 11 y.o and 2 y.o started in person classes on May 11. A little over a week later, they both came home with cough, runny nose & fever. I decided they would skip school the next day (Friday) and possibly Monday the week after (with the weekend)
#CovidIsReal

My fellow Africans, I can say without fear that if the predicted Covid19 tsunami had hit the continent as predicted, we would've been on our own. If a catastrophic wave hits the continent, we'll be on our own, caught between clueless politicians and an uncaring global community The unfolding catastrophe in India and in recent times in Brazil, shows how clueless politicians can easily bring a country to its knees and how the rest of the world will look on, still hoarding vaccines, opposing patent waivers & maintaining export bans.

#VaccineApartheid