I met some Phaneroo fellows on a drunken evening walk, and they started trying to convince me to go to their concert.

Since I was tipsy and talkative, I bit. I asked them if they thought colonialism was a good thing, and one girl confidently responded, “It brought us Jesus,” as we stood in the middle of a dusty road with a massive flooded pothole just meters away from us, lined by sacks of rubbish from last Saturday.

Everybody knows a version of that exact pothole, from any side of town.

I wanted to slap a child of God right there and then.

Anyway my neighbor is blasting Hillsong music early this morning and at this point in my spiritual journey, the music sounds more and more like propaganda being drilled into ready minds.
The songs are easy to sing, simple lyrics, catchy, and they all sound the same with the same message, conveyed in an American accent.

“I believe in Jesus, Jesus is Lord. Let the Holy Spirit take over. I am nothing, you have everything. Set me on fire. Gracefully broken. Chains and whatnot.” Even if you are 4 years old and have no concept of what a spirit or a Hebrew carpenter is, and you’ve never been in chains.

Starts off soothing and builds up in intensity until everyone around is in tears and promising their life and belongings.

Anyway.

I’m all for worshipping whoever you worship. In fact, I envy people who still believe.

Life without some sort of spiritual power backing you up is something else.

Is it nice

Like I know alot of friends who dont use reddit or have never heard of it yet they spend much of their time on social media

Christian men and women: what makes dating different for you because you’re a Christian?
For men, what is the hardest part about dating Christian women?
For women, what is the hardest part about dating Christian men?
Do you think Christian dating actually feels different from modern secular dating, or are we dealing with many of the same problems ghosting, unrealistic expectations, lack of communication, fear of commitment, etc.?
Interested to hear experiences from both sides.

I have randomly got the thought that I don't know any person in my contact list that I have ever heard talk about doing therapy.

I know there are some therapists in the country though I have heard there are many counselors posing as therapists.

Anyways, if anyone has actually tried therapy here or knows someone that has, what is the average cost and was it worth it or it felt like a scam.

Hello!
I’m coming to Uganda for a 3-month exchange period. I’ve done a ton of research but would love if you could give me some tips and general good-to-know info about staying there. I want to be respectful and have good manners while being there.
So, what habits are annoying with tourists? How much you tip? How much are your food expences generally? What do I need to avoid so that I’m not a pain in the ass? Where is the best food at Kampala? Tell me all, I really want to learn and be prepared! 🫶🏼

Oba i am sick! I wake up sweating so bad. Eh. Nights are really hot.

Did anyone hear an explosion in Mukono last night, and does anyone know what it was? It was around 12 or 12:30. I was just falling asleep when there was a very loud boom and red light flashed through my curtains. There was no excitement, nobody laughed (as if it were a prank). I could hear my neighbors talking, but they didn’t seem as if anything was out of the ordinary.

It's getting hard to keep consistent at the gym with how my schedule is going I was thinking of grabbing this home set anyone here have something similar

Is there anyone using the PlayStation portal using ps plus cloud streaming. How is the experience and is it a worthy purchase also does it work in Uganda?

Am I grinding too hard? Because honestly… I don’t even know anymore. 😭

I have two jobs, school, and somehow I’m still trying to keep everything together. I’m planning to leave one of the jobs eventually, but for now, I’m trying to push through until December so I can save enough to give myself a better start.

The truth is, I’ve been in situations where I really didn’t want to lack. I’ve been provided for before, but I’ve also learned that I never want to find myself completely dependent or struggling with nothing to fall back on. So I keep grinding… even when it’s draining me.

Lately, though, I’m exhausted. Work is stressful, the politics are draining, Dating almost killed me from a heartbreak , I barely have an appetite, and I’ve been having emotional breakdowns in places I never thought I would. I’m functioning, but I don’t feel okay.

Maybe I’m being too hard on myself. Maybe I just need to slow down. I honestly don’t know.

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Other types of work seem to be frowned upon compared to any form of employment under someone else, and i want to know why this is.

It’s like we are so convinced of certain failure and so unaware of the workings of financial systems that we just assume the worst if someone takes a path out of the ordinary.

And yet businesses are the ones that bring employment!!

I’m so curious what Ugandans here think

Genuine question. There's this person kind, consistent, clearly into me, checks every box I'd tell a friend to look for. And I just... don't feel it. No spark, no pull, nothing.

It makes me feel like a bad person almost? Like they're doing everything right and my brain just refuses to cooperate. Chemistry is such a weird, unfair thing. You can't logic your way into liking someone, no matter how much sense it makes on paper.

Anyone else dealt with this? Did the feeling ever show up later(may be in marriage)or is "good on paper" just never going to be enough?

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Guys, is this how expensive it is to have a child? 😭😂
My friend just told me giving birth at a good hospital in Uganda can cost UGX 14M+.
So apparently making the baby is the cheapest part of the whole project. 💀😂

I'm proud of you all for doing the trash cleanup. I know it's not fun. It will help in the long run. If ppl know that they will have to pick up something that someone else threw down then they will confront that person and tell them not to litter. Hopefully, that will cut down on the littering. Free trash pickup is a good thing and will help protect the lake some more. I heard it was rough the first time and was better this 2nd time. How do you all feel about it?

I M26 looking for teaching job,desperately in need of one,if anyone can link me up,dm. Let’s talk

Someone borrowed money from me last Monday and they said they'd pay me back on Wednesday. This is someone i was once close to but not anymore but still care for them.

They came with their request and i wanted to help but I also didn't have cash on me then, and they sounded so desperate. So I borrowed from momo and sent to them, I was okay with paying back the loan. Still okay.

I did text them on Friday and they said they'd get back to me.

It's Monday evening now and still no communication from them but their stories are very active.

I wanted to wait for the weekend to end to give them the benefit of the doubt. I threw in the Monday as well.

One of my rules of lending money is don't lend out more than you can afford to lose. This was just 50k so it's ok. I'm now thinking of adding don't lend out money to those you haven't spoken to in a while, however close you might have been in the past.

Ruto just ordered all foreign hawkers to close their shops by today. It feels like a Saul in the days of his downfall

What happened On Sept 2, President Ruto addressed MSME traders at State House. He declared that starting today (Sept 7), all foreign hawkers and small shop owners in Kenya are to close down.

His exact words: "It cannot be that a person comes from China or elsewhere to be a hawker or open a small shop. We have not built investor confidence so that hawkers can come to Kenya."

The Trade Ministry later clarified this technically applies to foreigners without valid work permits. But here’s the red flag: This directive is being enforced before the Local Content Bill 2025 is passed into law.

The Saul Parallel This reminds me of 1 Samuel 15:24, where King Saul says, "I feared the people and obeyed their voice."

The pressure cooker right now: 1. The Audience: Kenyan MSME traders protesting taxes and claiming foreign traders (selling duvets, clothes, etc.) are undercutting them in hubs like Gikomba and Eastleigh. 2. The Popular Move: Reserving small business for Kenyans. It gets cheers. 3. The Timing: Elections are next year. Critics are calling this "scapegoating foreigners for economic difficulties." The Human Cost Civil society groups like Kituo Cha Sheria warn this will fuel xenophobic profiling and harassment. They highlight that vulnerable migrants—including roughly 16,000 Burundians and 857,000 refugees who rely on hawking—are now at risk.

Hundreds of Burundians were already queuing at their embassy this morning. One told reporters: "I am not going home by choice. I have been forced to go."

The Theological Question There’s a distinction, of course. Saul disobeyed God to please people. Ruto would argue he is obeying his mandate—the Kenyan people.

But Samuel’s question to Saul remains the core issue: Is bypassing established legal processes (enforcing a ban before the law is passed) to chase popularity actually "obedience," or is it just pleasing the crowd?

The Real Question for This Sub Does this help local Kenyan traders long-term, or is it creating another structural problem (like Saul’s reign ended in disaster)?

I’m curious how everyone views the intersection of populism, economic policy, and xenophobia here.

I would have posted this on the Kenyan sub but got difficulties doing so.

I find myself bored sometimes and I crave a cigarette 🚬 to just smoke as I pass time. Mind you, I'm no smoker like I do this once every 3 months or so.

Partly I do it so rearly to avoid becoming hooked to them or to anything. I find myself asking what void, do these addiction experts say addicts be trying to fill. I feel no particular void Unique to me personally other than the normal void of the human existence.