Mistake No. 1: Just because of my use of the word "flop" in an earlier post, an opinion you can easily ignore, I'm under fire from fellow foot soldiers. Lesson No. 1: In a struggle, learn to keep your eyes on the big picture without tiny matters turning you on each other.

The Summer Olympic Games' classic sports: Gymnastics, Swimming, and the centrepiece of every Olympics, track and field athletics. I'm looking forward.

My news prediction - Expect a terrorist attack in Paris before the end of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in response to the opening ceremony that was dominated by themes of neo-paganism and a homosexual mockery of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper".

At our Pan-African cultural festival two weeks ago, Kampala, Sunday, July 14, 2024. Here, from Comoros. (Something about women's Islamic wear I like these days, especially the petal-like gathers below the neck and the shoulder drop-off.) Photo by Timothy Kalyegira

2020, the unforgettable year of COVID-19 when face masks became the pandemic's defining global image. This was taken in Kampala in July 2020. Photo by Timothy Kalyegira

Interest in candidates in swing states July 29 - Aug. 5, 2024 Source: Google data Arizona Trump 52%, Harris, 48% Georgia Trump 51%, Harris, 49% Michigan Trump 54%, Harris, 46% Nevada Trump 51%, Harris, 49% Pennsylvania Trump 54%, Harris, 46% Wisconsin Trump 53%, Harris, 47%

Global interest in African countries Aug. 2023 - Aug. 2024 Source: Google tracking data Researched by Timothy Kalyegira 1) Egypt, 54% 2) Morocco, 45% 3) South Africa, 43% 4) Nigeria, 29% 5) Algeria, 21% 6) Kenya, 17% 7) Tunisia, 16% 8) Ghana, 13% 9) Uganda, 9% 10)Tanzania, 7%

I've just returned from shooting a video of Mbarara, one of the three towns (other two Masaka, Arua) bombed during the 1979 Tanzania-Uganda war. Mbarara is now definitely town No. 2 after Kampala in size of the consumer market, the pace of life, and the people's attitude/dress.

Interest within Uganda in various towns Aug. 2023 - Aug. 2024 Source: Google tracking data Researched and compiled by Timothy Kalyegira 1) Kampala, 80% 2) Entebbe, 13% 3) Mbarara, 10% 4) Jinja, 8% 5) Gulu, 7% 6) Mbale, 5% 7) Kabale, 5% 8) Mukono, 5% 9) Arua, 3% 10) Fort Portal, 3%

The rise and fall of social media A six-part series by Timothy Kalyegira Part 1: The Yahoo!/AOL era, 1994-2002 Part 2: Facebook Part 3: Twitter's intellectual pretensions Part 4: Pinterest and Instagram: The lifestyle apps Part 5: TikTok and the low point Part 6: What comes next?

An excerpt from the 10-minute video I shot last week in Mbarara, western Uganda. Scenes include a batsman from Ntare School's junior cricket team, one of the new shopping malls, 91.2 Crooze FM, and random residents. Video by Timothy Kalyegira

From a neighbouring country (DRCongo); in Kampala, July 2024. Photo by Timothy Kalyegira

The best thing to have happened to M7 was for People Power to become NUP and join parliament. The salaries, per diem, cars, and trips abroad have softened and corrupted NUP's spirit and resolve, ensuring the party will never expand beyond its current central stronghold.

Who copied whose assignment? 🇹🇿 🇺🇬

There is no low that is too low for some African governments these days. None. Everyday, you wake up to another record low broken.

"It’s an intriguing paradox that in the age of supposedly shorter attention spans...a new Ipsos survey of thousands of Gen Z respondents shows that people from this generation are more willing than ever to indulge in hours-long video content." (YouTube report, August 2022)

M7's C.V.: - Student agitation, 1966-1970 - State Research Officer, 1970-1971 - FRONASA insurgency, 1971-1974; 1978-1979 - UNLF ministerial roles, 1979-1980 - Election bid, 1980 - NRA insurgent army, 1981-1986 - Post-conflict government, 1986-1996 - Family businesses, 1996 -

"From the remnants of this Nile transport system was to emerge a school that would later gain national notoriety for its glitzy, eccentric entertainment and sporting culture." (Excerpts from an obituary on the late Fr. D. Grimes and general retrospective I'm preparing.)

My parents wedding day 07.09.1975