David Soita Masinde.
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Data analyst skilled in Python, R, Excel, QuickBooks, Tableau, Power BI, SPSS, Stata, Minitab, & POS systems. Passionate about data & Business Automation & ML.
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If kneeling is fundamentally about respect and hierarchy in Buganda, then I am genuinely curious about something in this video. We often say Baganda women kneel when greeting men, especially elders. But historical accounts of Buganda also show that status could override gender. Royal women, including princesses, occupied exceptional positions, and even chiefs could bow or kneel when addressing them. So was this princess actually expected to kneel to the men she greeted? I am not asking this to demean her or attack the tradition. I am asking because the answer tells us something deeper about Buganda culture: does the rule mean “women kneel before men,” or does it really mean “people of lower status defer to those above them”? If it is the latter, then royal status changes the entire equation.
David Soita Masinde.221,614 views • 21 hours ago
Okay, granted. Moses Matovu was a legend in Afrigo Band, a founder and director, and for many of us his music was part of the soundtrack of growing up. That is why I find it painful when, within hours of somebody dying, we begin reducing the whole person to the circumstances of the last few moments of his life. Imagine the difference. A man gives almost six decades to music, helps build Afrigo Band from its beginnings in 1975, leads musicians across generations, and then suddenly the conversation becomes about where he was, who he was with, where that person lived and what people think that relationship meant. But the facts currently established are narrower. Matovu was attacked at Kibuli Market Zone B, taken to Kibuli Hospital and died from his injuries. Police have opened a suspected murder investigation, while the circumstances and motive remain under investigation. So let us be human about this. A person can know people from different walks of life. A person can form relationships that other people do not understand. A person can make choices that we ourselves would not make. None of that gives us permission to measure their humanity by the address on somebody's door. At the end of the day, we are all more than the worst thing people can say about us after we are gone. Let us remember what Moses gave people before we start arguing about what people think happened to him. Let us mourn him as a human being, and let the evidence speak about the death.
David Soita Masinde.54,599 views • 10 days ago
This driver should be arrested and charged for negligent driving. How do you overspeed by more than 70 km/h in a built-up area? That is not a small mistake or a momentary lapse in attention. The question is simple: what exactly was the driver thinking would happen at that speed? A built-up area is precisely where speed limits exist.
David Soita Masinde.75,849 views • 16 days ago
The Lord Mayor Balimwezo is standing in the Constitutional Square, ranting openly before the cameras that he is fighting for the preservation of the only remaining green space in the city centre. But before we go too far, let us remember who this same person has been. This is the same Balimwezo who was aligning his notepad, not a foot soldier, just to avoid taking a combative and defiant posture whenever he was dealing with government or state officers, especially in cases like these. So how do I explain what I am seeing now? The very position where I expected the patriotic group, the National Unity Platform foot soldiers, to be fighting for the defence of the park is now occupied by Balimwezo himself, standing there ranting and hissing like an overheated radiator. You can see this shift on the ground. That contrast is difficult to ignore. To me, it looks like Balimwezo is trying to send two messages at once. To the opposition, he wants to demonstrate where he belongs, that he is pro-opposition and that he supports the opposition. At the same time, he has shown that he can accommodate the government's coverage. Now he appears to have been squeezed into this particular position where he has to come out and shout in the park himself. And this is why I keep asking: why did they try to demean what Lukwago was doing? Lukwago was doing exactly this. He was standing up over the same issue, and they accused him of all sorts of things, including that he did not want development. Now I wait to see how Balimwezo will finish his term as Lord Mayor of Kampala, especially with all these allegations and concerns about corruption coming from the government. The question is no longer simply who is shouting in the park. The question is why some people were condemned for doing exactly what others are now doing publicly.
David Soita Masinde.74,118 views • 19 days ago
Who else has noticed that since King Oyo passed, Tooro has not closed ranks the way a senior death is supposed to? In many cultures the funeral of a senior person pulls people into one room. This one is doing the opposite. It is mapping the lines that were already there, only now they are visible in public. You can see it in the funeral itself. The body is coming from abroad, so even the first movement, airport to Karuziika, is already a negotiation with custom that was written for a king who dies at home. Nine days of mourning, the drum turned down, who convenes, who speaks, who walks where, who holds the protocol. Every step is being argued as if the rite itself were the prize.Then the succession sits on top of that. One statement says the crown is assured, that a prince exists and will be named in the proper time. Another current, coming from clan elders charged with the search, treats that claim as something that still has to be proven inside the Babiito house. That is not a small disagreement. That is two accounts of the same throne trying to occupy the same week.What is easy to miss is that a kingdom does not only mourn a man. It rehearses who may speak for the dead. When the living cannot agree on the arrangement of the funeral, they are already rehearsing the arrangement of power. Protocol looks like courtesy until it becomes the first battlefield of the heir. So the grief is real, and so is the fracture. The death did not invent the clans or the rival claims on custom. It removed the person who had been sitting on top of those differences, and now every contested step, from the body to the burial to the name that follows, is showing us what Tooro had been holding together by habit rather than by settled agreement.
David Soita Masinde.82,686 views • 1 month ago
This boy has come out to give her his facts regarding Mwendas' involvement in the Tooro Kingdom succession failure. People were initially saying, "This boy is mad. Oh he is crazy" or perhaps he is just being used but look at the logic he is hammering here. He seems to have a few legitimate points to put across to Andrew Mwenda.
David Soita Masinde.26,894 views • 23 days ago
The photo of Moses Kalangwa's children out of school should haunt every NRM office in Kayunga. This man did not tweet for NRM. He built it. Village to village. Mobilization that you cannot fake. He was a senior cadre when being a cadre meant risk and work. He died. They gave him a state-like burial. Praises. Eulogies. 100 million from the President. And his kids cannot go to school. Read that again. His kids cannot go to school. Moses Kalangwa was rich. Not rumored rich. Real property. Resources that should have seen these children through university and allowed them to amplify what he built. Today that property is being sold left, right and center. The children have no say. We hear only three children have been recognized. The rest are helpless. Out of school. Out of the conversation about their own father's estate. This is Uganda's most shameful culture: we bury men with expensive coffins and bury their legacies with silence. Where are the big men who worked with him? The ones in government? The ones who benefited from his mobilization? They are waiting to do charity content. Pick one child. Pay fees for one term. Invite cameras. Post on social media. Prove they are good people. Then leave the family to suffer again. That is not leadership. That is content creation with orphans. What they should have done is take over immediately. Lead succession planning. Force family reconciliation. Ensure fair distribution. Protect the children. Ensure continuity. Because if your comrade's children are selling mandazi to survive while his land is being sold behind their backs, your eulogy was a lie. And it is very unfortunate to watch.
David Soita Masinde.23,281 views • 21 days ago
Let's talk about the massive double standard happening in Uganda right now. On one hand, the government tells ordinary citizens to stop drinking in the afternoon, shut down bars early, and "get to work." But on the other hand, the very minister pushing this policy is out hosting massive daytime dance rallies with thousands of people in broad daylight. If an ordinary youth sits at a roadside establishment at 2 PM, they are called lazy and unproductive. But if that same youth stands in a dusty field at 2 PM dancing for a politician, it’s suddenly completely fine? Productivity isn't created by shutting down small businesses or banning leisure. It’s created by real jobs, fair wages, and economic opportunities. Ugandans deserve real solutions, not lectures from leaders who don't practice what they preach.
David Soita Masinde.33,605 views • 1 month ago
I was following the countrywide tours closely by the minister, and I was thinking that even if we might blame him for a few missteps, his initial work exposing corruption was genuinely valuable. But now, we have reached this game of populism where we are distributing chapatis. Plain chapatis cost 500 UGX are torn in pieces and thrown at people, in a manner suggesting benevolence is merely handed down from those in power to those at the bottom. At that exact point, I believe we have veered off the main cause.
David Soita Masinde.42,921 views • 2 months ago
I think we are treating this issue too casually, yet it carries serious implications for legality, morality, and human decency. People have gone to a pharmacy (a medical facility by definition) where prescriptions are filled. Yet, they are being yelled at, accused of sitting there just to avoid cleanup. Really? What authority does a police officer, trained for entirely different responsibilities, have to assess someone who is in a medical condition or has underlying health issues while seeking medication or a prescription? They simply lack that capacity. Now, when they order someone out, what happens if that person collapses or their condition worsens as a result? Who will be held liable? We are taking too many things for granted. Yes, a clean environment is important, but not at the cost of decency, morality, and humane behavior. This situation demands serious attention.
David Soita Masinde.14,975 views • 1 month ago
𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐛. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐟𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐝 𝐮𝐩, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐒𝐲𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐲𝐨’𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. The murder of national rugby star Sydney Gongodyo in Kampala isn't just a tragedy for the sports community; it is a brutal mirror reflecting a systemic crisis. A 27-year-old elite athlete doesn't suddenly change to street-level mugging. Yet, a single accusation in Upper Naguru was enough to trigger a lethal flash-mob reaction. This is the terrifying reality of informal justice systems. When trust in formal institutions collapses, communities default to a tribal, immediate form of deterrence. Mob justice operates on a zero-margin-of-error principle where the accusation acts as the verdict and the execution happens concurrently. It relies entirely on collective anonymity, allowing individuals to bypass personal moral accountability under the guise of public safety. The arrest of three suspects is a surface-level fix to a structural pathogen. The video footage circulating isn't just evidence of a crime; it is documentation of a cultural normalization of violence. If a high-profile national figure can be erased from the grid in minutes based on unverified panic, then no average citizen is safe. True accountability requires dismantling the societal belief that street corners have the jurisdiction to hand out death sentences. We cannot afford to mistake collective bloodlust for civic duty. The transition from a rules-based society to a state of nature happens precisely when we begin to tolerate the mob as a legitimate alternative to due process. RIP Sydney.
David Soita Masinde.28,373 views • 4 months ago
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