MUGISA ABWOOLI BLOG

Today February 28 marks the end of this month in the year 2023! We are never going to see it again. Let us therefore make the very best of it. We are reminded in the book of Ecclesiastes 3:1 that there is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven. In Psalm 90:12, we pray and request God to teach us to number our days well so that we may gain a heart of wisdom and in Ephesians 6:15- 16, we are called upon to be very careful how we live – not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity because the days are evil. Tomorrow is a new day and month. We are getting ushered into the month of March 2023 which also doubles as my birth month. I thank God for all people who celebrated their birthdays in January and February. March also has babies like me and all birth month-mates. We look up to God for more of his favor, love and grace. We stand in the power of the word as written in Proverbs 23:18 to declare that there is surely a future and hope for us a...

A few thoughts before I step out of this room (which room? Never mind!) Human rights are natural entitlements that accrue to everyone by virtue of being human. They are: 1. Universal 2. Inherent 3. Inalienable 4. Interdependent/inseparable/interconnected  5. Enjoyed on the basis of nondiscrimination  Throughout my over ten years of human rights advocacy and practice, I have known and shared information with stakeholders including beneficiaries of my work that the first thing we must look at is or consider is the aspect of A HUMAN BEING (You and Me) with flesh and blood flowing through our veins. On the matter of homosexuality, I request that we explore a little more. We seem to understand but the more we talk about it, the more we seem ignorant about it. Entirely. I cannot out-rightly say it is a human right to be LGBTQI+. No. Human rights are universally recognized standards that are quite obvious and a mention of a right might not necessarily cause a discus...

​​ Let's face it. It's real because it was written and communicated to the concerned parties and published in the media. That is how we got to know about it. The mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Uganda shall not be renewed! I am hesitant to place a full stop to the discussion because I habour hope that may be the initiators of the decision might rethink and rescind it.  As a civil society actor, I find it very saddening that the way we see things in the sector is not the way some other people see them. We are at a point in life where everyone should be using a people-centered and human rights based approaches in handling of all affairs. It doesn't pay for anyone to sit in their room and make a decision that favours them alone. There is need to think about other actors who are likely to be affected by that decision. A quick illustration is that of a marriage relationship which can thrive best if the spouses are in regular and open communic...

​ Welcome to February 2023! What shall we render to God for keeping us alive to see a new month? What shall we give to God in appreciation of all his benefits and GOODNESS unto us? Surely!?  Okay, When we celebrated the new year on 1st January 2023, each of us only HOPED that we would make it through, but we didn't, and we still don't have a clear formula of how exactly each day would/will unfold.  There are things we have already touched and placed in our ACHIEVEMENTS box for the month of January, and we are looking FORWARD to achieving our TARGETS for this month, February 2023! What a great month we EXPECT it to be. We look forward to a good and fruitful life. I request us to stand in one accord to DECLARE, believe and TRUST God for BREAKTHROUGH at all levels and at  ​​ all times; for HEALING, OPPORTUNITIES, safe TRAVELS, amazing GRACE to cover us all the days of our LIVES. We declare that we will not die but LIVE to see and proclaim the goodness of God in this land of ...