Yvonne Mpambara

It must center us “Bumless women with big stomachs,” Us who are tortured & detained for speaking truth to power, Us who cannot walk into a bank and get a loan, Us whose Candidacy will not use 7.5 billion of tax payers money to hold loud rallies & bribe Ugandans to participate in political gimmicks.

Leadership must represent All Women and Youth, Persons With Disabilities, veterans, Feminists, Farmers, Boda Boda riders, our Creatives, Sex Workers, Gig Economists, Medics and All Workers Living Hand to Mouth and Paycheck to Paycheck.

#ShiftThePower
#MadamPresident2026

My Candidacy is a bold step towards National Renewal and Healing, Justice and Prosperity for All. Uganda’s leadership must Shift Hands and Power must return to the People - whether through Elections or People led Political Pressure and Social Movements.

#ShiftThePower
#MadamPresident2026

Ladies, gentlemen, ALL Ugandans in the country and in the diaspora, my name is Yvonne Mpambara and I am for Presidency of the Republic of Uganda 2026 - 2031.

Dear Ugandans, we have to #ShiftThePower and challenge Uganda’s Political Culture & end this old game of politics.

#MadamPresident2026

We celebrate our resilience, beauty and brilliance of our beloved continent. The generations pushing for Africa to lead with vision, courage & compassion are HERE! Our liberation must now become transformation, for women, youth & for voices that have been long silenced.

#YoungWomenForPresidency

As we push with the @AfricaUnion.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy for reparations, Africa’s past must be honored, its injustices acknowledged and its future reclaimed. We join hands for #AfricaDay2025 under #Agenda2063 as our collective blueprint for a prosperous, self reliant and inclusive continent.

#DRC: Former Prime Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon (LGD, centre-left) was sentenced to ten years' hard labor after being convicted of embezzling ~ $250 million USD from a failed agricultural project.

"We had been tortured, and we were told to strip naked" ~ Boniface Mwangi opens up about his harrowing ordeal with Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire after their detention by Tanzanian authorities
 
Full story: thekenyatimes.com/393k

In honor of the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, the PUSH Campaign is bringing together allies and partners for a virtual event to highlight the critical role that midwives play in women’s health.

📆 28 May
🕐 15:00-16:00 CET

RSVP: internationalmidwives-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Threatening universities. Attacking judges. Bullying law firms. Clamping down on free speech.

If it looks like it, talks like it, and acts like it, it is moving toward authoritarianism.

Ugandan lawyer Agatha Atuhaire was dumped at the Uganda-#Tanzania border by Tanzanian police after four days of being unjustly detained and allegedly tortured. Atuhaire was detained in Dar es Salaam after trying to attend the treason hearing of Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu.

[Tanzanian police] kidnapped [Atuhaire], blindfolded her, stripped her naked, took nude photos of her, insulted and tortured her, denied her food, stole all her money and phone, and, four days later, dumped her 2 km before reaching the border with Uganda... at about 2 a.m. JIM SPIRE SSENTONGO Agora Discourse Co-Founder On X/Twitter

The chilling details of Agather Atuhaire’s treatment at the hands of Tanzanian security agents are coming to light (tw torture). (H/y @aljazeera.com for the graphic).

You are announced as the first in the room, as shattering barriers, as cracking ceilings, as shaking foundations, as unsettling earth. You are earthquake and gale, hurricane and tornado. A weather event. A natural disaster. A catastrophe.The force that remakes the room.
You smile at the lie.-Keguro

The fact that Ethiopia and Eritrea are on the cusp of war yet again is a reminder that eventually war can become so seeded in the logic of a state that it becomes its raison d’être. A cabal of old men who have become so rooted in warfare that they cannot even comprehend peace.

Join us next week for the launch of Library of perspectives.
Register: us06web.zoom.us/j/8262515138...

Millions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots decline Measles, once virtually wiped out in the United States, could become commonplace again if declining vaccination rates continue, a new model shows.

Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.

Hamas says Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to halt humanitarian aid into Gaza is “cheap blackmail” and a “coup” against the ceasefire deal.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/2y192mc

Essay: End the Whispering Around Menopause Illustration: © Innak | Dreamstime.com

One of my favourite public menopause moments was a couple of yrs ago at a restaurant w/a fireplace.

A woman came in with a friend and said loudly something like "Let's not sit near the fireplace. My hot flashes are hot enough."

Just like that. Yes. Thank you www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-end-...

Today's quick update [Feb 24]:

- RSF shelling reported in Elobeid, North Kordofan.

- RSF shoot down SAF aircraft reportedly carrying military personnel over Nyala, South Darfur.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

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Amended Constitutional Declaration extends Sudan's transition - Sudan Tribune February 23, 2025 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan’s Ministry of Justice on Sunday published an amended Constitutional Declaration that extends the transitional period by 39 months, eliminates the committee inves...

The new changes to Sudan's constitutional document are so predictable and so, so terrifying.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

sudantribune.com/article297812/

DID YOU KNOW: Veterans are included in diversity, equity, and inclusion.

New ‘Nakba’ fears grow as Israel ramps up occupied West Bank assault Israel says it won’t allow 40,000 Palestinians to return as tanks storm into West Bank for first time since 2002.

For the first time since 2002, Israeli tanks have been deployed to the northern occupied West Bank as the Israeli government ordered the military to prepare for an “extended stay” in refugee camps there.

🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim says Israel postponing the release of 620 Palestinian prisoners exposes “the entire agreement to grave danger” and has called on US mediators to pressure Israel “to implement the agreement.”

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/m3v9y3

One of the greatest gifts of the transition known as menopause is shamelessness. I am not known as one easily shamed nor is modesty one of my virtues. Still, I gasp at the heights of audacity that I like to think come monthly in lieu of my long gone menstrual cycle.

What we are reading: Facing the Aid Freeze: What We Must Do Now and Tomorrow by Dzikamai Bere theciviclens.org/facingaidfre...

#ShiftThePower

Essay: Dear White Democrats Read also: Feminism vs Genocide (Free to read)

I wrote before the 2024 election.

Reposting because it is stunning to see anyone in the U.S. (rightfully) rage against one president's proposed ethnic cleansing of Palestinians (Trump) unless they also rage at his predecessor's genocide of Palestinians (Biden) www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-dear...

South African soldiers in DRC: 'This was a suicide mission' | City Press By late this week, the South African troops were effectively prisoners or hostages of the M23 rebels after bloody battles during the rebels' advance on Goma.

South African soldiers in DRC: “This was a suicide mission”

BREAKING: Israel will face diplomatic and economic sanctions from a league of countries

Nine nations have unveiled a raft of measures to punish the country for its conduct in Palestine

How are you doing? This month has been rough