Ramblings of a father, husband, tech lover, amateur poet, book lover, who believes family makes him & culture holds all
Happy Easter Monday to you all, and I hope that the rains on Sunday night completed the cleansing process from the festivities, the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ and from the feast of the Goddess Ester (depending on which side you lean)… I am one who embraces all religious doctrines an faiths. So over […]
This is the hottest topic right now with valid arguments on both sides of the equation, so here is my unsolicited opinion. What we can agree on is Jumia calling itself African is to look exotic, different to be able to raise its valuation hence more money to the shareholders. Arguments that this is a […]
This blog post is a reminder to myself, that I need to follow the personal practices that I have setup for myself as well as laugh at a mishap I had over the weekend. This is an analysis of a set of cascading failures just like dominoes that almost ruined a work field trip, lengthening […]
Code of Conduct (CoC) – “Principles, values, standards, or rules of behaviour that guide the decisions, procedures and systems of an individual in a way that (a) contributes to the welfare of my key stakeholders (my family and country), and (b) respects the rights of all road users affected by my usage.” My definition paraphrased from […]
Happy New Year folks, its been a while since I last wrote, but well the year is still young. Its just a week to Valentine’s day and I am contemplating what to do this year for my dear loved one, which got me thinking of how I should approach it… With all the flash and […]
Uganda, my motherland, my homeland where I was bred, born and raised While I may not like what you have become I am not going anywhere Age ain’t nothing but a number Now it is my turn – It is not about what you can do for me, but what I can do for you […]
This is my opinionated guide to OpenMRS (http://openmrs.org) customization for multiple sites, may work for a single site if developer resources are available. This guide is based on 3 years working with the UgandaEMR distribution (https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/UgandaEMR+Distribution) for the Ministry of Health of Uganda, currently in 650 sites across the country (December 2017). Background to OpenMRS […]
I am curious about the ability to validate that the Uganda National Identification Number (NIN) is well formed. However this does not validate that the NIN actually belongs to the person presenting it or that it is correct. The rules that I have been able to gleam are: Must be 14 characters long First character is […]
Over the weekend, I took time to go to the Harvest Money Expo (https://www.newvision.co.ug/tag/harvest-money-expo/) with the aim of getting some ideas to stimulate my mind with agribusiness opportunities. I awas fortunate to also meet with Robert Kabushenga, Dr Kisamba Mugerwa and Hon. Rosemary Sseninde. I did some personal introspection on why agribusiness for a technology […]
There are job advertisements going all around social media for enumerators to support an exercise to register boda-boda drivers in Kampala city. These are thoughts on how the implementation can be done in a cost-effective manner, getting a reasonable return for the investment. Stakeholder engagement and management – outline the benefits of the registration to […]
