Yusuf Serunkuma🌹 ✓

@YusufSerunkuma · Kampala, Uganda · joined 13 May 2009

Anthropologist, Cultural Studies: Pol. economy. Literature. Marx. Horn of Africa. I wrote *Surrounded* with @editors_guild Columnist, @observerug

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11 050Posts total

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Yusuf Serunkuma🌹 ✓@YusufSerunkuma12 Sep

"the problem is whom are we hosting? Foreigners who have no money. An investor who says give me land; give me electricity – that is a poor foreigner you have brought in..." I challenge Dr Muhumuza on the actually rich investors, & continuing extraction – as cause for our https:/

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Yusuf Serunkuma🌹 ✓@YusufSerunkuma11 Sep

A conversation on decoloniality, rightly turned into a discussion on whether there were any truly rich people in Uganda. I argued – not sure to what success – that Uganda did not have any rich people but folks keeping appearances. We are all broke – not till we own our economy.

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Yusuf Serunkuma🌹 ✓@YusufSerunkuma10 Sep

@YusufSerunkuma I sent some ka money to my sister & waited for a thank you only her to be like singa wasose kumbuza coz babadde bamanjako & that's wen I told her next time to say everything in one sentence coz I won't ask which number to send on 179 views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Yusuf Serunkuma🌹 ✓@YusufSerunkuma10 Sep

@YusufSerunkuma That’s why Buli omu anonya Visa 198 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Yusuf Serunkuma🌹 ✓@YusufSerunkuma10 Sep

@YusufSerunkuma Supaloaf was left to plunge into tax debt of 2b yet some construction company was bailed out and given more money to continue running 258 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Yusuf Serunkuma🌹 ✓@YusufSerunkuma10 Sep

Ekiri ku ground: "Instant Mobile Money loans have become the option. But it has also custom for anyone sending money to ask the recipient, “to which number should I send?” Or the recipient quickly alerts the sender, "let me send you another number. "Even the so-called big https

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Yusuf Serunkuma🌹 ✓@YusufSerunkuma10 Sep

Coming soon at @observerug With the economist, Dr Frederick Muhumuza – to discuss the emptiness of our pockets: Why are Ugandans terrifyingly broke despite all interventions? somehow we ended up discussing whether Uganda "owns or host a foreign economy." https://t.co/p5W4D7O9f

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Yusuf Serunkuma🌹 ✓@YusufSerunkuma9 Sep

The money just rails away. 1.8K views · 32 likes · 7 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

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8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views1 455this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %6.77%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %2.47%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 455	924	1.57×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.77%	3.62%	1.87×
Engagement rate	2.47%	1.52%	1.62×

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2.19%9 Sep

4.00%10 Sep

2.75%

1.16%

1.52%

3.35%

3.01%11 Sep

1.72%12 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes65.9%679 in total

Reposts17.7%182 in total

Replies3.2%33 in total

Bookmarks13.3%137 in total

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