His real name is Huzaifah but on Facebook he calls himself Malcomx and he claims to be working with parliament of Uganda yet he is still a student in high school.
Many people like Huzaifah have faked their social media profiles especially on Facebook and whatsapp. The thing is that many Ugandans didn't understand the role of social media.
A report from TakenCorporation indicates how Ugandans describe their identity on facebook in the different fields. Now take your eyes down.
NAMES:
50% use correctly spelled real names, 40% use real names but incorrectly spelled, not because they don't know how to write but it's because of swag.
Whereas 10% use nicknames and these are musicians plus the so called celebrities.
WORK:
Aaaaaah it's very hard to find someone on facebook working from Owino or Kiseka Market. Should we say Facebook doesn't allow market vendors?
Most people put self employed and these are mostly ladies. Other claim to be working for big organisations, companies and government institutions but police exclusive.
"Everyone on facebook lies, so no problem if I put American embassy as my work place" said Shamirah.
EDUCATION :
Here I give credit to Ugandans. People are proud of their schools. Cases of lieng in this section are limited. And to be sincere, Ugandans are educated people.
HOMETOWN AND CURRENT CITY
It was as if every sample we got was from Mbarara and other regions of western Uganda. In this section many say they come from the west ,so I don't know what happened to the other regions.
And most of them a living in Kampala as their current city. Few live in Jinja and for those in Gulu we had only one.
TO BE CONTINUED!!!!
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Many people like Huzaifah have faked their social media profiles especially on Facebook and whatsapp. The thing is that many Ugandans didn't understand the role of social media.
A report from TakenCorporation indicates how Ugandans describe their identity on facebook in the different fields. Now take your eyes down.
NAMES:
50% use correctly spelled real names, 40% use real names but incorrectly spelled, not because they don't know how to write but it's because of swag.
Whereas 10% use nicknames and these are musicians plus the so called celebrities.
WORK:
Aaaaaah it's very hard to find someone on facebook working from Owino or Kiseka Market. Should we say Facebook doesn't allow market vendors?
Most people put self employed and these are mostly ladies. Other claim to be working for big organisations, companies and government institutions but police exclusive.
"Everyone on facebook lies, so no problem if I put American embassy as my work place" said Shamirah.
EDUCATION :
Here I give credit to Ugandans. People are proud of their schools. Cases of lieng in this section are limited. And to be sincere, Ugandans are educated people.
HOMETOWN AND CURRENT CITY
It was as if every sample we got was from Mbarara and other regions of western Uganda. In this section many say they come from the west ,so I don't know what happened to the other regions.
And most of them a living in Kampala as their current city. Few live in Jinja and for those in Gulu we had only one.
TO BE CONTINUED!!!!
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