Priscilla Namwanje

'Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those we cannot resemble'. Samuel Johnson #Tuesday

Pictorial: Hundreds of participants turned up for the 2026 Kabaka Birthday Run, with both the young and old taking part to celebrate the Kabaka’s 71st birthday. The event was marked by vibrant scenes of joy and unity, with some participants dancing along the way, while others celebrated in their own unique ways. #NTVNews #KabakaBirthdayRun2026 #KabakaAt71 📷 @GeofreyMutumba2

When will Africans finally outgrow this embarrassing and childish tourist syndrome? An African flies to a European country, sees a shiny building or a fancy train, whips out their phone, and immediately runs to social media to cry, "When will our country have this?!" SPOILER ALERT : those train rides are not free. They are directly subsidized by the missing wealth and uncollected taxes of the developing world. Truth is that, while the rest of Europe was tripping over themselves to aggressively extract African resources by sending gunboats, missionaries, and colonial administrators to do their dirty work, Luxembourg was playing 3D chess. They did not need to get their hands bloody or dirty. Instead, they quietly positioned themselves as the ultimate offshore tollbooth for the wealth being plundered from the Global South. Here is how their white-collar criminal network operates: A massive multinational conglomerate digs up copper in Zambia, pumps crude in Nigeria, or mines cobalt in the DRC Congo. By any standard of fairness, the immense wealth generated from those resources should be taxed locally to build the exact same roads, schools, and train networks we keep drooling over. But the global financial system is rigged. Instead of paying their fair share, that corporation sets up a shell company and often literally just a dusty P.O. Box in Luxembourg. And then through the dark arts of corporate accounting known as "profit shifting" and "transfer pricing," the company manipulates its books. The African subsidiary, the one doing the actual extraction, magically records zero profit. Meanwhile, the Luxembourg P.O. Box records billions. Africa gets the environmental degradation, the exploited labor, and a depleted national treasury. Luxembourg gets the capital. Now, Luxembourg taxes these phantom P.O. boxes just enough to make it look legitimate, pulling in about 5% of their GDP. But that’s just the cover charge. When you factor in the massive ecosystem built to service this racket,the armies of corporate lawyers, wealth managers, auditors, and bankers designing these tax-dodging schemes, it accounts for a staggering 30% of Luxembourg’s entire GDP. Put the math together, and you realize that nearly 40% of their national wealth is a monument to laundered money. It is the most flawlessly executed heist in modern history. They managed to siphon the wealth of a continent without firing a single bullet or toppling a single regime.

Moms… be honest. Do you ever stay up late just because it’s the only quiet time you get all day? I know I can’t be the only one 😅

imagine what women could achieve if we, too, had a wife at home

Parenting turns you into a morning person the same way being chased by a bear turns you into a runner.

Staying informed these days is a form of self harm.

World university rankings, 2026. 1. 🇬🇧 Oxford 2. 🇺🇸 MIT 3. 🇺🇸 Princeton (tied) 3. 🇬🇧 Cambridge (tied) 5. 🇺🇸 Harvard (tied) 5. 🇺🇸 Stanford (tied) 7. 🇺🇸 Caltech 8. 🇬🇧 Imperial College 9. 🇺🇸 UC Berkeley 10. 🇺🇸 Yale 11. 🇨🇭 ETH Zurich 12. 🇨🇳 Tsinghua 13. 🇨🇳 Peking 14. 🇺🇸 University of Pennsylvania 15. 🇺🇸 University of Chicago 16. 🇺🇸 Johns Hopkins 17. 🇸🇬 NUS (Times Higher Education)

I thought it was a rom com and I needed a little pick-me-up. I should have just stabbed myself in the lung instead

Uganda is really special. I can’t imagine the president’s son, also head of the army, tweeting assault photos of the wife of the main opposition leader and it just being government business as usual.

When he leads protests, they come out guns blazing, "He is sending our children to be killed! Let him bring out his children first." But when he is not leading protests they say, "Why is he not leading protests? Did he sell out?" It’s a tough job being Bobi Wine in Uganda!

RESEARCH: Night owls, or adults who stay up late and have a preference for evening activity, generally performed better on cognitive tests than people who are morning-oriented, according to study by Imperial College.

What if one evening at the theatre could transform the way we approach change in the workplace? At 100,000shs, you will enjoy a unique theatre experience blending music, drama and audience engagement. Payment details are on the flier attached: AIRTEL pay: 6617864 MoMo pay: 712162

Year after year, the Cancer Run proves its consistency. Do you agree it’s the most reliable run? #CancerRunUg25 #NBSportUpdates #NBSUpdates #AfroMobileUG @UgRotaryCancerP

Every stride made a difference. #CancerRunUg25

🏁 The @Rotary Director Elect @Emmanuel_Rotary flagged off the 5KM runners at the #CancerRunUg25 happening at Kololo Independence grounds! Every stride today brings us closer to building hope and saving lives. #ManyCancersOneRun

When we first imagined this run, we dreamed of an Uganda where a cancer diagnosis is not a death sentence; where early detection, dignified treatment, and survivorship are within reach for every family. In 2012, that dream took its first steps as the Rotary Cancer Run. Today, looking across Kololo and across all host towns here at home and abroad, I see proof that a simple idea “let’s run so others can live” can grow into a national movement. Participation has swelled from a few hundred pioneers to tens of thousands of champions, united by purpose and love. But for us, running has never been just about the finish line; it’s about what our finish line funds. Because of your consistency Thanks be to Chair @ritambalaka , this year’s #CancerRunUg25 has attracted 60,000 participants today and managed to raise USD1m - PDG @MwanjesStephen

🌍✨ A plastic-free future by 2040 isn’t just a dream—it’s a mission. At the UN, ASEZ WAO & leaders like Amb. Odo Tevi shared solutions to reduce plastic waste. Let’s turn awareness into action! 💚♻️ #ASEZWAO #PlasticFree2040 #SustainableFuture #ChurchOfGod

🌱💚 Planting Hope in Kentucky! ASEZ WAO + Oldham County Parks planted 72 trees in Crestwood 🌳✨ Part of the Mother’s Forest Initiative, honored by a county proclamation for sustainability & community care. 🙌🌍 #ASEZWAO #MothersForest #TreePlanting #ChurchOfGod

🌱 ASEZ WAO planted trees for the Mother’s Forest Initiative—growing hope, clean air & a brighter future. 💚🌍 #ASEZWAO #MothersForest #GreenEarth