Angella Nankwanga

All good things take time💫 |Civil and Environmental Engineer|Project Management

[Uganda Christian University (Official) @UCUniversity]

May the LORD comfort his people of Tooro Kingdom.🙏

[Jim Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim]

My best of Dolly Parton, especially now as she leaves …

HELLO GOD

“Hello, God?
Are You out there?
Can You hear me?
Are You listenin' anymore?
Hello, God?
If we're still on speakin' terms
Can You help me like before?
I have questioned Your existence
My resistance leaves me cold
Can you help me go the distance?
Hello God?
Hello?
Hello?

This old world has gone to pieces
Can we fix it?
Is there time?
Hate and violence just increases
We're so selfish, cruel, and blind
We fight and kill each other
In Your name defending You
Do You love some more than others?
We're so lost and confused

Hello, God?
Are you out there?
Can you hear us?
Are you listenin' anymore?
Hello, God?
If we're still on speakin' terms
Can You help us like before?
Oh, the free will You have given
We have made a mockery of
This is no way to be livin'
We're in great need of Your love
Hello, God? …”

[Edna Ninsiima @BeingEdna]

#FreeKiizaBesigye.

[Yehgha @yaygha]

Allow me give a not so brief history lesson so we can all understand what is going on here.

For much of European history, pale skin was a marker of status. An elite woman was supposed to have skin that had barely been under the sun because pale skin signalled she did not work outdoors.

In a world where most people spent their lives labouring under the sun to survive, avoiding the sun was evidence of wealth.

The rich could stay indoors and send the poor outside to work for them. This is why they wore gloves and wide hats when outside. It is also where the term blue blood comes from; rich families who never did physical labour and thus were rarely in the sun had skin so pale the veins underneath would show.

So to be tanned meant to do outdoor labour, and to do outdoor labout meant to be poor.

But as the industrial revolution came around and factories multiplied, the poor who had previously laboured outdoors were pulled indoors to work in factories, workshops and later offices rather than under the sun

And their skin became paler.

Now if the poor could become pale skinned simply by working indoors, then pale skin could no longer communicate wealth, so the elite abandoned the old signal and switched to a new one: tanned skin.

Because now it meant only they had the time and money to lie in the sun while everyone else worked indoors.

Pale meant rich, tanned meant poor. Then pale meant poor so the rich did a 180 and went back to tanned.

That is exactly the same thing that is happening here. Wiresless ear buds generally, and airpods specifically meant rich. Wired earphones meant poor.

Then when everyone could afford wiresless ear buds and their replica knock-offs, wireless meant poor and the 'rich' who differentiated themselves with wiresless in the past, switched back to wired.

It is not because they "got tired of charging their wireless earbuds"

Away from the history lesson, the broader explanation is that humans crave to be seen. We do not want to go through life unnoticed. This is why we do only spend money to enjoy ourselves, we spend money so that others can see us spending money.

And one of the most common, socially acceptable ways of doing so is through the things we wear. For example. We do not spend money on watches that could buy a car so we can check the time. We spend that money so others can see that we spent money.

The point of the spending is the spending witnessed.

And with that, we signal that we are high status and that signal brings us attention .

But this flex has a fundamental flaw in the sense that the moment the status signal works, those below begin to copy it until it loses its utility.

So what happens to a status marker when those below can afford it too?

Simple; those above abandon it.

In conclusion, The things we buy, wear, drive, or use are driven by 1) the desire to belong and 2) the desire to stand out.

You want to look like the people above you to feel among, but you also want to look different from the people below you to stand out.

So the rich adopt a signal
The wannabe middle class copies it
And the majority poor copy the wannabes

And once the signal becomes widespread enough, it stops doing the job it was intended to do. Then the elite abandon it and look for a new one.

Sometimes they move to something more expensive or difficult to acquire. Sometimes they move to something obscure enough that the wannabes and the poor can't even grasp it. And sometimes, as with tanning and wired earphones, they do a 180 and move in the opposite direction.

It happens with clothes, bags, earphones, restaurants, language and so on.

The rich keep moving. The middle class keeps chasing, and the poor keep copying. And the markers of status keep changing. And on and on and on it goes.

[Dr. Ruth Grace B.K , Bee-Mama 🐝 @RuthGrace_bk]

Queen is too busy breaking Generational Trauma on Childbirth!!!

Birth injuries Prevention in Uganda that many women do not talk about.

[Mbabazi Faridah (N) @MbabaziFridah]

⚠️ Security Alert: Please be careful when using @farasugapps .

Last night at around 8:00 p.m., I ordered a Faras ride. Halfway through the journey, I the driver ended the trip while I was still proceeding with my journey. Luckily, I was holding my phone and saw it immediately.

I asked him several times why he had ended the ride before reaching my destination , but he didn’t respond and just kept driving. I had to talk to him in atough way asking him to stop so I could get out.

This is a serious safety concern. If something had happened after the driver cancelled the trip, the app would show that the ride had already ended, making it difficult to prove I was still with the driver.

@farasugapps , please consider confirming with passengers whenever a driver cancels or ends a trip before reaching the destination. A simple call or in-app confirmation could help protect passengers, especially if they haven’t noticed the trip was cancelled.

I’m sharing this so others stay alert. Always keep an eye on your ride status and speak up if something doesn’t seem right.

[Dr. Christon A.K Rweshakyira @Dr_Chris_Twine]

As a Senior Consultant, the reason I haven't raised my voice is simple:
When the interns are gone, I will gladly show up at 5AM, clerk 80 patients, draw the blood, and run the night calls myself.
I am superhuman. Obviously.

As a Senior Nursing Officer, the reason I am silent is obvious:
I have no problem running three wards alone, fixing lines, tracking vitals, delivering babies, doing the paperwork.
I don't need hands. I have dedication.

As a Policymaker, the reason I haven't spoken is elegant:
The interns are a budget problem I solved by terming the students.
My children are not doing internship in Uganda, after all.

As a Patient, the reason I haven't complained is clear:
Even if the doctor cutting me open has worked 36 hours without food, just cut me open and take the baby out.
Hunger sharpens the hands. Everyone knows this.

As a Citizen, the reason I am unbothered is rational:
None of my children is a medic.
I have my pastor.
The system runs on miracles. Always has.

This policy is brilliant.
Let's all stay quiet and watch the magic happen.

[Josephine Karungi @jkkarungi]

This morning, someone reached out: her sister is battling drug use and has joined a gang. All her efforts to help have failed.

When I get calls on addiction - yes, people call - they remember some of the conversations on “Perspective with Josephine Karungi” I remind them that I am not an expert. In fact, my lack of expertise might cause more harm to those they are trying to help. I turn to @bill_bekunda my trusted go-to on addiction help.

I shared this video with her this morning.
Link: https://t.co/XBu1W7w0Rk
Thought I should share it here as well, maybe it will help someone else too.

I am grateful to all who trusted me and shared their stories.

[𝑪𝑷𝑴 𝑴𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊 @CPMMwangi]

There is this very hot discussion of your boss not paying you on time because of client(s) also delaying the payment.

To what extent is it understandable?

[gst @wearegst]

Two weeks ago, we reported on how Milo harms Nigerian children.

From contributing to stunted growth, to hiding dangerously high sugar levels not disclosed and not found in versions sold abroad.

[AFRICAN CENTRE FOR CAREER MENTORSHIP @MentorGlobally]

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#Five mentees under #ACCM have won these #scholarships since 2023 to date.

You can trust us and we walk the journey with you.

Thank you our CEO for the guidance @AbelWalekhwa @NMDglobal

[Kiconco Mary (玛丽) @dr_kiconco]

Are you a young and mid-career water and sanitation professional looking for an opportunity to further your education?

This rotary scholarship might just be it for you.
Check it out, reach out, get your documents ready for the next intake. 😎

#RotaryEyamba

[Uganda Law Society @ug_lawsociety]

IN MEMORIAM: Justice G. W. Kanyeihamba
(11 August 1939 - 14 July, 2025)

#BangTheTable
#BackOnTrack
#RNBVision2060

[StartHub Africa @StartHubAfrica]

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[Anne Mugisha @annemugisha65]

And a Happy Martyrs Day to you too…

[Martha Ahumuza @MarthaAhumuza]

Fibroids are multifactorial- race, hormones, genetics, diet, vitamin D, and more.
Nulliparity is just one associated factor and not a cause.
Plenty of women with kids get fibroids. Plenty without kids don’t as well.
Let’s not reduce women’s health to hot takes.

[Araali 🦉 @joelanthony23]

Nothing shows a man's character - or lack thereof - more than what he laughs at.

[Apio. Dr Poohbear @waiting_drApio]

Looks like male doctors recycle this convo on an annual basis! Here to debunk their life threatening lies once again!

[Odur Derrick. @OdurDerrick]

We share a similar story. From Lira Hospital, to Lacor to IHK to Kampala Hospital, finally to Mulago.

I kept a painful pic of my mum sleeping on the floor due to insufficient bed space with hope that one person may get discharged that night or will pass on. She later passed on

[TOKO @GodwinTOKO]

Finally, @AAgather has been found and I have talked TO HER VIA directly her sister’s phone right now. She was picked from the border.

More details in the course of today, she asked me to make this post! But we thank all who did all they did towards this!

Alhamdullillah!!