Bob NATIFU

East Anglia Alum. Conformity bores me, as does predictability. I want stability in my life, sure, but on my own terms. & don’t go to poems for that stability.”

[Bob NATIFU @bNATIFU]

@DailyMonitor Uncomfortable truth: Life (truly) is a single player game. “Nobody stays by your side forever"
Most will walk with you only on the roads they like. Some will leave at the first storm. A (rare) few will stay till path ends. The real journey is what you take ALONE.

[MINISTRY OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENT 🇺🇬 @min_waterUg]

#MWEworks: @min_waterUg through @CCD_UG in collaboration with @meaca_ug and the East African Community Secretariat convened a National Consultative Meeting on the @jumuiya Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan and the development of Common Key Messages for @UNFCCC COP31.

[Bob NATIFU @bNATIFU]

@KakwenzaRukira @BernardSabiti @adoniaayebare @AndrewMwenda This, here, is dumb-as. Why the vituperative epithets? Ndugu, you aren’t fit to even tie his shoes. Wacha ushenzi!
@KakwenzaRukira , you can engage without being abusive. I call you to order.@adoniaayebare

[Ronit Pereira @CAronitpereira]

“I did not intend to get rich, I wanted to be independent. I just overshot.”

“It’s amazing how life works out if you just get up every morning and keep plugging, have some discipline and keep learning.”

- Charlie Munger. 2017

[Somoina Kapeen @SomoinaKapeen]

THE GREATEST COLONIZATION WAS NEVER OF LAND. IT WAS OF THE AFRICAN MIND.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Marx dreamed of a world where you wouldn't be pigeonholed by your job. As he put it, a man could hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, and critique ideas at dinner without ever being a hunter, fisherman, or critic. Thus far, only AI has lived up to this dream, as it's employed to make art and bomb countries without ever being an artist or a pilot.

[m̃ @hexesandspell]

Intelligence is noticing what people don’t say.

[Bob NATIFU @bNATIFU]

I relate! The indomitable spirit have witnessed in Lagos is solid: African wisdom suggests: As you start to walk on the way the way appears.
And I’ll add; Clarity doesn’t come before action. It comes from action- onto the challenge!

[Sylvia Ekra @LopezEkra]

Pleased to witness Côte d’Ivoire and Mauritania join the Kampala Declaration today in Lagos.

West and Central Africa now counts 13 signatories, a strong signal of growing regional leadership on climate mobility.

Now lets turn commitment into financing and action at scale.

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Antonio Guterres: You have 3 European countries as permanent members in the Security Council: France UK, and Russia. You have no African country, no Latin American country. To have two African permanent members in the Security Council is essential to correct a historic injustice that comes from colonialism. If you look at the World Bank, IMF, or other international financial institutions, it is clear that developing countries are underrepresented, including African countries. This creates a situation in which the international financial architecture that we have serves the interests of the richest countries #CitizenExplainer

[Dr Kenneth Omona Olusegun @KennethOmona]

With my very able office managers; Daniel , Anita and Lillian ,we cleared our desk today 11th May 2026. I thank them most sincerely for the job well done.We head for the swearing in of our Commander @KagutaMuseveni tomorrow & wait for new instructions,to standby or stand down😊

[Gaurav Dalmia @gdalmiathinks]

Worth reading.

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Happy birthday, Karl Marx!

Marx was born on this day 208 years ago. His work helps us not only understand capitalism but fight for a world free of exploitation and domination.

Here's a thread of some of our many writings on Marx and his legacy 🧵

[Max Fairfax @romeokilozulu]

@Gadfly342043 ChatGPT is writing your posts.

[Peter McCormack 🏴‍☠️🇬🇧🇮🇪 @PeterMcCormack]

A minimum wage of £15 would end my coffee shop, it would have to close, as would many other businesses.

I’ll explain for the economically illiterate.

Staff costs are currently half our costs, a £15 minimum wage is actually more than £15 an hour for the company, because you have to add:
- 12.07% holiday
- Sick pay
- Maternity pay if and when required
- National insurance
- Pension contributions

These costs would mean the shop loses money because remember, energy costs are up, rates are up, regulations are up.

Now you can pass these costs onto the consumer - that would mean charging a lot more for coffee, people won’t pay it. The likes of Starbucks and Costa can, because they have economies of scale. The independent doesn’t.

Now the little socialist will say well this is your fault, if you can’t run a business that can afford to pay its staff properly, but the little socialist has never run a business and does not understand the dynamics.

Now I could pay some staff off and fill those hours myself or reduce us to one staff member during certain periods - but this proves the point that a minimum wage costs jobs.

There was a time when these jobs were done by kids, perhaps on the weekend, paid a lower wage, no holiday and no silly employment rights. Perhaps they were even paid cash. The dynamic worked and small businesses like this could operate. It was also a great first job. Sadly now it isn’t worth employing entitlement youngsters at this level of pay.

So alas, I don’t need the stress, the business would close, a number of jobs would be lost.

Economics is about understanding these dynamics, no vibes.

The cost of living is not solved through passing on inflation to the business, it is solved by ending high inflation and creating prosperity. This is what socialists don’t understand, they can’t create prosperity, they can only destroy it.

[Bob NATIFU @bNATIFU]

Kudos GoU! A city that makes cars obsolete and builds transport purely on fundamentals of walking, cycling and public transit are cities that are designed for future.

No need to fret yet, Kampala is catching up.@CCD_UG @KiiraMotors @okidi64 @adoniaayebare

[Government of Uganda @GovUganda]

A new chapter in Uganda’s urban mobility journey begins today as E-Bus Xpress (EBX) officially launches operations in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA), powered by locally manufactured electric buses from Kiira Motors Corporation.

This milestone marks a major step towards a cleaner, smarter and more organised public transport system for Kampala.

The inaugural routes are:
City Square – Nakawa – Ntinda – Bukoto – Kamwokya – Wandegeya

City Square – Wandegeya – Kamwokya – Bukoto – Ntinda – Nakawa – City Square

Uganda is driving into the future with innovation, sustainability and home-grown solutions at the centre of national transformation. #OpenGovUg

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Teaching is the best way to learn.

Illustration: @junhanchin

[Bob NATIFU @bNATIFU]

I spent part of the day @UNCDF Kampala office.The engagement was about advancing locally led adaptation + innovative approaches to build resilience. Thanks to Denmark, Ireland, Belgium have done an incredible job.Upwards on words!l

[Climate Change Department @CCD_UG]

Uganda is scaling #LocallyLedAdaptation
#LoCAL now covers 24 DLGs, mobilizing $38.6M for climate resilience. Recent engagement strengthened CRVAs, DCCAPs & PBCRG use.
@CCD_UG presented DCCAP guidelines and CRVA methodology and principles of Locally-led Adaptation #ccd #MWEWorks

[Adonia Ayebare @adoniaayebare]

Glad to have spoken at the opening of the Petersberg climate dialogue 2026 as the Chair of the subsidiary body on scientific an technological advice.(SABSTA). I highlighted the need sustained multilateralism despite geopolitical tension. I also highlighted priorities for the Subsidiary bodies meetings this June in Bonn as we build momentum for COP31 in Antalya , Turkey later in the year.

[Africa Uncensored @AfUncensored]

Is the National Infrastructure Fund only good on paper? @DavidNdii