Health Talk: Today Topic is Take Care of Yourself: Please you have one life to live 1. The STOMACH is injured when you do not have breakfast in the morning. 2. The KIDNEYS are injured when you do not even drink 10 glasses of water in 24 hours. 3. The GALLBLADDER is injured when you do not even sleep until 11 o’clock and do not wake up to the sunrise. 4. The SMALL INTESTINE is injured when you eat cold and stale food. 5. The LARGE INTESTINES are injured when you eat more fried and spicy food. 6. The LUNGS…
Here is how to be safe online
There are so many challenges you could easily forget about cybersecurity. However, with most children now studying online, they are inevitably exposed to cyber risks ranging from online predators to cyber bullying and impersonation. We are now in a time that has posed a concern for cybersecurity more than ever before. The top six cyber threats are children, parents, and homes exposed to doing virtual learning. 1. Phishing email messages are designed to try to get learners to share their personal information without realizing it. In many cases, the scammer will use the student’s identity to access their information and…
A tribute to Amos Bagumire, AB, (1968– 2020), a great board trainer
If you wanted to be calmed down and uplifted, you went to Amos Bagumire, or AB, as we fondly referred to him at EY by the initials of his name. To me, Amos was Mr. Calmer. He always calmed us especially when deadlines where upon us! The family of the late, Fellow mourners, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, We have lost a friend, mentor, colleague, and a very professional man. I first met Amos at the Sheraton hotel, where he was one of the speakers at a conference. His presentation was the highlight of the day. As he walked out of…
ICPAU celebrates the life of Amos Bagumire, a great team player
The Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CPAU) lost one of its gallant members, Amos Bagumire, who suddenly succumbed to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of his passing, Amos was the Managing Partner at ABS Consulting Group Ltd a company he co-founded 8 years ago specializing in Governance, Risk Advisory, Human Resources, Forensic Audit, and Executive Development. Before starting his own company, Amos was a Director at Ernst & Young in charge of Business Risk Services and Human Resource Advisory Services in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. He had over 20 years’ experience in Governance, Audit, Risk Advisory, and…
Too much death in December 2020: Go away Coronavirus!
I have received a lot of bad news in the last two weeks, that I am becoming dizzy. The year 2020 is ending on a very bad note. The news of the passing of close friends is increasing by the day. This is so bad as we move closer to the Christmas week, usually of celebrations. I grew up in a Christian home, and have fond memories of the festivities in December, which peak on the 25th as we go to Church to celebrate Christmas Day when the Lord Jesus Christ was born. In the week of December, we would…
The best of WhatsApp: the village punishment
In one village, there is a handsome and intelligent man named James. He is very clean and dresses well. He also speaks English and French very fluently. Usually, when someone dies, the whole village will gather, and able-bodied young men will dig the grave, bury the corpse and cover it very well. The women will prepare abacha while the men will come with kegs of palm wine. It is very well organized, communally. Everyone plays his/her part to make the burden light for the bereaved family. Every time this occurred, James came with a newspaper. He would find a very…
