Winnie Begumisa, the Tax Mamba: One female lawyer’s passion for tax law If “it is not the size of the dog in the fight, but rather the size of the fight in the dog” was a person, then probably, Winnie Begumisa would be that person. She may not be your 5 Star tax lawyer, yet, but her can-do attitude says a lot about her aspirations. Tax Mamba, is her other name online and if you are wondering why, a Mamba of all things, just like I was, she has an ambitious explanation.

“I read a book called Mamba Mentality by Kobe Bryant 2 years ago and it greatly shaped my thinking in terms of excellence in your field or passion. To be a Mamba means to be a ‘great’ in a field so I named myself ‘Tax Mamba’ not because I was the best, but to challenge myself to become that,” she explains, adding: “I am slowly working on that and we can take it as a prophetic declaration for my next great achievements in tax. It was a brave decision on my end but it wasn’t hard as I truly believe…