By Andrew M. Mwenda On November 4, Americans go to the polls to elect a president in what USA media has been calling a ‘historic election.’ Of course, there is nothing ‘historic’ about it except for the fact that one candidate ‘ Barack Obama ‘ is referred to as African …
Read More »What global financial crisis means to us (II)
Last week, I traced the history and showed the shape of the current financial crisis that has held the world hostage; today, I discus the direct impact it could have to Uganda. Will the rescue efforts by governments in the west to contain the current financial crisis work? History is …
Read More »What US financial crisis means to us
By Andrew M. Mwenda The financial meltdown in Europe and North America has continued in spite of the large sums of money governments have pumped into the financial markets to prop them up. On October 10th, both the Dow Jones Index in New York and the FTSE in London fell …
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