UGANDA TALKS

   HUMOR – THE WEEK THAT WAS: Museveni and irrigation, MPs tax-free bill and Kadaga speaks on expenditure President Museveni fetched water in a jerrycan to show Luwero peasants how to irrigate their crops. The Bill exempting MPs from paying taxes has been sent back to the President without amendment. …

HUMOR – THE WEEK THAT WAS: Trump defiant, IGP seeks citizens help Donald Trump refuses to pledge to respect a Clinton win in U.S presidential race. I.G.P. asks police officers to seek financial assistance from citizens that will buy fuel.. Bank of Uganda takes over crane Bank. Share on: WhatsApp

HUMOR – THE WEEK THAT WAS:  MPs’ expenditure, oil refinery and Chinese contractors Russia demands fresh deal for fresh oil refinery after pulling out earlier. Five Chinese road contractors have returned Shs35 billions taken from UNRA with Shs1.5 b earned as interest on fixed deposit. Research has shown that MPs each spent …

HUMOR – THE WEEK THAT WAS: Dr Kazibwe, MP Nambooze and Buhari Dr. Wandira Kazibwe pulls out of African Union chairperson race MP Nambooze’s Bill on Alcohol kicks off amidst protest as tough regulations on tobacco control fail Nigerian President Buhari sells off jets amidst economic crisis, as RwandAir takes to the …

Should struggling Ugandan businesses be bailed out by government? Government plans to fork out about Shs1trillion from the public purse to pay off the loans owed to commercial banks and save private businesses, whose assets some banks have already started putting under receivership. Basing on some of the potential beneficiaries, …

According to United Nations e-Government Survey, our global rankings as a country in regard to the uptake of IT innovations/services is still not good. Our ranking globally has dropped from the 143rd position out of 190 countries ranked in 2012   to 156thout of  193 countries ranked in 2014. From a …

During the Uganda Economics Forum on the 2016/17 National Budget, Andrew Rugasira tasked the government to take up the role of a venture capitalist. Rugasira a founder of Good African Coffee represented the Private Sector at the Budget debate. We share a summary of his speech: · Orientation of the …

Weeks back, Uganda passed its 2016/17 annual budget. The UGX 26 Trillion budget has attracted mixed reactions. During the National Budget debate organized by the Uganda Economics Association (UEA) and Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), a number of deliberations were made. According to the Executive Director of National Planning Authority, …

On Monday night, there was an attack at Gulu Barracks. Luckliy, it was thwarted. The Ugandans online reacted, though differently. And we captured some of their sporadic thoughts: Tufairi B Kawawa: Is ‪‎Gulu‬ the epicentre of ‪‎Uganda‬’s liberation from 30yrs of General ‪Museveni‬’s tyranny? Martin Musiime: When people become hopeless, they stop …

Numerous reports have argued that Uganda and Africa in general are poor because they are badly governed. The recommendations are thus; for Africa to escape its under-development trap, it ought to get the keys of good governance. But what is good governance? Can good governance be measured? And if yes, …