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Taxes Versus Debt Debate as an Engine for Development
There is a common platitude that you can’t tax a nation to prosperity, but also on the other hand there is another epigram that says debt is the slavery of the free. Taxes as a fiscal tool can be applied to achieve different things by…
NUP’s Kunga – A Simmering Powder Keg
Kunga is an euphemism coached in local lingua to mean mobilization. Kunga in central region doesn’t only denote mobilization but also an act of defiance to sort out the unwanted. The plan looks an innocent act of calling the masses into the…
Ofwono Opondo: Cecilia Ogwal Was a Manipulative Woman
By Ofwono Opondo
Nigerians say, “No matter how hot your anger is, it cannot cook yams.” Cecilia Atim Barbara Ogwal, the estranged former Assistant Secretary General of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC), turned FDC honcho and Dakolo…
Effective Implementation of PDM Pillars Can Stir Local Development
A few months back the government of Uganda rolled out its flagship community development program, commonly known as Parish development model (PDM) with an aim to pull our 39% of its population from the subsistence production to the money…
EAC States Must Overlook Parochial Local Interests for Wider Community Objectives
The stated rallying call for formation of the EAC was to widen and deepen political, economic, social and cultural integration aimed at improving the quality of life for the people of East Africa through improved competitiveness, value…
Opinion: Is the Fight Against Land Grabbing a Lost Cause?
The order of nature commands that man was set to multiply and fill the world. What it didn’t say, is if it filled to the brim, what would happen to the excess numbers produced on a limited land mass, if the Malthusian theory of population…
Buganda Kingdom’s Enkuuka: An Opposition Rally Disguised as a Music Concert
In the minds of revellers, Enkuuka pits Mengo against the central government
Comment: The Wetland Conservation Vs Livelihood Debate
The debate about conserving wetlands has not only taken the angle of environment conservation, but a myriad of other social, political, religious and economic factors in areas where for ages, societies have eked a living as part of the…
The Mutual Benefit of Streamlined Mombasa Port Operations and Uganda Import Trade
Being a landlocked country, Uganda depends on her regional neighbours, Kenya and Tanzania having coastlines to transact foreign trade. However, the Kenyan port of Mombasa stands out as the major hub for foreign trade and any trade policies…
Minister Kitutu: The Storm and Stench from Karamoja Roofing Sheets
By Ofwono Opondo
The unfolding sleaze arising from 450 pre-painted iron sheets, marked “Office of the Prime Minister; Not for Sale” meant for distribution to vulnerable people in the Karamoja sub-region but allegedly recovered in…