It’s clear, its opportunity cost (the economic activities forgone) is much higher than the few hundred billion shillings government is...
Read moreDetailsEconomic cost of KCCA conflict Two years ago, I wote in these pages some of the contents of a paper...
Read moreDetailsUganda's economy will not transform without a deliberate actionplan to transform, first, the informal economy! Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) -- a...
Read moreDetailsDelayed, cancelled, overbooked and overpriced flights are the new normal! “Africa rising”is a beautiful slogan. It was coined in December...
Read moreDetailsSince insensitivity has become the second name for NRM, the millennials are ready to embrace any self-selected alternative! Ugandans are...
Read moreDetailsThe economy is at a point where it cannot afford more taxes and imports. It needs more spending, consumption, and...
Read moreDetailsUganda is currently grappling with a historic paradox – growth without transformation. Uganda is known for some robust GDP growth,...
Read moreDetailsLet us send all top government officials to a sabbatical of two years.Trust me when they come back in May...
Read moreDetailsThe low trust has much to do with the weak institutions that tolerate leaders who tell lies, steal public money,...
Read moreDetailsCiting 11 factors as bottlenecks hindering Uganda’s socio-economic transformation is a debate stopper. We need a framework that focuses us...
Read moreDetailsThe New Economist's major concentration is on Ugandan and East African affairs, politics, and business, but it also includes regular sections on science and technology, books, and the arts.