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Uganda’s plan to generate 1,000 MW of nuclear energy by 2031
Uganda’s plan to generate 1,000 MW of nuclear energy by 2031 is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in the country’s history. Let’s break it down: 1. Strategic Motivation Energy […] More
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in Energy and Electricity, Finance, Markets and Economics, Transportation & Transport Vessels, War and ConflictAn oil tanker moves at the speed of a bicycle.
I’m serious. A fully loaded supertanker, four football pitches long, carrying 2-3 million barrels of crude, cruises at 10 to 15 knots. That’s 18 to 28 km/h. The same speed […] More
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in Energy and Electricity, Environment & Climate, Land, Law, Crime and Justice, Politics and GovernmentCritical Comparative Analysis of the Resource Conflicts of the 1990s and 2020s in Uganda
Abstract This paper conducts a critical comparative analysis (CCA) of resource conflicts in Uganda during the 1990s and 2020s. It argues that both periods are defined by power consolidation, militarism, […] More
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in Energy and Electricity, Environment & Climate, Innovation, Science and Technology, Transportation & Transport VesselsUganda’s Green Industrial Powerhouse: Morrison Rwakakamba Applauds GOGO Electric’s Innovation and Job Creation.
WEDNESDAY MAY 13TH 2026. LUNCHTIME NEWS GOGO Electric factory which fabricate world-class electric motorcycles and batteries with 600 Ugandans has become exceptional inspiration to Uganda’s innovation and industrialisation. This was […] More
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in Agriculture, Farming and Gardening, Energy and Electricity, Finance, Markets and Economics, Politics and GovernmentFuel Volatility: The Silent Tax Crushing Uganda’s Farmers – And How the 2026/27 Budget Must Fight Back.
Uganda’s 2026/27 national budget architects face a brutal external reality: the Middle East conflict driving fuel volatility. At UGX 5,250–6,000 per litre for diesel and petrol, this is no abstract […] More
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TAX POLICY PROPOSALS REGARDING LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG).
Dear PSST Ramathan Ggoobi As you push to balance the revenue and expenditure sides of the upcoming national budget, kindly consider the hereunder: The foregoing refers, 1. Uganda’s national energy […] More
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PROGRESS AT WHAT COST? ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS IN UGANDA’S INFRASTRUCTURE BOOM.
During the bush war in the 1980s and soon after, the combatants destroyed a lot of the infrastructure that the British colonialists and the post-colonial governments erected as they pursued […] More
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IS UGANDA’S NUCLEAR PLANT IN BUYENDE, BUSOGA, A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN?
History of Nuclear Energy The first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, was built in late 1942. The reactor was part of the Manhattan Project, which was the Allied effort to create […] More
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Guardians of the Atom: Pakistan’s Nuclear Program and Its Pursuit of Peace with Strength
On May 28, 1998, the remote mountains of Chagai in Balochistan echoed with a sound that changed the course of history. It was not merely an explosion; it was a […] More
