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WHITE ELEPHANT PROJECTS AND FINANCIAL HAEMORRHAGE IN UGANDA: 1986 TO PRESENT
A “white elephant project” is a metaphor for a possession, project, or venture that is expensive to maintain or acquire but yields little or no practical value or benefit, essentially […] More
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How progressive is Uganda’s tax code?
As we approach 2018/2019 financial year and the statecraft color that comes around with it – the State of the Nation address and reading of the national budget; the dressing […] More
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Reject this goddam Sovereignty Bill!
The manner in which this regime does things makes you wonder whether these people have actual thinkers in their ranks. Does the NRM have people who understand that there will […] More
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Is corruption the cause of our poverty?
During an intense debate on corruption on our WhatsApp chat-group last week, I argued (as I have always done) that there is no evidence that corruption automatically or necessarily stops […] More
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Proposed Changes to the Investment Code Bill 2017
On Thursday March 15, 2018, I made a presentation to the Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development on the matter of the Investment Code Bill, 2017. Below is […] More
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in Finance, Markets and Economics, Manufacturing and Industry, Politics and Government, Transportation & Transport VesselsWAS IT A WISE DECISION OF THE UGANDA GOVERNMENT TO GO INTO VEHICLE MAKING
There was a time in the 1960s when the economy of Uganda was doing much better than the economies of countries that came to be known as the Asian Tigers […] More
