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    A collage of NRM’s President Museveni, NUP’s Robert Kyagulanyi, and FDC’s Nandala Mafabi. The three parties’ manifestos promise on business differ. For large contractors and foreign investors, NRM’s continuity and scale may feel safest. For SMEs and startups, NUP’s promise of a level playing field is potentially the most transformative, while for agribusiness and rural financiers, FDC’s cooperative-driven model could expand markets and liquidity.

    Manifesto Economics: Which Promises Survive Contact with Uganda’s Business Reality?

    Jeff WintersThe Big StoryOctober 22, 2025October 22, 2025

    Markets in downtown Kampala remain lively, yet many traders quietly admit sales are slowing and loan costs are biting harder. It is the classic squeeze: weak consumer demand meeting tighter…

    While the ruling NRM highlights its record on infrastructure and stability, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi’s NUP argues that decades of mismanagement and mounting debt have left the economy deeply fragile.

    NUP’s 2026 Manifesto Promises an Economy for the Majority, Not the Few

    CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryOctober 1, 2025October 10, 2025

    As Uganda heads toward the 2026 general elections, the debate is increasingly focused on the economy. At the heart of the opposition National Unity Platform’s (NUP) 2026–2031 manifesto is a…

    MUSEVENI TO THE WORLD: If I lose, “I will go to my house and do my own things.”

    CEO ReporterThe Big StoryJanuary 13, 2021January 13, 2021

    Christiana Amanpour: Okay, listen, I want to start by asking you, you know, 80% of your country is under 35 years old, they were not even born when you first…

    Government to Ugandans: Keep Calm, Say No to Riots and Civil Disobedience

    CEO ReporterThe Big StoryNovember 19, 2020November 19, 2020

    The Government of Uganda has condemned the violent protests that broke out in different of the country following the arrest of presidential candidate Kyagulanyi Robert Sentamu aka Bobi Wine in…

    From Saul to Paul? A candid conversation with Andrew Mwenda about his new-found love for Museveni, his contempt for the opposition and several other issues

    Muhereza KyamuteteraC-Suite LeadershipCEO PerspectivesThe Big StoryFebruary 13, 2020February 13, 2020

    Andrew Mwenda is one person who is loved and hated in equal Andrew Mwenda is one person who is loved and hated in equal measure. Everyone has a different view…

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    Pearl KitimboLifestyleMedia & CommunicationNovember 6, 2019November 9, 2019

    Traditional media- especially newspapers are fighting for their life, in the face of the internet. But not just newspapers alone, even radio and television have heard to reinvent themselves to…

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