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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.
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?

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 credit. Uganda’s
October 22, 2025
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.
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

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 bold pledge:
October 1, 2025
Buoyed by a recent Afrobarometer poll that puts him a comfortable lead against all his opponents combined, a bullish Museveni (right) told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour (left), that he is confident of victory on account of his solid performance record.

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

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 came into
January 13, 2021
Mwenda describes himself as being fiercely independent, opposed to mob justice and hostile to common nonsense mistaken for common sense. He also says he is intellectually curious and a non-conformist who likes to question conventional wisdom.

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

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 of Andrew
February 13, 2020
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