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Manifestos vs Vision: Do Presidential Candidates Align with the 10x Growth Strategy?

Jeff WintersThe Big StoryNovember 13, 2025November 17, 2025

Every election season in Uganda blooms with promises of transformation. Candidates unfurl manifestos brimming with pledges to create jobs, industrialize, end poverty, and modernize agriculture. Yet beneath the familiar rhetoric…

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…

FDC Puts Forward a Production-Led Vision for Uganda’s Economy

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

When the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) unveiled its 2026–2031 manifesto, attention quickly turned to its economic agenda. The party, one of Uganda’s largest opposition forces, is promising what it…