Uganda heads into the much-awaited general elections, starting with the Presidential and Parliamentary polls this Thursday, 15 January 2026. This will be Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama’s second national election since…
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 lies a deeper question: Will any of these promises align with Uganda’s long-term growth blueprint? NDP IV and the 10×10 growth strategy Uganda’s newly unveiled Fourth National Development Plan (NDP IV), covering 2025/30, defines the economic direction for the next administration. It operationalizes the country’s 10×10 Growth Strategy, an ambitious framework designed to make the economy ten times larger by 2040. This plan, not the next manifesto, will determine whether…
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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…
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 calls a “production-led” economic model, a shift from what it labels government’s “consumption-driven and debt-fueled” approach. In pages devoted to the economy, illustrated with charts and diagrammes, FDC sets out a plan for fiscal discipline, industrialisation, job creation, and equitable growth. Its core argument is that Uganda must reduce borrowing and imports, while boosting production, processing, and exports to achieve sustainable prosperity. The debt question Central to the manifesto is…
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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: to rescue the economy from stagnation, corruption, and elite capture. It is the promise that seeks to redirect the economy toward productivity, self-reliance, and prosperity for ordinary citizens. NUP, founded in 2004 as the National Unity, Reconciliation and Development Party (NURP) and rebranded in 2019, is now Uganda’s largest opposition force. It is led by Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine) as President, supported by Deputy Presidents John Baptist…
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As Uganda heads into another electoral cycle, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has unveiled its 2026–2031 Manifesto, branding it a programme for “consolidating socio-economic transformation.” The document doubles as both a balance sheet of what the party says it has delivered since 1986 and a forward-looking plan for the next five years. At its heart, the manifesto sets out a vision of industrial growth, agricultural modernisation, financial inclusion, and digital innovation. It also places heavy emphasis on stability, infrastructure, and regional trade. It frames these as foundations on which Uganda’s next phase of transformation will stand. The economic broad vision…
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On March 20, 2022, Uganda was saddened by the death news of Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah who succumbed to cancer in Seattle, USA. Hardly a week after, in respect to national constitution commands, the process to replace the late initiated. The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the NRM which has the majority number of legislators in the House endorsed Anita Among, the then Deputy Speaker as their flag bearer for the third biggest seat on the land. The 48-year-old Bukedea woman MP was subsequently elected for the position on March 25, becoming the second female to serve in the…
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At exactly 5.30am on Sunday morning January 23rd 2022, the governor of the Bank of Uganda, Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, breathed his last in a Nairobi hospital. He had been battling illness for several years. While Mutebile’s body has died, his deeds will continue to live in the memory of those he impacted and in the consequences of his decisions and actions. This is because at the end of our lives, a question stands: what did you do with your life? For many, a good and fulfilling life is service to themselves and their families. For others, a life well lived is…
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In just a few hours, the expression of interest by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Members of Parliament, for the influential positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker for the 11th Parliament shall close. According to guidelines issued by the party’s Electoral Commission on 18th May 2021, expressions of interest which started on Wednesday, 19th May 2021, will come to a close today, paving way for a closed NRM Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting to sit to consider the names of those who will have expressed interest. The CEC meeting which sits tomorrow, Saturday 22nd May 2021, is expected to…
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This 02nd of May, I turned 40 years of age. It was planned to be a great celebration― four decades of life on this mother earth, but because of Covid-19, my birthday was a low-key ceremony, almost unnoticed. Fast-forward, this month, I became a grandfather for the first time― my first nephew, twenty-six year old Simon Singiza Mukama and his wife, Daphne gave birth to a bouncing baby girl- Ariana Singiza Nyakusinga at Kampala Hospital. In just about two days, the young couple was in and out of hospital. Naturally, as an excited 40-year old grandfather, I, and my wife…
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