Politics & Policy

Politics & Policy

Museveni wants URA to open a customs office at Mombasa to ease cargo clearing

At a regional summit in Nairobi, President Museveni directed the Ugandan Revenue Authority to open a customs station at Mombasa port to ensure that there is no backlog of cargo destined to Uganda
Presidents Yoweri Museveni, Paul Kagame, and Uhuru Kenyatta walking on a pathway in Nairobi
Politics & Policy

No bank has applied for Islamic banking licence – BoU

No bank has formally applied for an Islamic banking licence even though there have been expressions of interest in the model from both local and international institutions, according to the deputy governor of the Bank of Uganda, Louis Kasekende
Politics & Policy

Entebbe expressway to open to traffic in November

The completion date of the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway “has been revised 16 November”, according to works and transport minister, Monica Azuba-Ntege, to allow the contractor finish an incomplete section
Aerial photograph of the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway
EconomyPolitics & Policy

Budget 2018: Government pledges to address development challenges

Uganda’s NRM government, in power since 1986, has pledged to address the development challenges the country still faces as it guides the economy into lower middle-income status
EconomyInfrastructurePolitics & Policy

Museveni bullish about economy in State of the Nation address

President Museveni said the economy will grow faster in the next fiscal year because of his government’s sustained investment in physical infrastructure
EconomyPolitics & Policy

Can Uganda collect more taxes? The World Bank thinks so

Uganda collects far less tax revenue than it has the potential to. The World Bank's recently released 11th Economic Update for Uganda looks at areas that are under-taxed or not taxed in which the introduction of new taxes will increase domestic revenue
OpinionPolitics & Policy

Politics and poverty caused past conflicts in East Africa – not climate change

Robust political systems can protect citizens against extreme weather events and if disasters happen, these systems can ensure that people affected have adequate access to water, food, sanitation and shelter
OpinionPolitics & Policy

The Debt Challenge to African Growth

Sub-Saharan Africa is confronting a pronounced rise in public debt. At the end of 2017, average public debt in the region was 57% of its GDP, an increase of 20 percentage points in just five years
Politics & Policy

Presidential term limits: slippery slope back to authoritarianism in Africa

There is mounting concern in Africa about a lack of leadership as well as an increasing trend of hard-won democratic rights being reversed. One way this is being done is through presidential term limits being abandoned, or extended. This in turn is leading to a reemergence of authoritarian politics, and political violence
Politics & Policy

Agriculture ministry needs Shs10bn more to fight crop diseases and pests

The ministry of agriculture, animal industry and fisheries says it requires about Shs12.5bn to effectively sustain the fight against a plague of crop-destroying fall armyworm caterpillars that have ravaged gardens in the countryside
Maize plants
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