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Northern Uganda has arguably the most fertile soils in Uganda. This asset is complemented further by the sparse distribution of the population, generally flat terrain that allows for mechanization of the land plus easier access to water for distribution. These three factors have played a major pulling effect for not only local investors into setting …

Qualibasic Seed Company Ltd, a new seed company that was created to support small and medium sized seed companies in production and maintenance of quality foundation seed has opened its doors. This follows the appointment of Andy Watt, a former head of Syngenta East and Southern Africa and a seasoned agriculturalist with extensive commercial experience …

The Budget Speech and the State of the Nation Address confirmed how denial is so often the preface to justification! In the continued series intended to explain the on-going economic malaise, I want now to turn to what government and the rest of us can do to get our economy back on track. Mr. President, …

As the country continues to digest the 2017/2018 National Budget, Makerere University political economists have slammed the NRM politicians as being unable to carry out urgent reforms that can turnaround Uganda’s stalled economy. Speaking at a recent pre-budget dialogue organized by the Uganda Economics Association (UEA), Prof. Julius Kiiza, a political scientist from Makerere University …

  World Leaders have expressed outrage and condemnation for United States President Donald Trump’s decision to pull his country out of the Paris Climate Change Deal reached last November. The Chancellor of German Angela Merkel, newly elected President of France Emanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni released a joint statement in which they …

At 8.8% Uganda has in the past 20 years been worse than the world’s average worst performers in manufacturing! Last week, I started a series of articles intended to explain the ‘true’ genesis of the on-going economic malaise, with the ultimate intent of suggesting the way out of it. I promised to come back this …

Uganda has always been a country of euphemism. When I was little, I encountered a moment that struck my innocent but curious mind. My mother had been ill for a few days. At times the illness degenerated into some painful moans deep in the night. One morning, one of her close friends came to check …

  It was meant to be a happy moment but it ended up sparking fear and doubt. This week as the government of Korea was handing over the management of the magnificent multi-million dollar National Farmers Leadership Centre (NFLC) at Kampiringisa in Mpigi district to the Ministry of Agriculture, most people, starting from the community …

Ever since the fallout between President Salva Kiir, and his former Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar, in December 2013, there has been disharmony in South Sudan. At the center of it has loomed the figure of Gen. Paul Malong Awany, the chief of the armed forces, the SPLA – the Sudan People’s Liberation Army. Malong …

Agriculture, social spending key to economic recovery says IMF Uganda is set to record its worst economic performance in 30 years largely because of last year’s prolonged drought that severely hit the agriculture sector but also due to excessive investments in the infrastructure at the expense of other social sectors. Some of these revelations arise …