The tyranny of poverty: Why foreign aid has failed to bail African countries from the prison of poverty
The concept of poverty has dominated the agenda of international development discourses for the last three decades. Undoubtedly, poverty has become a development challenge which is seen as a rich world of one billion fighting for a poor world of...
READ MOREIrrigation for a Sustainable Agricultural Development in Uganda
It is an undoubted fact that agriculture has the potential to contribute to sustainable and broad based economic growth in Africa. However, this promise is thwarted by the incessant reliance on nature’s rain, which unfortunately, has become precarious because of...
READ MOREMedia can do better on corruption
My attention was drawn to a story in the Sunday Monitor of April 2nd titled “Prison Life Humbled Me – Teddy Ssezi Cheeye” whose pictures I have attached here. I’ll return to my thoughts on the story later, but reading...
READ MOREBoosting Exports: Reversing Uganda’s Trade Deficit
Uganda’s trade deficit is alarming – with imports significantly exceeding exports and recent trends not indicating any improvements. Indeed, export volumes have risen during the last couple of years in Uganda, but so have the volumes of imports. This deficit...
READ MOREEnhancing the Ugandan youth participation in the agricultural sector
The challenge of low interest of young people to get involved in the agricultural sector is fast becoming a continental wide concern. This concern is even flagrant in Uganda where a staggering 78% of the population is below 30 years...
READ MORE10th Parliament must clean up the pensions sector
With the election process almost coming to an end, Ugandans have high expectations of their newly elected leaders and especially Members of Parliament whose mandate is to represent views of the people they represent in their respective constituencies. The 10th...
READ MOREAgricultural Coops and Fair Trade: Tackling the agricultural investment dilemma
It is generally believed that agricultural cooperatives offer a natural entrepreneurial solution to the problems of poverty faced by millions in the developing world. The argument goes that these coops allow even the least literate smallholders to gain market access...
READ MOREMinimum wage necessary to rectify issues of social protection and poverty
Arguments for and against minimum wage in Uganda are intriguing, forcing one to wonder if we actually need the minimum wage or if we should simply implement the already existing legal framework efficiently bridge the gaps brought out by lack...
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