Isaac Mufumba
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Would a Karimojong minister have handled iron sheets any better?
With some members of the Karamoja Parliamentary Group calling for their kin to be appointed to head the Karamoja Affairs docket, history shows that natives heading affirmative action ministries has produced mixed results, Isaac Mufumba writes. → Read More
Govt blocks projects with no proof of counterpart funds
Authorities say the move is aimed at putting to an end questions why government has been entering into co-financing agreements even when it does not have the capacity to meet the financial... → Read More
Botched railway project to cost taxpayer Shs16b
The project was commissioned in March 2020 but the government is now set to pay Sogea Satom damages amounting to 10 percent of the project sum → Read More
‘Isimba dam flood could be repeated’
The Auditor General’s latest report makes it abundantly clear that UEGCL picked the tab, paying more than twice what had earlier been envisaged → Read More
NUP, FDC not ready for talks with Museveni
Mr Emmanuel Dombo accused the two parties of politicking and operating in a way that is aimed at embarrassing Mr Museveni and the NRM → Read More
In stinging NRM, Muhoozi bit a feeding hand
Gen Kainerugaba has already declared his intentions to one day become President but his political strategy has been difficult to understand → Read More
2022: The hits, misses of President Museveni
This year Mr Museveni has scored goals and had misses in politics and the economy of Uganda → Read More
Where are the main removers of the age limit law?
Had the article not been removed Mr Museveni would not have been a candidate in last year’s election; Uganda would have witnessed its first peaceful handover of power → Read More
2022 review: Fees hikes rock education sector
The government closed education institutions in March 2020 as part of the pandemic curbs → Read More
Christmas blues as food portions shrink
Those who choose to either dine indoors or outdoors will be met with what has come to be referred to as shrinkflation → Read More
Museveni message to COP27: A country in a rush to pump its oil?
According to analysts, President Museveni’s criticism of Europe had a lot more to do with the September vote of the EU Parliament to delay the EACOP, coming at a time when price of fossil fuels... → Read More
New US study labels Uganda fragile state
The major indicators on which the fragility and level of stability are measured include: security; factionalism among the elite; group grievances in the societies; economic decline; and extent of... → Read More
Politician who became symbol of unity, grace
Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere’s lifetime of service in Uganda’s political space established him as one of the few actors still able to command mass appeal → Read More
NRM evaluates Museveni’s defeat in Buganda, Busoga
The party, which lost its traditional winning prowess in Buganda and Busoga in the 2021 polls, will be crafting a number of interventions to redeem its glory → Read More
Grim festive period as food prices soar
Stakeholders say the increment is precipitated by shortages in the supply of the food items, including bananas, maize flour, cassava, potato, among others → Read More
Is First Son Muhoozi walking in the steps of Gaddafi, Mubarak sons?
If it turns out that President Museveni has been grooming Gen Muhoozi, he will have become the latest addition to a list of long serving leaders who have at different points in time tried to... → Read More
BoU loses billions in foreign investments
The losses come at a time when BoU’s expenditure, sometimes referred to as an operating deficit, shot through the roof, eclipsing income by Shs233 billion in the period ending June 30, 2022 → Read More
Why central bank has no governor nine months on
Sunday, October 23, marked exactly nine months since Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, the BoU’s Governor of just under 21 years, passed on. Since then, there has been no substantive governor at... → Read More
State House Covid tests cost taxpayers billions
The State House and the Office of the President require all persons due to hold meetings with President Museveni to have a PCR negative test certificate issued within 48 hours from the time the... → Read More
Research links good looks, good grades
There is little or no empirical evidence in Uganda to support that hypothesis, with anecdotes for the most part fuelling speculation → Read More