Government’s plan to double taxes on used clothes signals renewed industrial ambition but risks squeezing low-income consumers and destabilising a fragile garments sector. With local production still insufficient, the policy revives old debates: can protection drive growth without first fixing
In a recent podcast of Bad Natives, I argued that there is a real risk of Uganda defaulting on her domestic bonds in two to three years. It makes little sense to judge a country’s debt sustainability using the debt-to-GDP ratio. GDP is not a resource of government which it can use to pay credit
Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has thanked the Iraqi people and religious leadership for their support of Iran “in the face of aggression”, Iran’s state media reported on Sunday, without saying how this message was conveyed.More than three weeks on from his appointment as s
Flight data from FlightAware showed that the jet departed Uganda, made a stopover in Cape Verde, and later arrived in Savannah, Georgia, in the USUganda’s presidential jet has landed in the United States, sparking speculation after authorities gave no immediate official explanation for t
Ugandan journalist has been ‘abducted’ after a radio talk show in Kampala, the Uganda Journalists Association (UJA) says. Journalist Arnold Anthony Mukose worked with DigiTalk Media, a digital news outlet.Mukose was “abducted by unidentified plain-clothed men” in the afternoon of S
Bobi Wine in an interview with France 24Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has said he fled Uganda after the January 15 presidential election with the help of sympathetic security officers, offering new details about his escape in an interview with FRANCE24.
It is a bold call to embrace the one laptop per child policy and digitize education to achieve Uganda’s $500 billion Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dream and accelerate East African economic integrationA HISTORIC MANDATE DEMANDS A HISTORIC RESPONSEPlease accept my warmest, most sinc
WAKISO: POMP and excitement filled Budo Hill in Wakiso district as alumni, students, teachers and government officials gathered to celebrate the remarkable 120-years of King’s College Budo.The celebrations, characterized by music, dance and drama performances, begun with prayers led by t
Iran's largest steelmaker appeals to global industry bodies after strike kills workersintellinews.com3hIran's largest steelmaker appeals to global industry bodies after strike kills workersMobarakeh Steel Group, the largest steel producer in the Middle East and North A
Uganda’s avocado sector is booming, with over 47,000 tonnes of avocado produced annually and exports rising sharply to as much as 22,600 tonnes in 2024. Yet, for many households, consumption stops at the pulp, while the peelings go straight into trash. Avocado is one of the most common f
