Tag Archives: Economic Development

Former presidential candidate, Joseph Kabuleeta, has unveiled his political party, National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) in preparation of 2026 general elections. He says they are going to keep the focus of the pressure group, to economically empower Ugandans. The party was first registered in 2005 under the name People’s United Movement (PUM). Kabuleta said he joined PUM two years ago ...

Top research fellow from Economic Research Policy Centre Dr Ibrahim Kasirye has  asked government to borrow from external sources to finance country’s struggling economy. He argues that the covid-19 pandemic out break posed a considerable threat to maintaining Uganda’s macro-economic growth and sustained poverty eradication efforts. “Given the challenges of operating under the new normal, coordinated efforts are required to ...