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Daily Monitor Monday April 26 2021 Summary Government has accumulated a staggering Shs65trillion public debt, up from Shs49trillion in 2019, with officials justifying that they borrowed the money to finance key infrastructural projects 9in transport, oil and gas sectors. The country’s debt is set to surpass the 50 per cent threshold in 2022.  Advertisement This means that of the estimated 43 million Ugandans, each one owes lenders Shs1.5 million.  The country’s public debt portfolio is projected to swell in the next financial year, with economists warning that it could surpass the 50 pe...

One incredibly important move to help workers that the Biden administration has signaled didn’t necessarily look like a pro-worker move. Even before President Biden was inaugurated, his incoming White House counsel started asking for suggestions for judicial nominees who would be diverse not just on race, gender, sexual orientation, and religion, but on professional background. Specifically, more candidates who have been public defenders or civil rights attorneys (a group that also happens to be more diverse in other ways). How’s that a pro-worker move? According to a new study by Emory ...

Daily Monitor Thursday February 04 2021 Summary Advertisement Uncertainty yesterday loomed large over the  future of civil society organisations in the country after President Museveni ordered that operations of Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), their principal funder, be “immediately suspended”. President Museveni ordered the Inspector General of Government (IGG), police and State House Anti-Corruption Unit to investigate how the Ministry of Finance authorised the DGF to operate in Uganda and allegedly bankroll NGOs and government agencies to undermine him. The DGF is financed by go...