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Daily Monitor Wednesday May 12 2021 Government has been slowly taking back control of key sectors of the economy after an attempt to create a private sector led economy has not created sufficient growth. PHOTO/FILE Summary Elements of policy reversal such as creation of an investment agency under Uganda Development Corporation and now the establishment of Uganda Airlines, which is 100 per cent government-owned suggest a shift from hard-core liberalism that government had adopted in the late 90s and onwards until the late 2019s.  Advertisement Well, some historians and politicians, including ...

May 7, 2021 SHARE This week, Class Acts celebrates graduates who are working for health equity across the globe, in their neighborhoods and in examination rooms. Meet Gautam Adusumilli and Cory French, doctor of medicine candidates from the School of Medicine, and Keishi Foecke, who is set to earn an undergraduate degree from Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Gautam Adusumilli, co-founder of Empower Through Health, wants to increase access to diagnostic imaging. (Courtesy photo) In the name of medicine, Gautam Adusumilli learned to ride a motorcycle during the pan...

Daily Monitor Friday May 07 2021 Left to right: CSBAG executive director Julius Mukunda, State minister for Finance (Planning) David Bahati and ACODE boss Arthur Bainomugisha interacting during a high-level economy dialogue in Kampala yesterday. PHOTO/KELVIN ATUHAIRE Summary Advertisement Uganda’s economic growth declined from 7.5 per cent in 2019 to 3 per cent in 2020 due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the coming financial year, the country’s economy is, however, projected to grow by 4.5 per cent, even as experts question slow recovery efforts amid rising debt and its advers...

Government should support Covid-19 affected businesses Thursday April 29 2021 Traders display merchandise for sale on Luwum Street in downtown Kampala in September 24. Most businesses were affected by Covid-29 disruptions. PHOTO/ABUBAKER LUBOWA Summary Advertisement Getting in to the new financial year, government should prioritise helping sectors which have been greatly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. These include operators of private educational institutions, those in the hospitality and entertainment sector, those operating in the manufacturing sector, especially the local manufacturer...

Daily Monitor Wednesday April 28 2021 The loans have been invested in transmission lines, the Karuma and Isimba hydropower projects, oil roads, Kabaale International Airport, expansion of Entebbe International Airport and Irrigation schemes, among others, which government says has translated into economic growth. Summary The loans have been invested in transmission lines, the Karuma and Isimba hydropower projects, oil roads, Kabaale International Airport, expansion of Entebbe International Airport and Irrigation schemes, among others, which government says has translated into economic growth....