Bank of Uganda should utilize its mandate to regulate spending during 2021 electoral processes COMMENT | Fred Kasalirwe | The recently concluded National Resistance Movement (NRM) primaries have seen massive monetization of the electoral processes with huge sums of money seen exchanging hands to influence voters’ decisions. If this is just …
Read More »Is quitting fossil fuel a viable option?
COMMENT | Lamunu Petronilla | Voices in favour of a complete shift to renewable energy have gained momentum all over the world. This has been precipitated by the low carbon emissions observed globally due to the stay-home decrees and decreased air and land travels imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence points …
Read More »Chief Govt valuer should prioritize compensation for oil, gas projects
COMMENT | Joseph Mukasa Ngubwagye | Projects in the oil and gas sector require, among other things, land for temporary and permanent infrastructure and installations. This land acquisition is achieved through Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) which seek to specify all resettlement arrangements and measures for avoiding, minimizing or compensating losses or …
Read More »Support local firms in the oil and gas supply chain post COVID
COMMENT | Joseph Mukasa Ngubwagye | The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unique challenges across all aspects of society. Healthcare systems have been strained, schools closed, and economies constrained. The energy sector has not been spared. Many oil producing countries have suffered big losses, and their economies have been threatened due …
Read More »COMMENT: Rukutana and Uganda’s social media lynch-mob
COMMENT | Andrew M. Mwenda | In the age of social media, with its instantaneous dissemination of news, alongside such technologies as deep fake and photoshop, journalists in mainstream media need to be extremely skeptical and cautious of all information even that on video that seems authentic. Nowhere has journalism …
Read More »Strategic digital transformation in Africa in the time of COVID-19
COMMENT | VIMAL KUMAR | What is now very clear, is that in terms of digital innovation and progress, we have had to compress several years of evolution into a very short space of time as everyone has been forced to adapt to managing businesses remotely and the deployment …
Read More »Safeguard Uganda’s people, nature as petroleum sector grows
COMMENT | DANIEL ABOWE | It’s now 14 years since Uganda discovered commercially viable quantities of oil and gas along Lake Albert basin. Since then, Uganda’s oil and gas sector has transitioned from the exploration and appraisal phase to the development phase in preparation for production projected for 2023. Planned …
Read More »Is European Union delegation exerting undue influence on Ugandan election?
COMMENT | Dr Bruce Tumwine Rwabasonga | Highly publicized media images of the European Union delegates visiting opposition leaders in Uganda have been shared widely across social media over the last couple of weeks. While these would not have raised a lot of eyebrows at any other time, these …
Read More »Election rigging and Besigye’s choice
How legitimate claims of electoral malpractice have blinded the opposition to its strategic weaknesses THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Leading opposition figure, Dr. Kizza Besigye, has said he will not participate in the coming presidential elections because it will not be free and fair. …
Read More »Why Uganda needs CSR policy guidelines in the oil and gas sector
COMMENT | Daniel Abowe | Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a business approach that contributes to sustainable development by delivering economic, social, and environmental benefits for all stakeholders during project implementation. It also refers to the corporation’s initiatives to assess and take responsibility for the company’s effects on environmental and social …
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