Minister for Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba, has called for immediate measures to ensure the sustainability of urban infrastructure investments under the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) program.
Speaking at the National Urban...
Many Ugandans particularly women and young people are excluded from entering and participating in politics because they cannot afford it, according to a research published on 28 October 2020 by the Public Policy Institute (PPI), Westminster...
As Ugandans adopt social-economic transformation, there is a need to be reminded of the critical role of infrastructure in economic growth, which President Museveni committed to investing in: industrial parks, roads and transportation networks, and energy supply systems.
In Uganda, 41% of the country's total area is experiencing degradation, and 12% is in a severe state of degradation, mostly soil erosion being a common form of degradation that is found on 85% of degraded roads that increases the government’s expenditure on road repairs.
The increase of Uganda’s per capita income from $898 to 1146 in 2024 and the increase of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from $16 to $20 in 2023—all these, including many others—resulted in Uganda being recognized by the IMF as one of the fastest-growing economies.