Oct 11, 2018 | East Africa, Menas Associates, Uganda
Uganda’s musician turned politician and MP for Kyaddondo East constituency, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (a.k.a. Bobi Wine), has returned to the country following medical treatment in the US. Bobi Wine had left Uganda because of the severe injuries he sustained when the...
May 1, 2018 | Menas Associates, Uganda
Uganda has been increasing its debt burden year-on-year since 2009, with current government debt to GDP levels – as of 2017 – recorded at 38.6%. The key drivers of this rapidly rising debt are the loans that it has taken on for large scale infrastructure projects....
Dec 9, 2015 | East Africa, Menas Associates, Uganda
One of Uganda’s most interesting characters has returned to favour with President Yoweri Museveni in Uganda. Retired Lieutenant General Henry Tumukunde was brought back in from the cold earlier this year to take a leading role in President Yoweri Museveni’s...