Writing in the daily monitor recently, Mr Rinus van Klinken, the SNV Uganda Dairy programme manager advocates that “Parents should contribute to children’s school feeding.” He notes in the articles that, “In 2016, SNV through its dairy project funded by the Dutch government launched a national school milk pilot to get 5,000 school going […]

The promise that each generation will be better off than the last is a fundamental tenet of any modern society. By and large, in Uganda, the previous generation has fulfilled this promise, with living standards of their children safeguarded over their previous generations, despite setbacks from wars and financial crises. So why do the current […]

At every budget presentation, the sitting minister for finance lists government’s priorities and how they will be funded and achieved. Most of the priorities or promises are often recycled and will never be actualised. One of those priorities is the fight against corruption. Last year, government vowed to improve the effectiveness of the public sector […]

The approval of 65 more constituencies in Uganda by parliament only serves to highlight how low this country has sunk in determining its national priorities.  It also indicates how greedy and unethical the institution of parliament has become. It is clear that Ugandans are no longer getting value for money from this institution and there […]