Archive for the 'Economics' Category

Coffee in Uganda

October 30, 2009

Dear Ugandans,
Could some one do us a favour and send a detailed programe which was unveiled by the new Katikiro,J.B .Walusimbi. We would like to know how the growth of coffee in Buganda is going to be boosted. Uganda used to be a strong coffee grower and I remember my grandfather paying school fees for [...]

CREATING JOBS STARTS FROM LOWER END

April 27, 2009

As Ugandan living abroad, if we are to do anything back home to help our brothers and sisters in Uganda, the most critical question is how to create quickly hundreds of millions of jobs for the poor with limited purchasing power and limited capital for investment. The idea that most of these jobs could be [...]

Public spending during recession and Uganda

February 19, 2009

 It is true that governments where recession has hit hard are borrowing money and increasing spending WHERE IT IS NECESSARY. ‘Where is necessary’ involves pumping more money into the banking system or nationalising some banks but not buying expensive jets for the executives or presidents or increasing the salaries/bonuses of company executives or public workers. [...]

2009 Recession in the UK

February 5, 2009

 What is happening on the UK economy has really scared me a lot. The British economy is running down very fast. Yes, what is happening in the world economy right now has happened before but I don’t think I was even born by then. That is why I have to take the forecasting done today [...]