SPECIAL REPORT | Uganda is betting that replacing the Tax Identification Number (TIN) with the National Identification Number (NIN) will widen the tax base and curb leakage. But with millions already registered for tax, the harder test is whether better identification can actually translate into more revenue, reports Ronald …
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For policymakers, the clock is ticking on a choice between continuing an expensive experiment or rewriting the rules of Uganda’s mineral wealth Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | For years, Uganda’s decision to give gold special treatment in its tax regime has been defended as an investment incentive. The idea …
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20 years after the discovery announcement, ‘Pearl Sweet’ marks the moment Uganda’s crude moves from political promise to commercial test Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | After almost 20 years of waiting, Uganda has finally given its oil a name. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni unveiled the name “Pearl Sweet” …
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As global demand grows, Orom-Cross is betting that processing graphite in Uganda can deliver more than a mining project NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | A graphite project in northern Uganda is taking on a more ambitious shape. What began as a proposal to mine and export graphite from …
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But the virus is still advancing next door in DRC Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda finally got the Ebola declaration it had effectively claimed for itself a month earlier. On Thursday, Aug. 27, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and …
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COVER STORY | For a decade, President Yoweri Museveni has promised, and repeatedly proclaimed, Uganda’s arrival in the lower-middle-income club. The World Bank keeps saying not yet. Behind the numbers lies a deeper contest over growth, population, political legacy and who gets to define Uganda’s economic progress, reports Ronald …
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The Ugandan who helped shape the UN’s succession game now wants to win it Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | There is a delicious piece of irony in Olara Otunnu’s surprising bid to become the next Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Ugandan diplomat is now preparing to campaign …
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SPECIAL REPORT | For three weeks, 52 participants from different professions and backgrounds were enrolled into a course that sought to interrogate assumptions, test evidence, recognise manipulation and rethink how they engage with people around them. At their graduation on Aug.7, the first cohort of Makerere University’s Critical Thinking …
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From Uganda’s electricity transmission network to telecommunications and financial systems, INTERPOL says Africa is facing an increasingly sophisticated cybercrime threat as criminals turn their attention to critical infrastructure, reports Ronald Musoke. On August 18, 2025, the Qilin ransomware group claimed Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) as a victim. …
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After three decades of waiting, Uganda has finally put its weight behind the man it once might have backed when his moment was at its brightest COVERY STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | On Saturday, Aug. 8, Olara Otunnu boarded a plane to the United States, headed for New York …
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