Written work
Series: Uganda Explained
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What Rwanda Enforces That Uganda Only Announces
On the IMF’s 2026 figures, Uganda’s GDP per capita is $1,476 and Rwanda’s is $1,198. So why does Kigali collect its rubbish, run scheduled buses and enforce a zoning map, while Kampala has 10% sewer coverage?
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What Uganda’s New Curriculum Actually Does for Talent
In 2019 a Ugandan government minister warned that a seven-year-old rapper could end up in juvenile detention if his performances kept interfering with school. In 2025 the same official secured him a six-year secondary scholarship.
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In Uganda, Surviving A Suicide Attempt Is A Crime
Section 210 of Uganda’s Penal Code Act makes attempting to take your own life a misdemeanour carrying up to two years in prison. Britain, which wrote that law into our statute books, repealed its own version in 1961.
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Uganda’s Roads: 28 Delayed, 13 Abandoned, 1 Cause
Uganda signed a Shs547.5 billion contract to build a 23.7km expressway. Seven years on, the cost has passed Shs1.3 trillion — and the government still has not finished paying for the land it is built on.
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Uber Just Quit Uganda After 10 Years. Here’s Why
On 2 September 2026, Uber switched off Uganda after ten years — effective immediately. On the same day it announced 3,300 job cuts worldwide and more than $10 billion committed to self-driving cars. Those two announcements are the same story.
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The $14 Million Fight Inside Museveni’s Family
Two men married into the same family. One commands the army. The other runs the agency that sells Uganda to the world. In August 2026, one of them abolished the other’s organisation — in a post on X.