Norah Owaraga

Fiscal policy favors imports over nationally produced

The GOU favours foreigners in form of open access to the Ugandan market, while it has not done enough to protect the internal market share for its domestically made products. In a bid to attract the so-called foreign ‘investors’ they are given very lucrative tax incentives.

Opportunity cost of costly parliament

Originally posted on Humanist: Agriculture is Uganda’s global comparative advantage, it is a primary economic growth driver and it is key in ensuring food and nutrition security for Ugandans. The budget 2014/2015 plans to increase food production costs through increased taxation – agricultural inputs will be heavily taxed. The taxes on hoes are reinstated. The costs…

Are ‘scientific opinions’ always superior & infallible?

President Museveni justified his accession to the anti-homosexuality bill, claiming he sought and got ‘scientific opinions’ from scientists the world over. Including, Ugandan scientists affiliated to the departments of genetics, the school of medicine and the ministry of health. Apparently the scientists were unanimous in their conclusion that homosexuality is not genetic but behavioural. “Homosexuals…

Superficial food scarcity via inefficient food system

“The caloric intake of 62.1 percent of Ugandans is below the country’s recommended dietary intake of 2,200 calories per person per day,” it is reported. Many do not have sufficient access to food in Uganda because of our inefficient food system. In Uganda we are quite happy to give tax holidays to foreign owned businesses…