On Conversations over Coffee;
My latest conversation reminded me that irrespective of how frustrating and stressful a situation is, there’s actually always something that’s to your advantage. Listen, look, and find it.
Another way of saying that Perspective is everything.
“Do we have the institutional & regulatory framework to evaluate foreign investments to ensure as much money remains within the economy?” ~ @kidegaMoise
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As someone who defended the #PDM to cabinet, @FredMuhumuza8 highlights some issues he sees with its current implementation.
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@RSsuuna applauds @BOU_Official efforts & interventions to try & contain the inflationary pressures that have been experienced in the economy lately.
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Agnes Kirabo points out that she has no issue with borrowing provided there are returns & the plague of corruption is dealt with.
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“With gov’t as the biggest monster destabilizing economic systems, risk in the economy has forced interest rates on loans to go up.” ~ @FredMuhumuza8
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While previous projects were based on interest groups, @awich_pollar highlights that the #PDM is meant to trigger production at the grassroot economic unit of a parish.
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@awich_pollar emphasizes that the #PDM may not be a magic bullet to deal with all the economy’s issues but is intended to be an empowerment-triggering endeavor.
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@RSsuuna believes that beyond the current voluntary compliance system, strict enforcement measures may be needed to help @URAuganda collect the due tax revenue.
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“Every year after an election, we have a food crisis.”
Agnes Kirabo from @FRAUGANDA notes how our Agricultural sector is very fragile and is poorly planned for.
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@FredMuhumuza8 starts by detailing some key parameters by which an economy is judged:
1-Is it providing decent employment to citizens?
2-Is it enabling gov’t to provide basic services?
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Coming up at 2pm , the #ChatShowUG will examine the Auditor General’s report & worrying debt levels as we look into the nation’s budget deficits.
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“Have you ever given groundnuts to a dove coz you want to trap it?”
Agnes Kirabo explains the confines in over-relying on foreign aid.
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“Would getting the army out of a Parliament be a step towards demilitarizing our politics?”
@kidegaMoise poses a question for today’s #YouthRoundTable.
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@AlyceNamale applauds the strides made by the government to increase participation of women & other marginalized groups in elections at different levels.
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@LukangaSamuel1 questions why the opposition continues to participate in elections if they find the process to be flawed.
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