By Mutabazi Sam Stewart
Andrew, if private cars, shopping malls and bars are what you term as economic growth, then I am afraid the Economics you studied is lopsided. For Christ sake Andrew you should know that what has been termed as growth in Uganda is mere consumerism, importing cheap goods from China. We are an import oriented country. Shut our boarders for even one week and you will not even get a match box in Kampala shops. The reason why Zimbabwe survived the international sanctions is because its economy was to a great extent self sustaining. Uganda would not survive for a month like Zimbabwe did if we faced similar sanctions. In plain language, Uganda has not yet laid a foundation on which development can thrive. I think Uganda has the poorest public infrastructure in the world today.
***This was a response to Andrew Mwenda’s piece titled “The Politics behind Musevenomics where he hailed Uganda’s growth Miracle” Published in The Independent Magazine of 13th June 2010
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