COVID19 transmission chain can be broken by effective preventative behaviour change The carelessness of some Ugandans us what may fuel the further spread of the virus. HE recapped the 34 recommendations. (personal side note: 73,000 education institutions were closed- resulting in 15m students being sent back home) Gen Katumba has been instructed to conduct a study Bicycle usage in the context of Bodaboda usage restrictions. A total of 5,664 tested only 54 positives with car **4,015 returnees from abroad **1,232 contacts of the returnees **402 were part of the alert group (persons who volunteered for testing due to symptoms) A…
From whatsapp: End the Lockdown!
Call me insensitive if you wish. But I gotta say this. You cannot shut down an economy because of a disease that kills less than 3% of persons who contract it. These are stats from countries with ageing populations, unlike us. Save for Italy with a fatality rate of over 10%. But let us face it, the median age in Italy is 46, compared to Uganda at 15. I would be considered a young person if I was in Italy at my ‘ripe old’ age of 43. Even when Aids afflicted almost 25% of the adult population in Uganda with…
The state of Uganda’s banking sector 2019
How much of the profits do banks reinvest in the economy? Which bank is the most efficient? Why would banks making profits suddenly go belly up? The summitBI® Banking Report 2019 (summitBIR19) (based on the published FY 2018 annual reports by banks as required by section 26 of the Financial Institutions Act, 2016 provides answers to all these questions. The report reflects that international banks control more than 75% of the banking sector, thereby exposing the economy to high risks of capital flight. This risk manifests in terms of increased dependency on foreign service providers for services that would otherwise…
Why you must get a copy of the “How to get on the board book”…
Are you too good to be great? “You will be the same person 5 years from now except for two things: the books you read and the people you meet.” Who said that powerful statement? When it comes to leadership, which books are you reading? Get a copy of Mustapha B Mugisa’s new book on corporate governance and transform. The book provides practical insights for your career and leadership growth. In the next paragraph, find a review of the book by Paul Busharizi, as published on Amazon, How-Board-Become-Fantastic-Director-ebook, to appreciate the what value you could be missing. “Starting a business is…
IDEA vs ACL (Galvanise) vs Teammate + Audit Analytics: which one?
In today’s VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) world driven by the Internet of Things, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and BigData, you need a powerful solution to gain real-time insights to stay ahead of your business. So, which data analytics tools should you invest in and why? By the time you read the last paragraph of this article, you will have information to make the right choice, save money by investing in the right audit and financial data analytics tool. Who needs analytics? Anyone with responsibilities for decision making. To be competitive, all staff at the manager level and…
BUBU: From talking to action
Policy brief (SC/o1/19) 1. Issue IN A BID TO GROW THE LOCAL content and empower local service providers, the Government of Uganda developed the Buy Uganda, Build Uganda (BUBU) Policy. This policy encourages all organizations operating in Uganda to prioritize local service providers. However, many Ministries, Directorates, and Agencies (MDAs) source and pay for services directly to foreign companies. This practice not only leads to loss of the much needed foreign exchange without any benefit to the local economy, but it also exposes GOU to national security risks specifically cyber risks. The current approach to ‘Open International Bidding’ procurements is…