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With an annual mean concentration of Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM2.5) that is ten times greater than the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended limit, Uganda is home to one of Africa's most polluted cities. Kampala's annual mean concentration of PM2.5 stands at 50 15µg/m3, which is ten times higher than the WHO recommendation of 5µg/m3. Pollution does more than just linger in the air. It drives infant mortality, triggers asthma, compromises lungs for children and the elderly, and has been...

Uganda is sliding from managed democracy into open authoritarianism as electoral manipulation, institutional capture and elite capitulation deepen, stripping voters of even the minimal power once preserved through the performance of competitive politics. That President Yoweri Museveni has, over the past four decades, favoured authoritarianism over democracy is not in serious dispute. His early engineering of a one-party system after taking power, alongside the deaths of alleged early...

Is it possible to collaborate with President Yoweri Museveni and his inner circle without succumbing to personal interests or exploiting the Ugandan taxpayer? Can shunning President Museveni and his allies lead to a more accountable and just Uganda? These are questions we at Public Square have grappled with extensively. We conclude that there may be more effective approaches to achieving a just and equitable Uganda than shunning President Museveni, a strategy adopted by many of his opponents....