Rising GDP, Struggle on Ground: Opposition Challenges Govt Growth Data » Business Focus

Rising GDP, Struggle on Ground: Opposition Challenges Govt Growth Data » Business Focus

Joel Ssenyonyi, the Leader of Opposition By Prisca Wanyenya   The Leader of Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi has punched holes into assertions made by President Museveni that Uganda’s economy has expanded seventeen-fold over the last 40 years, which saw the GDP rise from US$3.9 billion in 1986 to now US$69.3 billion. He argues that while progress has been made in some areas, many Ugandans continue to face poverty, unemployment, poor public services, a…