Uganda can do better on reporting social delivery
Three
years ago, I had a conversation with a fellow Ugandan on the health of our
economy, society and the environment. He confidently reported how happy he was
with the government whose policies had worked wonders – inflation had been
tamed, export performance had reached record levels, GDP and per capita income
were improving, Kampala city was experiencing tremendous growth, cell phone
users were up and growing, the housing industry was doing exceptionally well
and donors’ approval rating was high – no mention of Ugandan’s approval rating
was made. On rural housing, he observed
that most houses had corrugated iron roofing thanks to earnings particularly
from coffee and other commodities. He even referred to a World Bank report
which had revealed that the share of iron-roofed houses in total residential
houses had increased from 38 percent in 1991 to 48 percent by 1996, reflecting
increases in disposable income. Another Ugandan who had travelled through my village
in south west