Uganda, April 10 -- The Opposition laid out its alternative budget for the 2024/2025 fiscal year on Monday. Mr Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, who has for a little over a decade stood as one of the most potent forces opposing the Museveni regime, presented the Shs43 trillion budget. In a fluent analysis, the shadow Finance Minister highlighted the economic damage wreaked by wasteful expenditure. However, much like his predecessors, fell woefully short of offering an insight into the Opposition's economic thinking.

To be clear, the Opposition is bang on about the dire need for financial prudence and wrestling the monster that is corruption, to mention but two. It is, however, abundantly clear that the current economic malaise confronting Ugandan...