Uganda+Stability

=Uganda Stability=

Discussion:
Demographics: Politics: Economics: Technology: Geography:
 * The President wishes to be a middle-income status country by 2017. Uganda will take two decades to achieve middle-income status based on its current economic- and population growth rates and attaining the target any sooner would be impossible.
 * China’s involvement with the Ugandan government has recently taken a more personal turn. Last week, lawmakers said that a Chinese firm is negotiating a deal to buy off the debts of Ugandan parliamentarians.
 * Uganda risks falling victim to a "resource curse" when it launches commercial oil production because its government lacks the political will to fight corruption says Human Rights Watch.
 * China and Uganda have a 50 year solid relationship that **will likely continue to grow as Uganda's resources become more abundant**.
 * Tribal clashes along the Kenya-Uganda border, in Kenya’s oil-rich Turkana region bode ill for pipeline plans as Kenya moves to get its new crude to market and to connect up with landlocked Uganda and South Sudan to become the region’s energy hub.
 * Senior presidential advisor on finance, planning and economic development Dr. Ezra Suruma has advised Ugandans to keep a keen eye on the Public Finance Bill 2012.
 * **While getting better corruption is still very real in the Uganda Government **