Uganda, April 9 -- This year will be harder than last year. On the other hand, it will be easier than next year." Those are the famous words from the 1967 new year's message, of Albania's former leader, Enver Halil Hoxha (14th October 1908 - 11th April 1985.) He led Albania with an iron hand for 41 years from 1944 to 1985 when he died aged 77.

Since 2023 when the 11th Parliament headed by Speaker Anita Annet Among passed the Anti Homosexuality Act, to the chagrin of most Western donors, Ugandans got another excuse as to why the economy is struggling.

Donors view it as a blatant abuse of human rights by the NRM government of President Yoweri Museveni; in power now for 38 years. As an act of retribution, donors levied sanctions for the pa...