Long before US brutally sliced international funding there were pointers donors are fatigued
Ignoring US funding to focus on the wider base of donors, the numbers show how humanitarian funding reached a peak in 2022, when donor governments gave 52 per cent above their 2015 levels. When including US funding, however, humanitarian aid continued to rise in 2023 before starting its decline.
Who owns Uganda? How Museveni’s army robbed and destroyed banks, cooperatives factories in Uganda under the spectre of privatisation
The NRM regime’s President Museveni had also declared that the economic tool for development in Uganda would be privatisation because public ownership had failed to spur Uganda’s development. Privatisation has been defined as the transfer of a business, industry, or service from public to private ownership and control. Others see privatisation as the robbery of what belongs to the poor and needy by the rich and powerful.
Marionette or president? How United Arab Emirates funds Ruto’s pork barrel politics to gain easy access East African natural resources
In Nairobi, security and international diplomacy experts aver that Kenya’s credibility is headed for the headwinds following US’ Africa policy switch that signals disengagement with the continent. US aid freeze leaves African countries at the mercy of Middle East kingdoms that have become influential as alternative lenders to World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the US.
