The State of Good Governance and Service Delivery at the Local Government Level in Northern Uganda

Report from a District-Peer Review Mechanism Assessing the Districts of Amuria, Arua, Gulu, Lira, Moroto and Napak

This report was conducted under the SPACE project and intends to shed light on the successes, challenges and gaps of accountability and responsive service delivery in the project districts. With the assessment spearheaded by local stakeholders and supported by our project partners from the North, we believe this report holds credible value for all citizens of Northern Uganda. It contains a methodologically guided assessment implemented by those who are at the very heart of our project.

Call For Applications: Youth4Policy

Are you a highly motivated young Ugandan interested in migration policy analysis and research? Are you interested in doing high-quality research while receiving training, mentorship and further developing your professional skills? Do you want to become part of a network of promising young policy leaders? Then Youth4Policy is for you!

China in Africa: Wielding Influence in the Age of Coronavirus

How the Chinese Communist Party Shapes Narratives and Builds Influence in Africa

The new study “Wielding Influence in the Age of Coronavirus” analyses China’s response to the Coronavirus in Africa.

Digital Voter Manipulation

A report on how digital platforms were used to manipulate Uganda’s 2021 General elections.

This publication provides a situational analysis of how online spaces were used as a manipulative tool during Uganda’s 2021 General Election. We are thankful to the African Institute for Investigative Journalism and Mr. Stone Songa for working on it and we hope that you will find the discussions here worth reflecting upon.

Newsletter 01/2021

Learn more about KAS Uganda & South Sudan Programmes

Check out more information and updates on KAS activities, opportunities and collaborations from January to April 2021!

Election Review Roundtable Series 2021

The Form and Substance of the 2021 Elections in Uganda

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Uganda recently partnered with the Julius Nyerere Leadership Centre (Makerere University) to convene the Post-Election discussion series; an academic and practical initiative, designed to answer specific questions relating to both the substance and process of Election 2021. The analysis is expected to draw lessons that have implications for future interventions in electoral democracy and governance reforms in Uganda. The discussion series will be based on commissioned academic papers that are well researched and analyzed in order to give the core group an opportunity to make realistic recommendations that can contribute to and inform political debate in Uganda.

Delivering Industrialisation

Economic transformation is necessary for sustained growth in output, decent jobs, incomes, and social development. The macroeconomic stability over the last three decades unlocked an episode of moderate to high GDP growth coupled with promising signs of early economic transformation, including export growth and diversification. However, progress against each economic transformation metric eventually stalled. Combined with rapid population growth, this has translated into large-scale underemployment, stagnating incomes for most citizens, and rising poverty. Faced with a rapidly growing, urbanising, and increasingly educated and connected youth population as well as growing discontent in cities, the political legitimacy of Uganda’s leadership will increasingly depend not only on peace and stability, but also on the promise of decent jobs and incomes.

It is about their story

How China, Turkey and Russia influence the media in Africa

Langzeitpräsident Museveni hält sich an der Macht – mit allen Mitteln

Wahlen in Uganda

Abgeschottet von der Außenwelt und vor dem Hintergrund einer Drohkulisse, die die Menschen um ihre körperliche Unversehrtheit fürchten ließ, fanden in Uganda am 14. Januar 2021 die Präsidentschafts- und Parlamentswahlen statt. Der friedliche und ruhige Wahltag, wie ihn die meisten Wähler beschreiben, darf nicht darüber hinwegtäuschen, dass die Wahl weder frei, fair noch glaubwürdig war. Während der seit 34 Jahren amtierende Präsident Yoweri Museveni im Amt bleibt und bereits am Abend des 16. Januar nach der Verkündung des Wahlergebnisses, seine erste öffentliche Rede halten konnte, wird sein wichtigster Kontrahent, Robert Kyagulanyi, international besser bekannt als Bobi Wine, immer noch in seinem Haus festgehalten und von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten.

Handbook for Local Government Actors

Accountability, Public Resource Management and Gender Inclusion in Local Governments

In the face of the changing needs of communities served by local governments, laws relating to the operations of local governments have been known to change frequently owing to the demanding nature of accountability and governance. KAS and its partners, therefore, present the most recent legal framework which contains legislation, regulations and policies applicable to the local governments in their dayto- day operations.