Inequality breeds Insecurity
Uganda continues to grapple with warring Inequalities. According to World Bank (2016), Uganda’s economic growth has stagnated due to stagnant house hold incomes and growing inequality. Uganda’s growth is not inclusive. According to the Private Sector Development Strategy 2015/16 – 2019/20, there is rising inequality among Ugandans, which means that the emerging opportunities are poorly distributed. For example, Central Uganda and Greater Kampala host 66 percent of Uganda’s GDP, while northern Uganda takes only 7 percent, East (13 percent) and West (14 percent). It is therefore very evident that the gap between the rich and the poor widens everyday despite various efforts. Unfortunately, this gap grows everyday and seems to be immune from the several mitigation measures and it is not known whether the mitigation measures offer long term solutions or a simply sweeping a dusty courtyard! What this has created is two categories of society-each worried and defensive of the other. The r