The naked truth: We worry not about poverty gap but the power(less) gap

Thee dying Uganda Telecoms Ltd (UTL) was supposed to be the equivalent of Safaricom, having the same founding background as the Kenyan giant. ILLUSTARTION | JOHN NYAGA | NMG

Economists and statesmen always worry about the gap between the rich and the poor, continuously seeking ways of narrowing it.

In Uganda we have new field that needs studying—the gap between the powerful and the powerless. But while the poor always strive to become rich, the powerless in Uganda prefer to run farther away from power. Recent matters of public interest demonstrate this.