Murkier waters or a spring of hope along the Nile?

A few days after our country’s independence, the Cooperative Framework Agreement came into force on the 13th of October 2024. The document promises a lot in the hopes of ensuring sustainable development and harmonious utilisation of the water resources along the Nile River among the countries that share the Nile, which includes Uganda.

Its timing could not be any better as a document meant to reform the governance of the use of the Nile River and its tributaries, which is premised on colonial agreements that were made by Britain as a colonial power on our behalf.

Right off the…