[Independent (Kampala)] Comment -- Uganda stands at a rare inflection point in its development trajectory. With commercial oil production scheduled to commence later this year and a fresh electoral mandate secured, the national budget for the 2026/27 financial year offers more than another round of incremental spending. It attempts what development economists from Arthur Lewis to Amartya Sen have long identified as the central challenge of late-developing economies: a deliberate, sequenced shift from a dual economy--characterised by a