Uganda’s Charcoal Debate: A Ban Without Plan Will Burn the Poor First

Op_EdUganda’s push toward green energy is noble, necessary and long overdue but the current conversation on banning charcoal is dangerously out of touch with the realities of ordinary citizens.Any policy that seeks to eliminate charcoal without first addressing affordability, access, and reliability of alternative fuels risks punishing the very people government is meant to protect.