Poverty in Uganda

The overriding challenge Uganda faces today is the curse of poverty. Poverty, ‘the lack of something”(“Poverty.”), something can be materials, knowledge, or anything one justifies as necessary to living. Associated with poverty is the question of what causes poverty and how to stop poverty? The poverty rate in Uganda has declined from the year 2002 from the year 2009, which shows the percent of residents living in poverty has decreasing. Yet, the year is 2014 and the poverty rate could have drastically changed over the course of five years. One could assume the poverty rate would continue to decrease, which would be astounding and beneficial, but does poverty ever decrease enough to an acceptable level or even nonexistence? Poverty is a complex issue that continues to puzzle people from all across the globe. Poverty could possible be a question that is never truly answered.

When a piece of machinery stops running, typically a mechanic inspects the damage and determines the cause of the problem, such as a faulty piece. The mechanic can simply replace the broken part and the machine is operating again as if as nothing ever happened; a nice and easy fix without causing harm to other parts or to the machine functions. However, poverty cannot be merely fixed. Poverty is a particular part in the machine, which can never be replaced, but the machine can never stop running even with a damaged part. The poverty piece can be damaged but the root of the problem can never be pinpointed. There are too many factors and possible causes of the problem, trying to fix only one would not have any beneficial effect on the machine. Therefore, the equipment might not have the highest efficiency rate or even operate correctly, resulting in a malfunct...

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... constant solutions to poverty. All of the causes are related to another and affect one another; poverty is simply the result of many underlining problems with society. Poverty can improve as long as Uganda keeps trying and society commits to the possibilities of change. History shows that poverty will never completely disappear, but there is always hope of a better tomorrow.

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