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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Parliament has approved over 1.1 trillion Shillings under Supplementary Expenditure for the Financial Year 2025/2026. The supplementary request was presented by the Minister of State for Finance (General Duties), Henry Musasizi, and includes a mix of budget reallocations, additional revenues, and external financing. Of the total amount, 40.21 …

  COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | There have been intense debates about the proposed Protection of the Sovereignty Bill 2026 (Bill no.13). This is not bad because that is the very reason Parliament invited members of the public to present their views to the committee on Defence and Internal Affairs …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Heightened security at Parliament has overshadowed the planned debate on the controversial Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, raising fresh concerns about transparency and democratic space as legislators prepare for the plenary sitting. This morning, Military and police forces sealed off key access roads leading to Parliament, restricting …

Divisions Deepen as Parliament Braces for Sovereignty Bill Showdown Kampala, Uganda | URN | Parliament faces a defining and potentially divisive moment as lawmakers prepare to debate and vote on the controversial Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, amid deepening political fractures, procedural disputes, and unexpected signals of caution from President Yoweri …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has come out to clarify that “Uganda’s free flow of investment and remittances will not be affected” by the proposed Sovereignty Bill. The bill has faced a storm over its reach, with the Bank of Uganda and the Uganda Bankers Association …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | A dispute has emerged at Parliament over the timing of the inductions for members to the 12th Parliament. The Laroo-Pece Division MP-elect, Nobert Mao, who is also aspiring for the post of Speaker of Parliament, has sparked the controversy, warning against holding the programme before the …

  Regulating influence, unsettling markets   COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s proposed foreign agents legislation is rapidly becoming more than a legal reform. It is evolving into a stress test of the country’s political economy, its regulatory philosophy and its relationship with global capital. Framed by government as …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | A governance scholar and Catholic priest, Fr. Charles Oyo, has petitioned Parliament seeking the withdrawal or major amendment of the Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, warning that the proposed law threatens constitutional rights, civic space, and Uganda’s governance framework. In the petition dated April 24, …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Concerns over threats to constitutional freedoms, economic stability, and regional integration have intensified calls for Parliament to reject the proposed Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026. A coalition of leaders from Teso, Lango, Bugisu, civil society organisations, financial institutions, and statutory bodies warned that the Bill, …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Parliament has approved a record 84.391 trillion Shillings national budget for the 2026/27 financial year, setting the tone for Uganda’s fiscal direction in the coming years. The budget, passed during a plenary session chaired by Speaker Anita Among on April 24, 2026, is the first …