Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has asked President Yoweri Museveni not to sign the newly passed Sovereignty Protection Bill, 2026, warning that the proposed law could isolate Uganda internationally and worsen the country’s economic challenges. Parliament passed the controversial bill on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. …
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NEWS ANALYSIS | URN | The contentious Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026 was passed in Parliament on Tuesday night after nearly seven hours of heated debate. It capped a legislative process completed in just 20 days, an unusually rapid timeline that has triggered scrutiny over Parliament’s constitutional oversight role. The passage …
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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 …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The NRM Parliamentary Caucus has resolved to throw its full weight behind the government’s proposed Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, following a high-stakes meeting to align the party’s legislative front. The decision was reached during a caucus meeting held today, Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at Parliament. …
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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 …
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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 …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka, has proposed sweeping amendments to the controversial Protection of Sovereignty Bill, indicating how the government is retreating from some of the controversial clauses. The original Bill tabled before Parliament has been widely rejected by the banking sector, the legal fraternity, …
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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 …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has written to the Ministry of Finance demanding that it revoke a certificate of financial implication it issued in relation to the Protection of Sovereignty Bill. The lawyers’ body says the certificate signed by State Minister for Finance, Amos Logolobi, …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Former Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana has asked the mover of the Protection of Sovereignty Bill to withdraw it from Parliament. He suggests the need for widespread consultations to improve on it with “a view to making it less toxic, or better still, shelve it.” Rukutana, …
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