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By Gloria Gwitabinji Officials from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), led by the Permanent Secretary, have appeared before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (Central Government) to respond to issues raised in the Auditor General’s report for the 2024–2025 financial year. However, the session quickly went beyond audit queries, with Members of Parliament raising long-standing concerns about the conduct of state...

The Deputy Governor of the Bank of Uganda, Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba, has called for accelerated adoption of secure, inclusive and interoperable digital payment systems to support commerce and economic activity in Uganda. Speaking at the Bank CEOs’ Dinner hosted by Visa East Africa at Serena Hotel in Kampala on Tuesday, Prof. Nuwagaba said Uganda’s financial system has made notable progress...

By Kenneth Tanaba As learners return to school for the first term of 2026, the African Centres for Lightning Education Network (ACLENet) is warning that the back-to-school period is coinciding with the start of the first rainy season, a time that comes with frequent thunderstorms and a higher risk of lightning strikes. ACLENet, Africa’s only organisation dedicated to lightning safety...

The Westminster Africa Business Association has held talks with the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury and Secretary to the Treasury, Dr. Ramathan Ggoobi, focusing on Uganda’s investment priorities under the Ten-Fold Growth Strategy. During the engagement, Dr. Ggoobi briefed the delegation on the key drivers behind Uganda’s economic transformation agenda and reiterated government’s commitment to supporting all bona fide investments...

By Samuel Ssenono Airbus SE has posted a strong set of full-year 2025 results, underpinned by robust global demand for aircraft, higher deliveries, and improved performance across its Commercial Aircraft, Helicopters, and Defence and Space divisions. The European aerospace group delivered 793 commercial aircraft during the year, up from 766 in 2024. Revenues rose by six percent to €73.4 billion,...

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) have convened the seventh Proximity Commanders’ Meeting in Musanze to review cross-border security and strengthen cooperation between the two countries. The three-day meeting, running from February 18 to 20, 2026, is focused on assessing the security situation along the Rwanda–Uganda border, strengthening peacebuilding efforts, promoting cross-border trade and...

President Museveni has met with the Director of the African Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr. Abebe Aemro Selassie, at State House, Entebbe, for discussions on Uganda’s economic performance and strategies to broaden the country’s tax base. During the meeting, President Museveni briefed the IMF official on the state of the economy, expressing confidence in continued growth driven...

President Museveni today met outgoing and incoming Members of Parliament from the Lango Sub-region at State House, Entebbe, where he congratulated them on the National Resistance Movement (NRM)’s strong electoral performance in the recently concluded general elections. The President expressed gratitude to the legislators and the people of Lango and Northern Uganda at large for what he described as...

The Director for Economic Affairs, Moses Kaggwa, is leading Uganda’s delegation to Paris for the second round of negotiations with France’s Ministry for the Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty on a proposed Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between the two countries. The talks aim to conclude a framework that will guide how income earned across Uganda and France is taxed,...

The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Hon. Jacob Marksons Oboth, has received a delegation from the Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) at the ministry headquarters in Mbuya, marking Uganda’s formal assumption of the organisation’s chairmanship. The delegation was led by Brig. Gen. (Rtd) Paul Kahuria Njema, Director of the EASF, who paid a familiarisation call following Uganda’s takeover of...