Hidden Uganda, a documentary by award winning American Journalist Peter Greenberg premiered tonight @ Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo. H.E. was the chief guest👌🏿 @MKarekye @KagutaMuseveni
Welcome to Flight Uganda and our Captain today is @KagutaMuseveni. At a cruise altitude of 40 years the Captain has a visual of $ a 500 billion economy. Be sure to look outside your window and enjoy the horizon of healthy coffee exports, a booming tourism industry, first oil, industrialisation and STI. Sit back and relax. #M7SwearsIn2026
CAF Acting General Secretary, Samson Adamu has expressed profound confidence in the progress of East Africa's bid to host the Pamoja 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), jointly staged by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
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The Electoral Commission (EC) is set to recruit 142,500 polling officials to support the long-delayed Local Council (LC1, LC2) and Women Council Elections after the Finance Ministry cleared UGX 56.9b for the exercise. The move will mark the beginning of full-scale preparations for the grassroots polls, whose postponement had raised concern over governance gaps in villages and parishes across the country.
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President Yoweri Museveni, in the company of the former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, commissioned phase one of a 6,000-tonne cement clinker production line by Yaobai Cement over the weekend. The facility is located in Nanduget, Moroto district.
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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Abas Byakagaba, has formally recognised private security organisations as an “essential and indispensable" pillar of national security architecture. He said the sector's 100,000-plus guards constitute a critical first-response layer in the country's defence against emerging security threats, including terrorism, armed robbery and cybercrime.
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Teachers, health workers, scientists and other public servants are set for fresh salary enhancements after Parliament passed the UGX 84.3 trillion national budget estimates for the 2026/27 financial year. The 2026/27 budget is the first major spending plan after the 2026 general election and will set the tone for Uganda's next five-year development agenda.
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For decades, nursery schools and kindergartens have been operating dual structures - daycare and nursery school wings. While the practice was normal due to lack of a regulatory framework, the Government has found it necessary to revise it and separate the two. Now, under the new Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) policy, the Government has banned pre-schools, including nursery schools and kindergartens, from operating daycare centres.
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Uganda is taking a major step to streamline industrial park development and unlock investment potential.
Persistent challenges like regulatory gaps, fragmented institutional roles, inconsistent standards, weak technical harmonisation have often led to delays, higher costs, and substandard outcomes.
In response, @mtic_uganda in partnership with Global Green Growth Institute, has developed Simplified Guidelines for Development of Industrial Parks to enhance efficiency, quality, & coordination.
📅 Launch: Thursday, 9th April 2026 ⏰ Time: 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
A critical milestone towards fostering a more structured, investor-friendly, and sustainable industrialisation agenda. #OpenGovUg
The Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area Urban Development Programme (GKMA-UDP) is spearheading government-led transformation across Kampala, Wakiso, Mukono & Mpigi. Focused on building a well-planned, connected & livable urban region through improved mobility, infrastructure & urban services. #OpenGovUg @KCCAUG@KCCASpox
In a move aimed at improving productivity and of sustainability investments under the Parish Development Model, @GovUganda has introduced mandatory training requirements for all beneficiaries seeking to access financing from the parish revolving fund.
According to the new directive, beneficiaries will be required to undergo at least two rounds of structured, practical training delivered through the newly operationalised practical training centres (PTCs) at the parish level. #OpenGovUg #GCICMediaReview
The Uganda People's Defence Forces has passed out 175 officers who successfully completed a non-commissioned leadership and ideology course at Moroto Barracks.
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The Government has approved an additional UGX 905b to fast-track Uganda's preparations for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, which the country will co-host with East African neighbours Kenya and Tanzania.
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President Yoweri Museveni has urged farmers to support the National Resistance Movement government's policy of halting the export of raw materials.
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