“We shall be doing screening and planning access control. We have also deployed walk-through metal detectors, physical inspection of bags where necessary and other appropriate security checks,” Owoyesigyire said.
On average, the Kenyan shilling, Tanzanian shilling and Ugandan shilling depreciated by 0.1%, 0.3% and 0.7%, respectively, against the US dollar.
The finance ministry's performance of the economy report for August 2026 says that in July, the region, which is still experiencing a war in Iran and Gaza, accounted for 53.5% of total merchandise exports.
“The ministry is actively pursuing the implementation of the $500 billion tenfold growth strategy. There is good news: the ground we build on is firm,” he said on Friday (September 25) while speaking at the 17th National Competitiveness Forum at Serena Hotel in Kampala.
The August 2026 Performance of the Economy Report by the Ministry of Finance says the higher-than-programmed expenses were mainly driven by higher spending on grants, social benefits, and other expenses, which exceeded their respective monthly targets.
The Ministry of Finance's performance of the economy report for August 2026 indicates that this deterioration was on account of an 85.5% surge in the import bill and a simultaneous 9.7% decline in exports to the region.
Children were the worst hit, with 44.5 percent of Argentines aged 14 years and younger classified as poor, and 10.8 percent as extremely poor.
The latest report by the Ministry of Finance indicates that in July 2026, lending institutions approved sh5.162 trillion in credit for disbursement, out of total loan applications worth sh3.648 trillion.
“I would like to appreciate the team at DGSM, the technical team, for the great work that they have done. We are all proud that this is the first artisanal mining licence we are launching, and we are going to use you as a benchmark to the whole country,” Minister Nyamutoro said.
The IGP described education as a key pillar of transformation within the Uganda Police Force and emphasized the importance of providing children with clean, well-equipped and supportive spaces in which they can learn and develop.
Justice Florence Nakachwa, sitting as a single Justice of Appeal, ordered a stay of the hearing and all proceedings in High Court Civil Suit No. 929 of 2024 pending the hearing and final determination of the applicants' intended appeal.
Ambassador Dan Negrea, the US Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), expressed optimism that the Roosevelt Africa Trail has the potential to demonstrate how the emerging “Trade Over Aid” approach can translate into practical commerce.
“Uganda has the coffee, the diversity and the quality. Our task is to ensure that European consumers, buyers and investors know the story behind Ugandan coffee and have direct opportunities to do business with our producers and exporters,” said Agama.
“Even the Bible does not limit a woman from owning property,” he says. “Remain humble and respectful to your husbands and families when you become landlords.”For Florence Nambooze-Bbale, a registered surveyor, lecturer and founder of Paragon Investment Club, collective saving has provided women with a practical route to property ownership.
“After the lockdown between 2020 and 2021, Stanbic Bank generated accrued interest and arrears of sh1.25b, and added it to the original loan borrowed in 2019. The loan rose to more than sh4b and it became impossible to manage. We have been paying back, but the outstanding amount is now sh1.7b,” Madraru said.
Commenting on the matter, Dorothy Masifa Ochola, BOU’s head of legal, said the case dates back nine years. She added that the central bank, through its external lawyers, MMAKS Advocates, is engaged in talks with HABA Group to resolve the matter.
“In this letter, they give a long story of how hundreds of thousands of dollars were stolen from them by fraudsters whom they later reported to a host of security personnel, Col. Edith Nakalema [State House Investors Protection Unit], Brig. Gen. Henry Isoke [State House Anti-Corruption Unit], Crime Intelligence, Defence Intelligence and Security (DIS), Police, etc. All these have not helped them. One of the suspects is ‘Gen. James’, who turned out to be Ntakirwa,” Museveni said.
“When a student answers a tax question here, our interest will not only be in whether they got it right. We want to see that the answer to this question is causing another conversation,” Masembe said.
“We are looking at starting the certification process; the framework is yet to be completed. The next activity will be facilitating certification for BDS providers. If they are certified, it will help in quality assurance; the quality of BDS services is bad today; certified providers will get a quality mark to help clients of BDS, funders, understand whom to deploy for what services,” Kaziro said.
The workers had challenged the termination of their employment and sought various remedies, arguing that their employment contracts ought to have been transferred following the sale of the business. Shoprite, however, maintained that the workers had been declared redundant as part of the company’s restructuring after it decided to cease its operations in Uganda.