President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s 2026 State of the Nation Address was filled with ambitious economic targets, from a growing GDP and declining poverty levels to Uganda’s push toward an $80 …
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Who Is to Blame When Approved Properties Are Bulldozed by NEMA?
Across Kampala and its rapidly expanding metropolitan edge, a recurring and deeply unsettling contradiction is defining Uganda’s property and investment landscape. How do fully approved developments end up demolished by …
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Parliament Passes Sovereignty Bill With Significant Revisions
On May 5, 2026, Uganda’s Parliament passed the Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, after substantially amending its original form. Nearly 87% of the initial draft was revised or removed, reshaping …
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How Uganda’s Defamation Ruling Is Changing Corporate Risk
The legal architecture that previously allowed for the swift criminalization of online offense has been dismantled. In a unanimous decision led by Justice Irene Mulyagonja in Alternative Digitalk Ltd & …
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Assessing the Returns: Are Uganda’s 10-Year Tax Holidays Worth It?
The Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development (MoFPED) has released a comprehensive cost-benefit and causal analysis of Uganda’s 10-year Corporate Income Tax holidays for strategic investors and exporters. The …
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What You Missed in April: Policy, Power and Markets
April did not unfold like a normal month in Uganda’s economic calendar. It felt more like a tightly written script where every week raised the stakes, every announcement shifted the …
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Museveni: “This Law Is About Sovereignty, Not Business Restrictions”
Recent weeks have seen growing concern across Uganda’s business community, civil society, and the diaspora over the proposed Sovereignty Bill. Fears had begun to circulate that the legislation could restrict …
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The Tax That Will Quietly Reshape Prices Across Uganda
On 1 April 2026, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development tabled the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2026 before Parliament. If passed, the proposed changes will take effect on …
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From 10 Days to 45 Minutes: How Uganda Is Rewriting the Rules of Starting a Business
For decades, registering a business in Uganda meant long queues, manual paperwork, and waiting up to ten working days just to become legal. Today, that reality has changed dramatically. Thanks …
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Uganda Tightens Construction Rules: New Building Law Introduces Heavier Penalties and Stronger Enforcement
At a recent press conference held by the National Building Review Board (NBRB), officials issued a clear and direct message to Uganda’s construction sector: the regulatory environment has changed. The …