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The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Marksons Oboth, has held bilateral talks with Uganda-born UK peer Lord Krish Raval at Parliament in Kampala, committing to leverage legislative diplomacy to lower trade barriers, protect the rule of law, and attract long-term British investment into Uganda over the next five years.

Addressing the NRM Parliamentary Caucus at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni directed party legislators to reconnect with grassroots communities, strictly enforce the vacation of degraded wetlands while transitioning encroachers into commercial fish farming, and champion national investments in nuclear energy, railways, and oil refining.

Officiating at the International Day of Older Persons at State House Entebbe, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni cautioned senior citizens against land and wealth fragmentation through physical inheritance, announcing plans to tailor an affirmative Parish Development Model package for the elderly post-AFCON commitments alongside state funding for specialized geriatric doctors in every district.

The Secretary in the Office of the President, Hajji Yunus Kakande, has cautioned Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) and security coordinators against complacency, directing them to proactively inspect government projects and resolve implementation bottlenecks rather than waiting for visiting ministers to expose corruption and administrative flaws.

Airtel Uganda has joined forces with SpaceX’s Starlink to commercially launch the country’s first direct satellite-to-mobile service, allowing compatible smartphones to maintain messaging and basic data connectivity across remote islands, mountainous regions, and underserved rural areas outside terrestrial cellular reach.

Police have launched a manhunt for an identified male suspect following the suspected murder of veteran Afrigo Band musician Moses Matovu during an early morning confrontation in Kibuli, Kampala.

President Yoweri Museveni has rallied farmers in Busoga to drop low-yield cash crops and adopt intensive agricultural enterprises to counter severe household land fragmentation and poverty.

​Hundreds of women delegates across the Tooro sub-region converged in Fort Portal to endorse Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba. The convention signals an expanding grassroots mobilisation by the Patriotic League of Uganda to place organized women’s leagues at the core of its national agenda.