# President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has warned that a modern scramble for Africa is underway due to historical mistakes by post-independence leaders, urging visiting Malian military officers to fight terrorism ideologically and militarily.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has told the UN special envoy for Sudan that military force cannot resolve regional conflicts, blaming ongoing crises on ideological errors and failure to respect diverse identities.

The Minister for Finance Hon. Henry Musasizi has defended President Museveni's tax proposals before the Finance Committee, warning that exempting land-based casinos from a 15% withholding tax would leak 65 billion shillings in vital revenue.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pledged Uganda’s official support for Angola’s Josefa Sacko for the top job at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, calling for stronger continental unity in global institutions.

The Government of Uganda has delivered Shs 10 million in financial support to each of the three families of Ugandan citizens killed in the South Africa xenophobic attacks. Handed over by Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune on behalf of President Museveni, the intervention also covered full body repatriation costs and placement into the Parish Development Model for survivors.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has hosted outgoing Tanzanian High Commissioner Maj. Gen. Paul Kisesa Simuli at State House, Entebbe, to mark the end of his two-and-a-half-year tour of duty. During the farewell meeting, President Museveni pledged to fast-track the construction of the Masaka–Mutukula Road to boost cross-border trade and strengthen integration alongside ongoing joint projects like EACOP.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has chaired the first formal Cabinet meeting of his new 2026–2031 administration following a mandatory 10-day induction retreat in Kyankwanzi. The strategic session brought together the 83-member executive team to officially begin executing the NRM's five-year development agenda.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has hosted a delegation from Al Mansour Holdings at State House, Entebbe, to broker an economic partnership between Uganda and Qatar. The multi-sectoral talks focused on deploying Qatari capital, technology, and equipment into fruit processing, coffee value addition, pharmaceuticals, energy, and logistics to drive job creation.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ordered 10,017 newly passed-out police constables and immigration officers to reject corruption and ignore senior bosses who try to lure them into graft. Speaking at PTS Kabalye, the President emphasized that health and integrity are vital weapons for state service, while IGP Abas Byakagaba detailed plans to deploy the recruits to bridge a steep national police deficit.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has welcomed Egyptian investors targeting Uganda's dairy sector with plans to construct a modern milk processing plant in Ngoma. Highlighting Uganda's annual production of 5.4 billion litres of milk, the President emphasized that the partnership will boost value addition, quality control, and regional export markets.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed Hon. Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo as the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs in an official State House directive. Enacted under Article 99(1) of the Constitution, the appointment positions Hon. Kasolo to manage Uganda's foreign policy and global diplomatic engagements in the absence of a substantive minister.

Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has represented President Museveni at the first-ever Olympic Tooke Run in Bushenyi, celebrating the commercial evolution of Uganda's banana-flour industry.

President Museveni has welcomed a proposal by Andile Ramaphosa to export elite Ugandan Ankole cattle genetics to the SADC region and build a B.O.T. laboratory to eliminate counterfeit agricultural inputs.

President Yoweri Museveni has sworn in Hon. Justice Moses Kawumi Kazibwe as the new Deputy Chief Justice at State House Entebbe, while praising judiciary reforms against corruption.

President Museveni has used the reading of the Shs84.4 trillion FY 2026/27 budget to warn NRM and opposition politicians to aggressively monitor public funds or face prosecution. Read by Finance Minister Henry Musasizi, the budget prioritizes a 10.2% growth target, fueled by the Parish Development Model and upcoming commercial oil revenues.

President Museveni has directed Busoga Boda Boda riders to use their daily interactions with passengers to promote government wealth programs, as State House acts to clear pending financial pledges after AFCON budget cycles.

The Chairperson of the EAC Summit, President Yoweri Museveni hosted EAC Secretary General Stephen Patrick Mbundi at State Lodge Nakasero to demand the rapid execution of regional trade, infrastructure, and health programs.

Uganda will construct four emergency medical camps inside the Democratic Republic of Congo to treat Ebola patients at the source, a strategy backed by the WHO after Uganda canceled the Namugongo Martyrs Day celebrations to avert a regional health crisis.

President Museveni has broken ground on the USD 72 million Kidepo International Airport in Karenga District. Funded by the UAE's Sharjah Chamber of Commerce, the mega-project features a 3.6km runway and aims to transform the Karamoja sub-region into a high-traffic hub for global tourism and trade.

President Yoweri Museveni has used the State of the Nation Address 2026 to order all non-performing public officials out of leadership. Speaking at Kololo, the President stated that the current political term enforces a zero-tolerance policy for corruption and complacency to transition Uganda into a fully monetized economy.