Uganda: Cabinet Meets Today to Finalise Sovereignty Bill Ahead of Crucial Parliamentary Readings
Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka proposed exemptions for banks, schools, hospitals and faith groups as critics warned the bill could curb rights and investment.
- On Tuesday, Cabinet is finalizing the Protection of Sovereignty Bill 2026 ahead of upcoming readings in Parliament, seeking to harmonize the draft following widespread public and institutional outcry.
- Tabled by State Minister for Internal Affairs David Muhoozi, the legislation mandates registration of foreign-funded entities and introduces the controversial offense of "economic sabotage" for information deemed harmful to economic stability.
- Bank of Uganda Governor Michael Atingi-Ego warned against potential capital flight and reduced investor confidence, prompting Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka to propose amendments exempting regulated financial, medical, and religious institutions.
- President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni recently addressed "misinterpretations" of the draft, clarifying his proposal intends to safeguard autonomy, while Government Chief Whip Denis Hamson Obua confirmed ongoing refinement efforts.
- Despite strained proceedings at the Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort, legislators continue compiling their report, with Obua optimistic a revised version will be presented "either this week or the next.
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Uganda: Kabbyanga Defends Sovereignty Bill, Says Uganda Will Not Allow Foreign Interference
The Minister of State for Information, Communications Technology (ICT) and National Guidance, Godfrey Baluku Kabbyanga, has defended the Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, stating that the legislation is intended to safeguard Uganda's national interests and prevent foreign interference in domestic affairs.
Leave Us Alone You Disgusting People!! Museveni Blasts Critics Of Sovereignty Bill, Applauds NRM MPs
President Yoweri Museveni has sharply criticised opponents of the newly passed Protection of Sovereignty Bill 2026, praising lawmakers from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) for pushing the contentious legislation through Parliament. Uganda’s Parliament approved the bill on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, following heated debate and sustained criticism from opposition figures, civil society actors, and international stakeholders. The law, whic…
Just In!! NRM Throws Full Weight Behind Controversial Sovereignty Bill - The Witness Uganda
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Parliament Races to Pass Amended Sovereignty Bill Amid Internal Dissent
BY KFM REPORTER Kampala — Parliament is this afternoon expected to consider the controversial Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, at its second and third readings in what signals a fast-tracked effort to pass the legislation. The 2pm plenary sitting comes weeks after Speaker Anita Among adjourned the House sine die in April, a move that had temporarily halted legislative business and cast uncertainty over the Bill’s fate. The proposed law…
Sovereignty Bill 2026 set for 2nd and final reading in parliament today
The executive is set to defend the bill today Divisions Deepen as Parliament Braces for Sovereignty Bill Showdown Kampala, Uganda | URN | Parliament faces a defining and potentially divisive moment as lawmakers prepare to debate and vote on the controversial Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, amid deepening political fractures, procedural disputes, and unexpected signals of caution from President Yoweri Museveni. The Bill, scheduled for Secon…
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