The competition aims to encourage every Ugandan to confidently sing the National Anthem while promoting the use of Kiswahili and increasing appreciation of the East African Community anthem as Uganda advances regional integration.

As part of efforts to ease reintegration, the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) set up a registration centre at the institute on Thursday, to enroll returnees who do not possess national identity cards.

Gen Muhoozi noted that the combined graduating class of 11,978 soldiers is the largest military cohort Uganda has produced since the early 1990s, when the UPDF trained South Africa’s Umkhonto we Sizwe (the African National Congress’ armed wing) and the Lesotho Defence Force.

“Despite global condemnation, Baguma claims he is "not aware" that our leaders were illegally abducted from Nairobi, Kenya. He claims he "doesn't know" that they were first dragged to a military court-martial before being dumped into civil courts. How can a High Court judge be this blind to blatant transnational repression?” The statement read in part.

“From the bail application, applicant 1 Muwanga Kivumbi and 16 others have been granted bail Kivumbi has to pay a cash bail of 10 million Ugx and the 16 co-accused cash bail of 1 million Ugx, the other 6 applicants have been denied bail due to issues with their sureties” Hatanga said.

Enforcing speed governors in Uganda has faced significant hurdles since the mandate was initially introduced in 2004. The hurdles include drivers tampering with these machines, deliberately disconnecting devices to bypass speed limits, fake devices, and corruption with dealers smuggling in fake gadgets and corrupt networks issuing certificates of fitness without actual installations, and low compliance with heavy trucks and minibuses identified by the transport licensing board as the biggest defaulters.

Kivumbi, the former Butambala County MP, and his co-accused are facing terrorism-related charges stemming from arrests made between January 2nd and 14th, 2026, in Butambala district. Their arrest followed a security operation at Kivumbi’s home during which more than seven people were reportedly shot dead.

Speaking about the condition of the Mityana–Mubende Road, the minister said the government could have spent less money on the project if engineers had raised concerns about the road’s deteriorating state earlier.