Osborn was received by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and First Lady Janet Kataaha Museveni at State House Entebbe on August 19th, 2026, ahead of Rwabwogo’s consecration scheduled for August 23th, 2026, at Covenant Nations Church in Luzira which will also coincide with the church’s 20th anniversary celebrations.

“The President is of the view and has guided that we should not subject the pay of medical workers to tax the way it is done to the soldiers and other armed forces,” Baryomunsi said.

For the EASF, the immediate challenge is turning political commitments into practical capacity. Its leadership wants the force to move beyond being a regional arrangement on paper and become a properly funded, politically supported and operationally ready mechanism capable of responding when crises emerge.

The proposal has sparked concern among Kampala property owners, who fear that moving government offices could leave commercial buildings without tenants and weaken the city’s economy.

The ministers’ “Expose and Fight Corrupt Officials in Local Governments” campaign has taken the fight to different districts, where officials have been questioned over issues such as misuse of public resources, abandoned projects, revenue leakages and poor service delivery.

The new ministers are Ambassador Adonia Ayebare, the Minister of Foreign Affairs; Shartsi Kutesa Musherure, the Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development in charge of Microfinance; and Juma Witonze, the Minister of State for Internal Affairs.

The government cited Objective XIII of the National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy, Article 210(d) of the Constitution, and Section 38 of the UPDF Act, which empower the state and the President with parliamentary approval to participate in international peace and security operations.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has arrived in Tanzania for a two-day working visit expected to reinforce Uganda and Tanzania's...