President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has arrived in Uganda for an official visit expected to deepen diplomatic and economic cooperation between Kampala and Cairo, with discussions set to focus on regional security, trade, agriculture, and water resource management.
Uganda Airlines has expanded its fleet with the arrival of the first of two Boeing 737-800 aircraft acquired under a wet-lease partnership with Ethiopian Airlines as the national carrier moves to boost capacity, reliability, and regional connectivity.
According to FDC’s legal team, several clauses violate the 1995 Constitution, including redefining diaspora citizens as foreigners and criminalizing opposition activity. The party further argued that the bill duplicates existing laws and risks economic disruption by restricting foreign funding.
“Replace the sovereignty bill with a national civic defense program, disaster response, and defense skills. Include the diaspora through embassies instead of criminalizing them. Ensure parliamentary oversight to prevent abuse, because this is the only way we shall adequately promote true sovereignty,” Nsereko said.
“Having ensured that NUP didn't get support from the National Consolidated Fund, they went back to the drawing board to come up with the evil scheme in the name of the Protection of Sovereignty Bill. We want to call upon the people of Uganda to take interest in this bill and deny it,” Katana said.