Tag Archives: Sovereignty

Viewers: 50,002 By Spy Uganda  The government has revised key provisions of the proposed Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, following mounting concerns from stakeholders over its scope and potential implications, particularly regarding Ugandans living abroad. Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka and Minister of State for Internal Affairs David Muhoozi returned to the Joint Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and …

A key feature of the bill is its expansion of state oversight into digital platforms, effectively bringing online activism, advocacy, and civic engagement under government regulation. Ugandan Parliament The proposed law would require individuals and organisations receiving foreign funding to register with a designated department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This process involves rigorous vetting procedures, including disclosure of …

President Yoweri Museveni has clarified that the proposed Protection of Sovereignty, 2026 law does not seek to restrict foreign investment, remittances, or private financial flows, key pillars of the country’s liberalised economic model. “The Bill I initiated was about what we fought for and what the whole of Africa fought for since 1900, when the whole of Africa, except Ethiopia, …

Viewers: 90,001 By Spy Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has moved to clarify growing public debate surrounding the proposed Sovereignty Bill, dismissing claims that it seeks to restrict foreign investment, remittances, or religious funding. In a message addressed to Ugandans, particularly the youth commonly referred to as “Bazzukulu”, Museveni said recent public discourse had misrepresented the intent of the legislation. …

Kampala, Uganda — Uganda’s proposed Sovereignty Bill has ignited a measured but consequential debate across legal, Religious, diplomatic, and economic circles. Framed as an effort to reinforce national autonomy and insulate domestic decision-making from external influence, the bill arrives at a moment when many countries particularly in the Global South are reassessing how to balance sovereignty with the realities of …

Parliament has become the latest battleground in a widening national argument over power, money and the meaning of sovereignty. At the centre of the storm is the Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, a proposed law the government says is necessary to shield Uganda from undue foreign influence. Critics, however, see something far more consequential: legislation that could redraw the relationship …

Former deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana has asked the government to withdraw the controversial  Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026. Rukutana suggests a need for widespread consultations to improve it with “a view to making it less toxic, or better still, shelve it.” Rukutana, who also served as state minister for Finance and state minister for Labour under the current National Resistance …

× Dear Denizens, Here is my humble but succinct delineation of the proposed Protection of Sovereignty Bill 2026– A Pyrrhic assertion that imperils Uganda’s Economic Lifeblood. Let’s scrutinize this quandary with utmost scrupulosity–the proposed Protection of Sovereignty Bill 2026_ is, on its face, a paean to national autonomy. Yet beneath its patriotic veneer lies a legislative instrument so economically deleterious …

Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka in parliament There is a proverb often recited but rarely understood: what the eye sees can deceive the mind, but what the mind refuses to question will govern the future. It is an uncomfortable truth that nations, like individuals, are sometimes most vulnerable not when they are blind, but when they are convinced they can see …

Viewers: 90,000 By Spy Uganda What is billed as a shield for Uganda’s sovereignty may instead rattle its economic foundations, Bank of Uganda Governor Michael Atingi-Ego and Deputy Governor Augustus Niwagaba warned, citing risks of capital flight, reserve depletion, and rising debt costs. The bill, tabled on April 15 by State Minister for Internal Affairs Gen. David Muhoozi, seeks …