Tag Archives: Sovereignty

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 …

Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka (L) talking to LoP Joel Ssenyonyi Looking at the Protection of Sovereignty bill, it seems that we are attempting to catch “big and small flies” in a legislative net. The bill is so wide and it threatens to strangle our economy, scare away vital investment, and punish the average Ugandan for the “sin” of earning a …

The Bank of Uganda has joined a growing list of stakeholders opposing the proposed Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, warning that it could have far-reaching consequences for the country’s economy. The Bill, which seeks to regulate foreign funding by capping unauthorised inflows from foreign entities or their agents at Shs 400 million, beyond which ministerial approval would be required, has …

Viewers: 50,010 By Tusiime Apollo In his 1992 book What is Africa’s Problem? republished in 2000, President Yoweri Museveni advanced a thesis that has since become both widely cited and deeply ironic. Africa’s greatest challenge, he argued, is not a lack of resources but a failure of leadership. Drawing from his early writings and speeches, Museveni explained that the …

KAMPALA – The People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) and the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) have strongly rejected the proposed Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, warning that its current provisions threaten constitutional order, public health systems, and professional freedoms. The two groups presented their submissions Monday afternoon before the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs, where the Bill is under …