Uganda: Latest news in Uganda, October 6th, 2026

Major news headlines and key developments reported across Uganda for Tuesday, October 6, 2026 include:

• Diplomatic & Governance Accountability: The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala remanded Ambassador Herbert Kiguli over the alleged loss of more than Shs 494 million linked to funds at the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and Bukalasa Agricultural College. Kiguli denied the charges before Principal Magistrate Christopher Opit, with proceedings scheduled to continue on bail considerations.

  Uganda — Top News – allAfrica.com

• Economy, Currency & Trade:

  • Financial markets and consumers are closely tracking currency pressures as the Ugandan Shilling edges near and tests the key Shs 4,000 threshold against the US dollar, stoking discussions over import prices and fuel costs across Kampala filling stations.

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  • The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives introduced a digital system aimed at resolving long-running sugarcane supply chain bottlenecks and trade logistics, noting that the country’s agricultural processing sector has maintained net-export status in select dairy lines.

    The Cooperator News

  • Organizers finalized the schedule for the 7th UG Economic Forum 2026, set to open mid-October under the theme of household income growth.

    allAfrica.com

• Public Health & Regional Alerts:

  • Health surveillance teams in Uganda and neighboring countries have heightened cross-border tracking following reports in Kenya of a traveler from eastern DR Congo who passed through Kampala prior to confirmation of an imported Ebola case.

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  • District health departments in the Lango sub-region launched an expanded sickle cell screening and treatment initiative to curb high incidence rates in regional health centers.

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• Education & Regulation:

  • Education authorities issued new regulatory directives requiring international schools in Uganda to standardize and adopt a single approved curriculum system rather than maintaining fragmented examination tracks.

    The Independent Uganda

  • Public discussions continued following World Teachers’ Day regarding teacher welfare, while church leaders and regional administrators debated the oversight and inspection methods applied to private and community schools.

    The Independent Uganda

• Courts & Political Petitions: The High Court commenced the hearing of the election petition challenging the parliamentary seat for Rukungiri Municipality involving Gen. Henry Tumukunde, following the lapse of deadlines for filing supplemental affidavits.