President Yoweri Museveni has called on African nations to embrace unity, industrialization, and self-reliance as the foundation for prosperity. Speaking to a delegation from Zimbabwe’s National Defence University at State Lodge Nakasero, Museveni stressed that true wealth comes from producing and selling goods, not relying on aid.

The Government Chief Whip, Denis Hamson Obua, has been officially nominated and declared unopposed in the upcoming NRM party primaries for Ajuri Constituency.

The Forum for Democratic Change in Kasese District has nominated 100% of the people who picked expression of interest forms for the positions of Members of Parliament, LCV and Municipal Mayor.

In political news today, the Minister for Presidency, Hon. Milly Babirye Babalanda, has been officially nominated to contest in the NRM party primaries for the Budiope East seat, ahead of the 2026 general elections. The seasoned administrator and long-serving NRM cadre will be seeking to return to parliamentary politics through the ruling party's ticket.