Media Review -25th, September, 2025

NEWVISION PAY RISE PLAN FOR 230,000 CIVIL SERVANTS OUT PAGE: 3 SUMMARY: Civil servants whose pay has remained unchanged since 2014 are set for relief after government unveiled a new salary enhancement plan that will benefit at least 231,000 workers across central and local government structures. PRESIDENT MUSEVENI WAIVES TAX ARREARS ON TRADERS’ CONFISCATED GOODS
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President Museveni Nominated as Presidential Candidate For 2026 Elections

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been nominated as a Presidential candidate in the 2026 general elections. The ceremony took place at the Electoral Commission (EC) offices in Lubowa, Wakiso District, where Justice Simon Byabakama, the EC Chairperson, confirmed that he had fulfilled all nomination requirements for Presidential candidates. President Museveni’s campaigns will run under the
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MEDIA REVIEW,24th SEPTEMBER 2025

NEWVISION PRESIDENT MUSEVENI LAUNCHES SECOND FOUR-ACRE MODEL CAMPAIGN IN BUNYORO PAGE: 10 SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni has launched the second phase of the four-acre model campaign in Bunyoro sub-region, with a renewed call to Ugandan households to embrace commercial farming as a sure path out of poverty. GOVERNMENT SET FOR MANDATORY VEHICLE INSPECTION PAGE: 21
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Media Review -23rd, September, 2025

NEWVISION NSSF TO PAY 13.5% INTEREST TO EACH SAVER PAGE: 3 SUMMARY: The Minister of Finance, Matia Kasaija, yesterday announced that the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) will pay out a 13.5% interest to its members. This means that for every Ugx. 1 million a saver has, they will earn Ugx. 135,000 as interest. YOUTH
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MEDIA REVIEW, 22nd SEPTEMBER 2025

NEWVISION PRESIDENT MUSEVENI INJECTS UGX. 21 BILLION INTO BODABODA, MECHANICS’ SACCOS PAGE: 4 SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni has injected over Ugx. 21 billion into Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (SACCOs) targeting bodaboda riders, mechanics, masters of ceremonies (MCs) and beneficiaries of industrial skilling hubs. GEN. MUHOOZI HOLDS TALKS WITH CHINA’S TOP ENVOY PAGE: 7 SUMMARY:

Media Review -19th, September, 2025

NEW VISION DESIST FROM VIOLENCE, SUBVERSION- PRESIDENT MUSEVENI PAGE: 3 SUMMARY: All political parties have unanimously agreed to commit to dialogue as a means of resolving emerging differences. The party leaders said dialogue was the only peaceful means of resolving conflict and all vowed to observe it by signing a commitment to the memorandum of
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Media Review -18th, September, 2025

UEDCL MAKE 640,00 NEW CONNECTIONS PAGE: 2 SUMMARY: Six months after the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) took over electricity distribution from Umeme Limited, the Government has made 648,404 new connections to the national grid. DETAILS OF NEW GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE OUT PAGE: 3 SUMMARY: As part of the structural adjustments, the Government has reduced
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Media Review -17th, September, 2025

NEWVISION PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ENDORSES TOORO KINGDOM’S ECONOMIC INITIATIVES PAGE: 4 SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni has pledged his full support to Tooro Kingdom’s ambitious agricultural and youth empowerment programmes, describing them as a timely intervention to transform livelihoods at the grassroots level. PRESIDENT MUSEVENI TO BOOST MECHANICS WITH CASH AND EQUIPMENT PAGE: 8 SUMMARY: Hundreds of
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Uganda Manufacturers Enjoy 5 Us Cents(Us¢)Per Unit Electricity

By Ibrahim E. Kasita In a significant boost to Uganda’s industrial sector, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has maintained the average electricity tariff for extra-large industrial consumers for the third quarter (July 2025 to September 2025) at US cents (US¢) 5.5 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Additionally, extra-large industrial consumers will continue to buy power at US¢5 per kWh during off-peak hours (between midnight and 6:00 am).  “I want
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MEDIA REVIEW, 16TH SEPTEMBER,2025

NEWVISION AU APPOINTS HON. SAM KUTESA TO HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON GOVERNANCE PAGE: 2 SUMMARY: Former Foreign Affairs Minister and seasoned diplomat, Hon. Sam Kutesa has been appointed to the African Union (AU’s) High-Level Panel of Eminent Experts, a body mandated to review and strengthen Africa’s governance, peace and security framework. PRESIDENT MUSEVENI TO ASSUME CHAIRMANSHIP