Different places. One demand: End ISDS. As part of the global Days of Action Against ISDS, SEATINI added its voice to a campaign challenging an investment dispute system that can allow corporate interests to constrain public-interest policymaking. The campaign brought together contributions from around the world, highlighting concerns about the implications of ISDS for climate action, community rights and public resources. For Africa, this is also a question of policy space: can governments regulate in the public interest, pursue development priorities and protect people and the planet without the threat of costly investor claims? Investment should contribute to development — not limit the choices countries can make in pursuit of it. @GovUganda @herbertk4 @ugandainvest @mtic_uganda @pwatchug #EndISDS #StopISDS #TradeJustice #SEATINIAt30

How should Uganda measure progress on business and human rights: by the policies and frameworks in place, or by what changes for workers and affected communities? SEATINI is participating in the 7th Annual National Forum on Business and Human Rights, taking place from 27–28 October 2026. In his keynote address, Prof. Christopher Mbazira of Makerere University School of Law reflected on Uganda’s journey in implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the country’s first National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights. While noting progress in building awareness, institutional engagement and a national framework, he stressed that the real test lies in outcomes: Are workers better protected? Can affected communities access timely remedies? Are businesses being held accountable for adverse human rights impacts? As Uganda transitions towards a second National Action Plan, the discussion points to the need to move from policy commitments to effective implementation, stronger accountability and tangible protection for rights holders. Tomorrow, SEATINI will take this conversation into Uganda’s extractives sector, examining state responsibility, corporate accountability and the rights of workers and communities affected by extractive activities. @OwenMugambwa @herbertk4 @MEMD_Uganda @LabourMinistry @SeatiniU #BusinessAndHumanRights #CorporateAccountability #HumanRights #Extractives #SEATINIAt30

Uganda’s economic crisis is driven by multiple interconnected challenges, which require a holistic approach to address. Speaking on #NBSMorningBreeze, SEATINI’s Executive Director, Ms. Jane Nalunga, highlighted the impact of rising fuel and food prices, public debt, climate shocks and long-standing structural weaknesses in the economy. She emphasised the need to look beyond immediate challenges and address underlying issues, including reliance on raw commodity exports and dependence on imports. She called for a comprehensive diagnosis of the economy to ensure that the solutions address the root causes of the crisis and support sustainable economic recovery. @SeatiniU @herbertk4 @GovUganda @mofpedU @newvisionwire @pwatchug @nbsalways @NBSBreakingNews #UgandaEconomy #SEATINI

Uganda needs targeted and strategic interventions to address economic challenges, tackle food insecurity and strengthen productivity. Ms. Jane Nalunga, emphasised the need to support farmers with affordable seeds and coffee seedlings, address foreign exchange shortages and balance economic policies with their impact on businesses and ordinary citizens. She called for a coordinated government approach that prioritises agricultural production, supports farmers and addresses immediate needs while building long-term economic resilience. @SeatiniU @herbertk4 @GovUganda @mofpedU @newvisionwire @pwatchug @nbsalways @NBSBreakingNews #UgandaEconomy #Agriculture #SEATINI

📺 Coming soon! Join our Executive Director, Ms. Jane Nalunga, on #NBSMorningBreeze as she discusses the dollar crisis and the question: Is Uganda running out of room to defend the shilling? 🗓️ Today, Tuesday, 27 October 2026 ⏰ 8:00 AM Tune in to @television_nbs ! @SeatiniU @herbertk4 @GovUganda @mofpedU @newvisionwire @pwatchug #UgandaEconomy

Climate justice for Africa cannot be separated from the trade rules, tax systems and debt arrangements that shape the continent’s ability to respond to climate change. At the Uganda Pre-COP31 Civil Society Engagement, SEATINI’s Mr. Owen Mugambwa highlighted how emerging climate-related trade measures such as the EUDR and CBAM could affect African exporters, smallholder farmers and businesses, particularly where the capacity and cost of compliance are shifted onto producers. He underscored the need for fair trade rules, predictable and accessible climate finance, technology transfer and policy space for Africa’s industrialisation. But the response cannot depend on global action alone. Africa must also strengthen its own resilience through regional integration, agroecology, local production and regional value chains, while investing in shared systems such as traceability infrastructure that enable African producers to meet changing market requirements. Ahead of COP31, the task is therefore twofold: push for a fairer global climate and economic architecture while building the productive and regional capacity Africa needs for a just and resilient transition. @OwenMugambwa @EmliBwaise @SEATINIAfrica @herbertk4 @mtic_uganda #COP31 #ClimateJustice #TradeJustice #GreenIndustrialisation #SEATINIAt30

What opportunities can stronger Ireland–Uganda trade and investment engagement create for both countries? Today, SEATINI joined a Business Networking Brunch hosted by H.E. Mags Gaynor, Ambassador of Ireland to Uganda, bringing together business and other stakeholders for an exchange on trade, investment and economic engagement between Uganda and Ireland. SEATINI Executive Director Ms. Jane Nalunga delivered the keynote address, while Deputy Executive Director Mr. Herbert Kafeero facilitated the discussions. The engagement provided space to exchange perspectives on how trade and investment can contribute to inclusive and sustainable economic development, as dialogue between stakeholders in the two countries continues. @SeatiniU @IEAmbUganda @herbertk4 @SEATINIAfrica @IrlEmbUganda @mtic_uganda @ugandainvest @MAAIF_Uganda #TradeAndInvestment #IrelandUgandaRelations #SEATINIAt30

CSOs Present Alternative Tax Proposals for FY 2027/28 Today, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the Tax Justice Alliance Uganda (@taxalliance_ug) defended their Alternative Tax Proposals for FY 2027/28 before the Tax Policy Department at the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED). The proposals call for: 🔹 Fairer and more inclusive taxation, including a review of the tax exemptions and investment incentives regime. 🔹 VAT reforms to ease compliance for small businesses, including raising the registration threshold from UGX 300 million to UGX 500 million. 🔹 Reducing excise duty on internet data to promote digitalisation in Uganda and operationalising tax exemptions for e-learning and telemedicine. 🔹 Reducing VAT and import duty on selected telecommunications equipment by 5–10% to improve affordability and accessibility. 🔹 Zero-rating or reducing taxes on essential goods, such as Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), to address energy poverty and improve access to clean cooking energy. 🔹 Strengthening tax administration and addressing compliance challenges affecting Ugandan taxpayers, especially small businesses. Through these proposals, CSOs advocate for a fair, inclusive and effective tax system that broadens the tax base, strengthens domestic revenue mobilisation, promotes equity and supports national development. @herbertk4 @SeatiniU @URAuganda @pwatchug @OxfaminUganda @watergovinst @mofpedU @Youth_TJN @CSBAGUGANDA @kacita_uganda @GovUganda #TaxJustice #TaxPolicy #TaxJusticeAllianceUganda #Uganda

An economy can be growing on paper while people are still struggling on the ground. That was a key point raised by SEATINI Executive Director Ms. Jane Nalunga during UBC TV’s Behind the Headlines discussion on Uganda’s tenfold growth ambition. Uganda’s macroeconomic fundamentals may show an economy that is growing and being stabilised through monetary policy. But for Ms. Nalunga, that tells only part of the story. Where are the decent jobs? Is production and productivity increasing? And is that growth translating into tangible improvements in people’s lives? She pointed in particular to the worrying number of young Ugandans who are neither in employment, education nor training — a reality that sits uneasily alongside positive headline growth figures. For Uganda’s tenfold growth ambition, the challenge is therefore bigger than achieving a higher growth rate. It is ensuring that growth reaches the ordinary Ugandan through jobs, productive opportunities and better livelihoods. @SeatiniU @mofpedU @herbertk4 @pwatchug @mtic_uganda @ubctvuganda @GovUganda @SEATINIAfrica #TenfoldGrowth #UgandaEconomy #DecentJobs #EconomicTransformation #SEATINIAt30

Uganda’s tenfold growth ambition will ultimately be tested by what it changes in the productive economy—and in people’s lives. During last night’s Behind the Headlines discussion on UBC TV, SEATINI Executive Director Ms. Jane Nalunga emphasised that achieving the ambition will require Uganda to move beyond broad policy commitments and deliberately address the constraints affecting production and productivity. Drawing attention to pressures facing sectors such as coffee, she called for fiscal policy and the national budget to respond directly to productive challenges, while using trade and tax policy strategically to support import substitution, domestic production and value addition. She also pointed to the opportunities Uganda is pursuing in external markets, stressing that market access must be matched by the capacity to produce competitively and at scale. The question is not simply which markets are available to Uganda, but what Uganda is organised to produce and sell into them. This speaks to the wider test of tenfold growth: building domestic productive capacity, supporting farmers and enterprises, creating decent jobs and ensuring that economic growth translates into improved livelihoods. @SeatiniU @ubctvuganda @mofpedU @herbertk4 @GovUganda @mtic_uganda @pwatchug #TenfoldGrowth #UgandaEconomy #EconomicTransformation #TradePolicy #SEATINIAt30

Uganda’s tenfold growth ambition will require the national budget to respond to the productive constraints the economy is facing now. Speaking on UBC TV’s Behind the Headlines, SEATINI Executive Director Ms. Jane Nalunga has pointed to the pressure facing Uganda’s coffee sector, including the effects of drought on production. Her argument: fiscal policy cannot remain at the level of broad ambitions when a major foreign-exchange earner is under pressure. Budget allocations must deliberately respond to the constraints affecting production—from climate-resilient planting materials and extension support to the wider investments farmers need to sustain productivity. For Uganda, protecting and expanding productive capacity must be treated as part of the economic response, not as a separate conversation. @SeatiniU @pwatchug @ubctvuganda @mofpedU @GovUganda @herbertk4 @SEATINIAfrica @mtic_uganda #TenfoldGrowth #UgandaEconomy #FiscalPolicy #SEATINIAt30

NOW ON AIR | BEHIND THE HEADLINES Uganda has set an ambitious goal of expanding its economy tenfold. But achieving that ambition will depend on whether the country can create the conditions for businesses to produce, invest, expand and create jobs at scale. SEATINI Executive Director Ms. Jane Nalunga is live on UBC TV’s Behind the Headlines, joining fellow panellists to discuss: “Tenfold Growth: Is Uganda’s Business Environment Ready for the Ambition?” 📺 Tune in to @ubctvuganda. @SeatiniU @herbertk4 @SEATINIAfrica @mofpedU @BOU_Official #UgandaEconomy #BusinessEnvironment #EconomicTransformation #SEATINIAt30

What would it take for Uganda’s businesses to grow at the scale needed to support the country’s economic ambitions? Tonight, SEATINI Executive Director Ms. Jane Nalunga joins Behind the Headlines on UBC TV for a discussion on “Tenfold Growth: Is Uganda’s Business Environment Ready for the Ambition?” Alongside fellow panellists, she will examine what Uganda’s tenfold growth ambition means for the environment in which businesses operate, invest and expand—and the conditions needed to translate economic ambition into productive capacity, jobs and sustainable growth. Tune in to; 📺 UBC TV | 10:00 PM EAT @SeatiniU @ubctvuganda @mofpedU @mtic_uganda @herbertk4 @SeatiniU @pwatchug #UgandaEconomy #BusinessEnvironment #EconomicTransformation #SEATINIAt30

Fairer taxation can help Uganda raise more revenue without placing a heavier burden on low-income earners. In an interview published in today’s Daily Monitor, SEATINI Deputy Executive Director Mr. Herbert Kafeero argues that wealthy individuals should pay taxes commensurate with their income and wealth, rather than leaving ordinary citizens to shoulder a disproportionate share of the tax burden. But raising revenue is only part of the equation. Taxation must also deliver redistribution, accountability and representation. When citizens see their taxes translating into better public services, schools, hospitals and roads, trust in the tax system can grow, strengthening their willingness to comply. For Uganda, the challenge is not simply to collect more revenue, but to build a fairer and more progressive tax system in which obligations are met and public resources deliver tangible benefits for citizens. @herbertk4 @URAuganda @SeatiniU @mofpedU @SEATINIAfrica @pwatchug #TaxJustice #TaxPolicy #DomesticRevenueMobilisation #SEATINIAt30

Uganda has raised the PAYE tax-free threshold from UGX 235,000 to UGX 335,000 after years without an adjustment. Is UGX 335,000 enough to meet basic needs before income tax even comes into the picture? During last night’s discussion on @babatvuganda, SEATINI’s Tax Policy Analyst, Mr. Peter Tukundane, welcomed the revision, but drew on SEATINI’s A Day in the Life of a Taxpayer analysis to put the new threshold into perspective. The analysis looks at what an ordinary taxpayer spends on basic needs and the taxes already embedded in everyday expenditure — from food and housing to water, electricity, transport and household necessities. Against these everyday costs, SEATINI’s analysis puts the minimum cost of living at about UGX 560,000 before PAYE should begin to apply. Mr. Tukundane’s point was therefore not simply that the PAYE threshold has changed. It was about whether the level at which we begin taxing employment income reflects people’s ability to meet their basic needs, improve their livelihoods and save for the future. For tax policy to be fair, the cost of meeting basic needs has to be part of the equation. @peter_tukundane @herbertk4 @URAuganda @GovUganda @SEATINIAfrica #TaxJustice #PAYE #TaxPolicy #UgandaEconomy #SEATINIAt30

What does Uganda’s current economic situation mean for someone trying to start, sustain or grow a business? Speaking on Baba TV’s The Platform last night, SEATINI’s Tax Policy Analyst, Mr. Peter Tukundane, argued that navigating the current economic environment requires a clearer understanding of the conditions in which households and businesses are making financial decisions. He pointed to businesses that open and close within a few months as an example of why investment decisions cannot be separated from the wider economic environment. Before committing capital, he argued, people need to understand the market they are entering: Why this business? What is the demand? How will it generate income? And can it remain viable under the prevailing conditions? His intervention brought the discussion on Uganda’s economic situation down to a practical question: how do we ensure that investment translates into sustainable businesses and incomes rather than simply encouraging people to put scarce resources into ventures they are not adequately prepared to sustain? @peter_tukundane @babatvuganda @SEATINIAfrica @mtic_uganda @herbertk4 @SeatiniU @GovUganda #UgandaEconomy #EconomicPolicy #PrivateSector #SEATINIAt30