Kiconco Katabaazi Patrick KP

Thank you 🙏🏽 Mwebare Munonga

Today I joined fellow MPs and CSO partners at a panel discussion under @CSBAGUGANDA to speak on Uganda's social protection agenda. My key message: scattered programmes will not move the needle. Uganda needs a comprehensive, coherent social protection system designed for maximum impact, anchored in law, and financed with intention. #SocialProtectionug #Uganda @upfsp

Happy Labor Day

@Africa_Smiles @brucenahabwe1 @DaudiKabanda 😂😂😂😂😂😂Roast

@brucenahabwe1 Where has your degree taken you? He is the Secretary General of the mighty PLU @DaudiKabanda represents resilience of Youth leadership and struggle Once again who are you with your Degree?

Kabanda is the only mp who doesn’t have a degree.

@katabaazi25 @Eddieug10Ug you got served

I have been asked several times about my position on this Bill , here it is. Protecting Uganda's sovereignty is a legitimate goal and the country deserves a robust discourse on it. However, good law demands precision, foresight, and due process. In its current form, this Bill falls short on all three. It contains vague provisions, undefined concepts on critical matters, and unchecked ministerial discretion. It also largely ignores the socioeconomic fallout for diaspora families, investors, NGOs, FBOs, research institutions, and the many others who interact with the global financial network. The Bill must either be thoroughly revised or given ample time for meaningful consultations . with a view to producing a better law, or reinforcing existing ones, to achieve the stated objective. @HakiimsWampamba #Uganda @UOXUganda

SHS 100 Trillion Club Budget Jump from Shs 84Tn to Shs 97Tn almost 100 Tn - the biggest budget yet reflects an upward revision of about Shs 13 trillion. It will be interesting to see the revised income sources ,how this jump relates to the fiscal deficit and the borrowing pressures that comes with it . Important are details of emerging priorities to absorb the addition funds in context .

🔴 FY 2026/27 Tax Increases Passed by Parliament — What Will Cost You More: ⛽ Petrol— Excise duty up Shs 200/litre (Shs 1,550 → Shs 1,750) ⛽ Diesel— Excise duty up Shs 200/litre (Shs 1,230 → Shs 1,430) 🫙 Cooking Oil — Excise duty doubled (Shs 200 → Shs 400/litre) 🫙 Cooking Fat— New excise duty of Shs 500/litre or kg 🍬 Sugar — Excise duty tripled (Shs 100 → Shs 300/kg) 🧱 Cement — Duty up to Shs 750/50kg bag (was Shs 500) 🛍️ Plastics — New levy of Shs 1,000 per product; up to 25% or US$1,500/tonne on single-use plastics 👕 Mivumba — 30% environmental levy on CIF value of imported second-hand clothes 🏍️ Boda Bodas— First registration duty up (Shs 200,000 → Shs 500,000) 🎨 Paints & Varnishes — Local: 3% or Shs 50/litre; Imported: 10% or Shs 2,000/litre NB.Some of these will be confirmed when actual Acts/ legislation are published . @cbtpafrica @nbstv @ntvuganda

@TimelessTrvlr You would marvel at God's creation if you came to #Kigezi in Southwestern Uganda famously called the Switzerland of Africa !

#Uganda 's $4B oil refinery is confirmed. 60,000 barrels/day. From importing fuel to exporting it. This is what visionary leadership looks like turning God given resources into generational wealth for our people. The future is arriving & it will a good thing to be alive! #UOX

@TumuhimbiseGeo9 @katabaazi25 @NRMOnline @nbstv @KagutaMuseveni @ntvuganda @AmamaMbabazi Why are you using so much English

@katabaazi25 @NRMOnline @nbstv @KagutaMuseveni @ntvuganda @KP4Rukiga @AmamaMbabazi Patrick,what comes out as the clear ideology of NRM and the legislative priorities? Is the ideology pro-people and are the priorities focused on serving the people of Rukiga?Or this is likely to end up as another statistic in the life history of Uganda's parliament?

The @NRMOnline Leaders' Retreat at Kyankwanzi NALA concludes today. Three takeaways: renewed fellowship, clarity on party ideology, and alignment on our legislative priorities for the 2026–2031 term. Ready to serve. 🇺🇬 @nbstv @KagutaMuseveni @ntvuganda @KP4Rukiga @AmamaMbabazi @ruhakana

On Day 8 at NALI Retreat 2026; I and the Speaker of Parliament, Rt Hon @AnitahAmong, doubling as the NRM National First Female Vice chairperson joined forces with other strong women leaders, including the Vice President HE @jessica_Alupo, Prime Minister Rt Hon @R_Nabbanja, ONC Hajat @Namyalo_H to empower the #WomenMPs-elect so as to champion women's voices in Parliament, aligning with the NRM manifesto. At the same time we continue to advocate for a retreat to #AllWomenLeaders across the Country also to join as one at #Kyankwanzi to learn, empower themselves and, in turn, support grassroots women. Appreciation to Mama @JanetMuseveni she is a beacon of light towards women emancipation. We continue to appreciate the President of the Republic of Uganda (NRM Party National Chairman) H.E @KagutaMuseveni for the guidance , educative talks given to us through this retreat, bringing Women of Uganda on board and empowering them to take part in Leadership. As Women Leaders we continue to work tirelessly so as we empower Ugandan women economically. I continue to praise the @NRMOnline Party for such wonderful organisation towards this NALI Retreat; its significance in shaping NRM leaders is truly impactful and i believe everyone who attended is gaining alot so we expect effective leadership in driving the party's vision and benefiting Ugandans. #AllWomenforMuseveni #NRMWomensLeague.

Another day to learn and refocus ♥️

We are the United Kigezi ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Pro People legislative agenda westernpearlreports.com/index.php/2026…

Leaders retreat for @NRMOnline MPs elect is ongoing at Kyankwanzi (NALI) and yours truly @KP4Rukiga and @BruceKabaasa MP elect for Rubanda West in attendance . 📷 @francis_isano @nbstv

It was more than an @IMFNews Institute cohort. It was perhaps the most consequential gathering of economists from across the world — convened in Washington D.C. for Financial Programming and Policies at a moment when the Euro crisis and the Greek economic meltdown had shaken the foundations of global fiscal orthodoxy. That training was especially critical for those of us from emerging economies navigating the spillovers of a crisis not of our making. Members of that cohort today serve Central Banks, Ministries of Finance, and Fiscal Commissions across 30 countries — and yours truly has remained a consistent voice on public finance management, macroeconomic stability, and fiscal policy.. 🇺🇬 The 12th Parliament gives us an opportunity to make a mark guided by @NRMOnline manifesto, @NPA_UG 's NDP, National Budget instruments and @KagutaMuseveni 's vision on social economic transformation #PublicFinance #FiscalPolicy #Uganda #Parliament @CSBAGUGANDA @cbtpafrica

Happy Easter Rukiga ,

In everything we do, there’s a sacrifice we must make. For Mankind, Jesus was that sacrifice. #Goodfriday #KP4RUKIGA @katabaazi25

The Illusion of Safe Harbours: Why Offshore Wealth Is the New Stranded Asset For decades, global private wealth rested on a foundational assumption: that capital, once moved beyond one's home state, entered a zone of permanence. Acquire the right passport, register the right holding company, and your wealth would be insulated from political volatility back home. Swiss bank secrecy, Cypriot golden passports, Dubai's tax-neutral real estate, and London's property trusts were not merely financial instruments. They were ideological propositions, a promise that the liberal international order would protect wealth unconditionally. That proposition has now collapsed. Iranian merchants in Dubai watched visa renewals stall, accounts subjected to extraordinary scrutiny, and assets encumbered by geopolitical pressure they had no power to resist. The hosted guest discovered, abruptly, that hospitality had terms never written into any contract. Cyprus built an entire industry selling EU citizenship to the ultra-wealthy. Africans, oligarchs, and politically exposed persons paid upwards of two million euros for a blue European passport, believing they were purchasing permanent belonging. When Russia invaded Ukraine, that belief was shattered. Assets in Cyprus were frozen alongside assets everywhere else. The passport had been marketed as a shield. It proved to be wallpaper. Western governments then froze three hundred billion dollars in Russian sovereign reserves and sanctioned hundreds of individuals across multiple jurisdictions simultaneously. The message was unmistakable. The right to hold property in the liberal international order is not a right at all. It is a conditional privilege, revocable by executive decree when strategic interests require it. The structural logic is now impossible to unsee. The host state's interests will always, at maximum pressure, override the property interests of the foreign depositor. The language of investor protection was always contingent on it being costless to provide. The moment that cost rose, the protections dissolved. President Museveni has long insisted that Ugandans invest at home. The argument was previously received as patriotic counsel. It is now vindicated by hard evidence. The African investor who hesitates domestically because of political risk must now reckon with the fact that the supposedly safer alternatives carry the same risk, differently dressed. When you invest at home, you are a stakeholder. You can negotiate, advocate, and apply legitimate pressure. When you invest offshore, you are a customer. And customers, as we have now seen across three continents, can simply be turned away. Safety is not a geography. The moment to invest at home has never been more rationally compelling. KP

Happy Palm Sunday to all Christians in Uganda and around the world.