Defence ministry and Parliament's defence committee agree on proposed pay rise for UPDF privates

According to The Independent, Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs officials and the Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs agreed at a meeting to push for raising the pay of UPDF privates from Shs 650,000 to about Shs 816,000. The ministry's Under Secretary told MPs the government had said it could not afford the increase in the 2026/2027 financial year, and the committee said it would take the matter to the Budget Committee and the finance ministry.