Uganda's Office of the Prime Minister, working with the national refugee response body, has launched an exercise to verify the actual number of refugees in the country. According to NTV Uganda, the move follows concerns that the refugee population was declining even as new arrivals continued entering the country, prompting the joint verification effort to establish accurate figures.

Uganda's Ministry of Health has barred Congolese nationals from entering the country to attend the burial of Tooro King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru IV, citing an ongoing Ebola outbreak affecting the region, according to NTV Uganda. A ministry document reportedly states that the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo will remain closed to mourners, as part of measures to prevent people infected with Ebola from crossing into Uganda during the funeral.

Officials from the State House Anti-Corruption Unit say they have uncovered alleged corruption in Iganga district, where government officials are accused of illegally selling public land plots to ordinary citizens, who then built structures on them. According to NTV Uganda, the discoveries were made during a tour with Resident District Commissioners from the Busoga sub-region assessing service delivery. Residents reportedly complained that five plots were sold off and now contain buildings.

Education experts in Uganda are calling for the government's new early childhood curriculum to be reviewed before implementation, according to NTV Uganda. The officials warn the programme, expected to start next year and teach beginners in local languages through play-based learning, could initially strain schools and raise costs because it requires many materials. They argue the curriculum should first be thoroughly examined before being rolled out.

Four men have been charged before a Grade II magistrate's court in Kampala over allegations of using machetes and other weapons to rob people of money in various parts of the city, according to NTV Uganda. The suspects are accused of waylaying and robbing residents in different Kampala neighborhoods. Police say investigations into the matter have been intensified as the case proceeds through the courts.

Residents in Uganda's Busoga region who use the road from Ambercourt in Jinja through Mbulamuti in Kamuli to Bukungu in Buyende district have expressed frustration over the government's failure to construct the road. According to NTV Uganda, the residents say they have been waiting for the road since 2001 and remain in doubt. Parliament reportedly approved a government loan of 841 billion shillings to fund the road's construction, but work has yet to begin, leaving communities still waiting.