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Bank and Public Holidays for Uganda

Uganda bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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09 May 2011 (New Vision Online-Kampala) Uganda's public service minister, Henry Kajura, has announced that the Ugandan Government had declared Thursday, May 12, 2011, as a one-off public holiday on the occasion of the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Yoweri Museveni. • 21 Apr 2011 (The Parliament of the Republic of Uganda-Kampala) Uganda's Prime Minister, Apolo Nsibambi, has announced that the Ugandan Government is considering reducing the number of public holidays in Uganda. • 11 Mar 2011 (Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda-Kampala) Uganda's second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Service, through his Permanent Secretary, Jimmy Lwamafa, has announced that Monday, March 14, 2011, would be a one-off public holiday on the occasion of the upcoming Kampala City Mayoral and Councillors' elections. • 07 Mar 2011 (New Vision Online-Kampala) The Governing Council of Uganda's Gulu District has declared Friday, March 11, 2011, as a one-off regional public holiday throughout Gulu District. • 28 Feb 2011 (The Daily Monitor-Kampala) The Ugandan Electoral Commission has announced that the Government of Uganda had finally decided not to declare Tuesday, March 1st, 2011, as a one-off public holiday on the day of the postponed mayoral and the local government elections in the country's capital, Kampala. • 21 Feb 2011 (New Vision Online-Kampala) The Ugandan Electoral Commission has announced that the Government of Uganda had finally agreed to declare Wednesday, February 23, 2011, as a one-off public holiday to allow Ugandans to participate in the mayoral and the local government elections countrywide. • 15 Feb 2011 (New Vision Online-Kampala) Uganda's minister for information and national guidance, Kabakumba Matsiko, has announced that Friday, February 18, 2011, the date of the upcoming general elections, would be a public holiday in Uganda "to enable Ugandans elect their leaders". • 09 Aug 2010 (The Daily Monitor-Kampala) Uganda's Information Minister, Kabakumba Masiko, has announced that Wednesday, August 11, 2010, had been declared a public holiday to coincide with the funeral of former president Godfrey Binaisa. • 18 May 2010 (The Daily Monitor-Kampala) Uganda's Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Service, Henry Kajura, has introduced legislation that would extend the automatic declaration of a one-off public holiday to cover the eventuality of the Speaker of Parliament dying in office. • 24 Nov 2009 (New Vision Online-Kampala) The government of Uganda has announced that the upcoming Eid al-Adha public holiday would be observed on Friday, November 27, 2009. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Uganda public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: The list and dates of official public holidays in Uganda are regulated by the Public Holidays Act 1965 (Ch 255) that came into effect on July 30, 1965, and was amended in 1966, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1990, and 1992. • Kingdom of Buganda: Schedule 7 to the 1962 Constitution of Uganda, contains Matters with respect to which the Legislature of Buganda has exclusive power to make Laws and lists Buganda-specific public holidays in Part 1, Section 8 (Buganda public holidays and festivals). • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that fall on a weekend are not compensated by a day in lieu either the workday before or after. • Uganda Martyrs' Day: Every June 3, which is a gazetted public holiday in Uganda, when hundreds of local and international pilgrimsgo to the Uganda martyrs shrine in Namugongo, near Kampala, to pay homage to over 30 Christians murdered by authorities for failing to denounce Christianity in 1886. • Uganda International Codes UG and UGA (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .ug (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Uganda information and news: Bank of Uganda (Uganda central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Uganda maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Uganda), and Wikipedia (includes Uganda commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Uganda, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Uganda that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Uganda were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Uganda, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Uganda, before planning any trip to Uganda. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.