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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Uganda

The list of Uganda bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2010, comes 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. Qualified professionals can license data for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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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. • 13 Jun 2009 (New Vision Online-Kampala) Ugandan member of parliament, Henry Banyenzaki, has asked the Government to consider reducing the number of national public holidays, arguing that, for the most part, they do not have any positive impact on the development of the country. • 29 Apr 2009 (New Vision Online-Kampala) Uganda's permanent secretary in the gender ministry, Christine Guwatudde, has announced that Uganda's Ministry of Public Service wants to either reduce the number of official public holidays, or to move their observance to the nearest weekend. • 06 Mar 2009 (Daily Monitor-Kampala) Uganda's Parliament is voting on a new bill, The Emoluments and benefits of the President, Vice President and Prime Minister Bill, 2009, codifying retirement benefits for Uganda's President, Vice President and Prime Minister. One of the provisions of this new Bill is that a public holiday shall be declared on the day of burial of a President who dies while in office. • 27 Jan 2009 (Monitor Online-Kampala) Uganda's opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and Democratic Party have criticised the NRM Liberation Day celebrations saying that this public holiday is a partisan day and should be scrapped off the list of national holidays. • 21 Dec 2008 (Sunday Monitor-Kampala) Following the death of former minister John Ateker Ejalu, local leaders from Teso have directed local councils across the region to declare Tuesday, December 23, 2008, when he will be buried, a public holiday because of his contribution towards the liberation of the poor in Uganda and Teso in particular. • 06 Dec 2008 (New Vision-Kampala) Uganda's President, Yoweri Museveni, confirmed that tomorrow, Sunday, December 7, 2008, would be the date of the observance of the Idd Adhuha (Feast of Sacrifice) public holiday in Uganda. • 02 Sep 2008 (The Daily Monitor-Kampala) The government of Uganda has announced that it would honour Busoga's Kyabazinga (title given to the ruler of the Kingdom of Busoga in Uganda), Henry Wako Muloki, with a state funeral, whose date, Monday, September 8, 2008, had been declared a one-off public holiday throughout Uganda. • 15 Nov 2007 (New Vision Kampala) Despite its earlier denials, the government of Uganda has now announced that it had declared Thursday and Friday, November 22-23, 2007, as one-off public holidays to coincide with the beginning of the CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting). • 04 Oct 2007 (New Vision) Earlier this week, responding to questions from MP's, Uganda's Foreign Affairs State Minister, Isaac Musumba, stated that there would be no public holiday during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which will be held from Friday November 23 to Sunday November 25, 2007. • 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 2010 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 blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.