Finance Minister Matia Kasaija says in his 2025/26 budget speech, UGX 9.9 trillion is being injected straight into Uganda’s security, justice, governance, and election systems.

With energy and conviction, Kasaija told lawmakers, “Madam Speaker, security, good governance and the rule of law are the backbone of our transformation,”

He revealed that over the past year, Uganda has seriously beefed up its security network, investing in high-tech surveillance gadgets and smart border scanners to track movement and threats, while boosting funding to the Army, Police, Prisons, and Intelligence agencies for better pay, improved morale, and enhanced operations.

The Minister noted that Uganda has also stepped up as a regional peacemaker, deploying peacekeeping forces to Somalia, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea.

He also revealed that at home, the results are showing, crime dropped by 4.1%, falling from 228,074 reported cases in 2023 to 218,746 in 2024.

Kasaija further said that Government also rolled out a massive national ID enrolment campaign, aiming to register 17.2 million citizens, a major move ahead of the 2026 General Election.

He also mentioned that the passport system got a high-speed upgrade too what used to take 14 days now takes just 4, thanks to digitisation.

On the roads, the minister revealed that the rollout of the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS) is making vehicles easier to trace, with 26,818 cars and 62,512 motorcycles already tagged with electronic monitoring devices to curb crime and boost road safety.

Inside Uganda’s prison system, he said a quiet revolution is underway. Inmates are now farming food and growing cotton helping prisons feed themselves and even contributing raw materials for Uganda’s growing textile industry.

According to Kasaija, the UGX 9.9 trillion will bankroll more weapons and modern gear for the UPDF, better salaries for all uniformed forces, a secure and peaceful 2026 General Election, faster and more accessible legal services for the public, and tighter immigration controls at all borders and international airports.

In his signature no-nonsense tone, Kasaija vowed a brutal crackdown on corruption too. “We are automating everything so that no one hides behind human errors,” he declared