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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Uganda

The list of Uganda bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, 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 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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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. • 31 Aug 2007 (The Daily Monitor) Third Deputy Prime Minister, Hajji Kirunda Kivejinja, declared three days of national mourning starting today, August 31, 2007, in honour of the 75 deaths in the Sunday accident which occurred when a military truck carrying soldiers and their families overturned on a steep hill in the Mount Elgon foothills of eastern Uganda. • 25 May 2007 (The Daily Monitor) The Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, declared that, henceforth, May 24 would be a public holiday in Buganda. • 11 May 2006 (New Vision-Kampala) Uganda's State Minister for Public Service, Patrick Okumu Ringa, announced yesterday that Friday, May 12, 2006, would be a one-off public holiday in Uganda to commemorate President Yoweri Museveni's swearing-in for his third five-year term. • 20 Feb 2006 (Uganda's Ministry of Public Service) According to a statement issued today by Ministry of Public Service, the Ugandan government has declared Thursday, February 23, 2006, as a one-off public holiday to enable Ugandans to participate in the presidential and parliamentary elections. • 31 Jan 2006 (New Vision) The government of Uganda has declared the day of the upcoming 3-in-1 elections, Thursday, February 23, 2006, a one-off public holiday. • 22 Oct 2005 (Radio Uganda-Kampala) Uganda's second deputy prime minister and minister of public service, has issued a statement that the Government of Uganda had declared Monday, October 24, 2005, a one-off public holiday on the occasion of the funeral of former president, the late Dr Apollo Milton Obote. • 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. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: 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 (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

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 2008 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.