Uganda: Conflicting lists delay compensation for Nakivubo flood victims

The Prime Minister, Rt Hon. Robinah Nabbanja has revealed that conflicting lists of beneficiaries have delayed the compensation of traders whose businesses were destroyed following the flooding of the Nakivubo channels. Speaking during the Prime Minister’s time on Thursday, 27 August 2026, Nabbanja said her office convened several meetings with traders and other stakeholders to establish credible lists of beneficiaries. “We constituted a team comprising of Uganda Revenue Authority [URA], Kampala Capital City Authority [KCCA] and Kampala City Traders Association [KACITA]. This team agreed to come up with the list of beneficiaries, but each had their own list,” said Nabbanja. She said URA submitted a list of 360 beneficiaries with KCCA and KACITA presenting 460 and 480 traders respectively. According to the Prime Minister, the failure to harmonise these lists prevented government from releasing the compensation before the end of the 2025/2026 financial year. “We wanted to start paying them in May but the traders petitioned the President again. As a result, the financial year in which they were to be paid ended and money was not sent to the Office of the Prime Minister because it lack