Pharma & Public Health Partnership: President Museveni met UK officials and urged deeper Uganda–UK collaboration in public health prevention, pharmaceutical manufacturing and medical research to speed disease control and local medicine production. UN Leadership Race: The UN Security Council began secret straw polls to pick the next secretary-general; early results put Costa Rica’s Rebeca Grynspan in the lead, with Uganda’s Olara Otunnu among the seven candidates. Uganda’s Industrial Push: Uganda’s Namanve Industrial Park Infrastructure Project is now about 80% complete, with new roads, solar streetlights and drainage improving conditions for manufacturers. Agro-Industrial Value Addition: Museveni backed the Nonda Coffee Park in Nakaseke, a planned large processing facility aimed at boosting coffee value addition and exports. Construction Standards Watch: UNBS says the cement “underweight bag” problem is linked to tampering and contamination after leaving factories, not licensed manufacturers’ underfilling. Mining Investment Signal: London-listed Blencowe Resources raised the Orom-Cross graphite project value to about US$1.254bn, improving prospects for financing and production from 2027. Ebola Pressure in Congo: DR Congo’s fast-growing Ebola outbreak has surpassed 1,500 deaths, with contact tracing still below targets amid conflict and illegal mining.