Bonds & bills / Tenors
The 182-day bill today
What the banks that trade government paper are quoting for about 182 days' lending to the government, averaged into one mid, and how that has moved.
- 11.98%
- average of the banks’ quotes, 16 Oct 2026
- Banks quoting
- 7
- of 8 that quoted it in the past month
- Bid to ask
- 0.71
- points, the average spread
- A month ago
- 9.84%
- up 2.14 points since
The mid over the past year
Between 9.84% and 13.12% over 232 quoted days, from 15 October 2025 — a range of 3.28 points. The mid is the average of the panel’s bid and ask, not any one bank’s quote.
Today’s quotes
as at 16 Oct 2026Quotes are yields. A bank buying the bond from you bids the higher yield, which means a lower price, so the bid column is the larger number.
- If you are selling
- 12.00% · CITI
- the lowest bid, so the highest price
- If you are buying
- 12.00% · CENTENARY
- the highest ask, so the lowest price
| Bank | Bid · it buys | Ask · it sells | Mid | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABSA | 12.40% | 11.90% | 12.15% | 0.50 |
| CENTENARY | 12.50% | 12.00% | 12.25% | 0.50 |
| CITI | 12.00% | 11.00% | 11.50% | 1.00 |
| DFCU | 12.50% | 12.00% | 12.25% | 0.50 |
| HFBU | 12.25% | 11.25% | 11.75% | 1.00 |
| STANBIC | 12.20% | 11.70% | 11.95% | 0.50 |
| STANCHART | 12.50% | 11.50% | 12.00% | 1.00 |
| Average of 7 | 12.34% | 11.62% | 11.98% | 0.71 |
Spread is bid less ask, in percentage points: what a round trip through one bank costs.
Bills at this tenor
| Bill | Matures | Yield |
|---|---|---|
| 182-day bill | 22 Oct 2026 | 12.20% |
| 182-day bill | 19 Nov 2026 | 11.82% |
| 182-day bill | 4 Dec 2026 | 11.45% |
| 182-day bill | 17 Dec 2026 | 11.26% |
| 182-day bill | 7 Jan 2027 | 11.18% |
| 182-day bill | 4 Feb 2027 | 11.38% |
| 182-day bill | 4 Mar 2027 | 11.68% |
| 182-day bill | 1 Apr 2027 | 11.98% |
Matched on tenor at issue. Yields are Bank of Uganda’s published closing figures, before tax.
How to buy at this tenor
- 1Work out what you getThe guide asks how much and shows what comes back to you, and when, after tax.
- 2Save it to My moneyYour plan keeps today’s figures, and you can come back to it.
- 3Buy it from My moneyThere, Buy it lists the banks and brokers who deal in government securities.
On the curve
Full curve →0.90 points above the 91-day and 0.73 points below the 364-day.
Lending for 182 days
New bills are sold at Bank of Uganda auctions every fortnight; ones already issued trade through banks and brokers.
Next auction dates →How current this is