Bonds & bills / Tenors
The 91-day bill today
What the banks that trade government paper are quoting for about 91 days' lending to the government, averaged into one mid, and how that has moved.
- 11.07%
- average of the banks’ quotes, 16 Oct 2026
- Banks quoting
- 7
- of 8 that quoted it in the past month
- Bid to ask
- 0.68
- points, the average spread
- A month ago
- 9.68%
- up 1.40 points since
The mid over the past year
Between 9.68% and 11.25% over 232 quoted days, from 15 October 2025 — a range of 1.57 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
- 11.00% · CENTENARY
- the lowest bid, so the highest price
- If you are buying
- 11.50% · DFCU
- the highest ask, so the lowest price
| Bank | Bid · it buys | Ask · it sells | Mid | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABSA | 11.50% | 11.00% | 11.25% | 0.50 |
| CENTENARY | 11.00% | 10.50% | 10.75% | 0.50 |
| CITI | 11.00% | 10.00% | 10.50% | 1.00 |
| DFCU | 12.00% | 11.50% | 11.75% | 0.50 |
| HFBU | 11.50% | 10.50% | 11.00% | 1.00 |
| STANBIC | 11.40% | 10.90% | 11.15% | 0.50 |
| STANCHART | 11.50% | 10.75% | 11.13% | 0.75 |
| Average of 7 | 11.41% | 10.74% | 11.07% | 0.68 |
Spread is bid less ask, in percentage points: what a round trip through one bank costs.
Bills at this tenor
| Bill | Matures | Yield |
|---|---|---|
| 91-day bill | 5 Nov 2026 | 12.01% |
| 91-day bill | 3 Dec 2026 | 11.64% |
| 91-day bill | 31 Dec 2026 | 11.07% |
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 below the 182-day.
Lending for 91 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