Bonds & bills / Tenors
The 10-year today
What the banks that trade government paper are quoting for about ten years' lending to the government, averaged into one mid, and how that has moved.
- 16.90%
- average of the banks’ quotes, 16 Oct 2026
- Banks quoting
- 7
- of 8 that quoted it in the past month
- Bid to ask
- 0.60
- points, the average spread
- A month ago
- 14.93%
- up 1.97 points since
The mid over the past year
Between 14.48% and 16.98% over 232 quoted days, from 15 October 2025 — a range of 2.49 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
- 16.85% · CENTENARY
- the lowest bid, so the highest price
- If you are buying
- 16.90% · ABSA
- the highest ask, so the lowest price
| Bank | Bid · it buys | Ask · it sells | Mid | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABSA | 17.40% | 16.90% | 17.15% | 0.50 |
| CENTENARY | 16.85% | 16.30% | 16.58% | 0.55 |
| CITI | 17.15% | 16.65% | 16.90% | 0.50 |
| DFCU | 17.00% | 16.60% | 16.80% | 0.40 |
| HFBU | 17.25% | 16.25% | 16.75% | 1.00 |
| STANBIC | 17.25% | 16.75% | 17.00% | 0.50 |
| STANCHART | 17.50% | 16.75% | 17.13% | 0.75 |
| Average of 7 | 17.20% | 16.60% | 16.90% | 0.60 |
Spread is bid less ask, in percentage points: what a round trip through one bank costs.
Bonds at this tenor
| Bond | Matures | Coupon | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-year bondUG12J0605277 | 6 May 2027 | 12.35% | |
| 10-year bondUG12J1301280 | 13 Jan 2028 | 13.29% | |
| 10-year bondUG0000001533 | 23 Aug 2029 | 14.66% | |
| 10-year bondUG12J1909298 | 19 Sep 2029 | 15.01% | |
| 10-year bondUG12J1411303 | 14 Nov 2030 | 15.42% | |
| 10-year bondUG12J2005328 | 20 May 2032 | 15.82% |
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 →1.08 points above the 5-year and 0.04 points below the 15-year.
Lending for ten years
Buy one of the bonds at this tenor through a bank or broker, or wait for Bank of Uganda to auction one.
Next auction dates →How current this is