Starlink Is on in Uganda. Musk Posted the Switch

“Starlink now available in Uganda!”

That is the switch. The licence is older. On 15 May 2026 the Uganda Communications Commission signed a memorandum and a five-year operational licence with Starlink at State House Entebbe, Space in Africa reports. The terms required a national gateway in Uganda, a local office, and local staff. President Museveni framed it as security, revenue, and accountability. Starlink’s Ryan Goodnight said the deal would lower internet costs.

Licensed, for a time, did not mean a shop window. Paratus Uganda offered an enterprise service in August. MTN Uganda announced a remote-sector partnership on 31 August. The consumer page is what changed this week. PC Tech Magazine, 2 September, says hardware kits can be ordered at starlink.com/uganda.

Pulse Uganda, the same morning, published prices from the ordering page: a Residential 100 Mbps package listed at 203,704 shillings a month, Standard kit and fees on top. Those figures are the site’s, as copied by the paper. I have not stood at the checkout.

In January, during the election period, Starlink had disabled active terminals in Uganda by geolocation. Bobi Wine appealed to Musk. Unlicensed dishes had been running. The May paper was the state’s answer. The September post is the product going on sale.

A dish on a stand. A country on a list. A sentence from the owner that the map had moved.

Is this accurate — or do I have a detail wrong?