The External Security Organisation (ESO) is a government agency, mandated to collect, analyse and process information related to external security threats.Its objective is informing national policy makers in Uganda.
Its headquarters are located in a three-story office building that the agency owns on Hannington Road, on Nakasero Hill, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.
The agency focuses on the assessment of external security threats to Uganda.
[3] In the 2014/2015 financial year, the agency was allocated a budget of UGX:14 billion.
[4] Sometimes ESO's activities overlap with those of other government spy agencies, including the Internal Security Organisation and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence.