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It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Office of the Prime Minister website. I trust that you will find all of the information you are looking for regarding our latest initiatives as well as a clear insight in to the Office itself. However, if you require any additional information, please get in touch and we will be glad to assist you.

Thank you for visiting,

Amama Mbabazi
Prime Minister of Uganda.

Hon. First Lady and Minister for Karamoja Affairs

Hon. First Lady and Minister for Karamoja Affairs receives a book from a visiting team at the Office of the Prime Minister

Rt. Hon. Deputy Prime Minister with A Chineese Delegation

Rt. Hon. Deputy Prime Minister shares a chat with a Chineese Delegation at the Office of the Prime Minister.

Hon. Minister for Information and National Guidance

The Hon. Minister of Information and National Guidance has a light note during an interaction with the Uganda Parliamentary Press Association.

The Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi and the Rt. Hon. 3rd Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Moses Ali (shown inset on the right) also attended the function.

The Hon. First Lady and Minister for Karamoja Affairs

Addressing the 7th PMC meeting for the Review of the Implementation of the PRDP Programme.

She informed the meeting that the face of Karamoja was slowly but steadily changing for the better. ‘Only three years ago over 75% of households in Karamoja were dependent on food hand-outs for their existence. Now we have less than 10% who are vulnerable to food insecurity’

Hon. Minister of State for Teso Affairs Christine Amongin Aporu

The Minister of State for Teso Affairs Hon. Christine Amongin Aporu is responsible for Providing Political leadership, and oversight to the implementation of the Teso Development Programme.

Hon. Minister of State for Northern Uganda Rebecca Amuge Otengo

The Hon. Minister of State for Northern Uganda is responsible for Providing Political Leadership towards the Peace Recovery Development Program (PRDP).

Promoting Peace, dialogue aimed at resolving armed conflict in Northern Uganda, Ensuring effective implementation of Government Programmes in the region,

Hon. Barbara Nekesa Oundo, Minister of State for Karamoja Affairs

Together with the U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission, Virginia Blaser and representatives from the Karamojong Peace Committee

Graduation at Bishop Barham University College, Kabale

Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi talks to Archbishop Henry Orombi

During graduation at Bishop Barham University College, Kabale on Friday (Photo by James Budeyo)

PM in Southwest

PM Mbabazi (2nd R) with MoS for Economic monitoring,Henry Banyenzaki(L) and Representative of US Ambasador, Karen Klimowski ins

Leading the way

Prime Minister Mbabazi launches the distribution of relief items to survivors of the Bududa landslide tragedy.

He is accompanied by the Hon. Minister of State for Disaster Preparedness and Relief Musa Ecweru.

For more information on the relief efforts please visit the Resource Center.

Current Issues

PRIME MINISTER MBABAZI IN LIVE BBC SCIENCE AFRICA DEBATE

Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi on Thursday joined leading scientists in Africa who converged at Makerere University for the BBC Science Africa Debate in a live broadcast on the BBC World Service. BBC, a British media house has been celebrating the role of Africa in Global Science with its first ever Science Festival in Uganda. The Festival that opened on Sunday climaxed on Thursday with the debate codenamed “What if?” in the university’s Freedom Square.

NATIONAL EVALUATION WEEK 4th - 7th March 2013

The Government of Uganda through Office of the Prime Minister is organizing an international evaluation week that will take place in Kampala on 4th-7th March, 2013. The theme for the Evaluation Week is : THEME “ENHANCHING EVIDENCE BASED EVALUATIONS FOR POLICY MAKING IN UGANDA”-The Need and Role of Effective Evaluation Systems for service delivery

INTERNATIONAL SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST PRIME MINISTER MBABAZI UNCALLED FOR

In their on-line article last week, The Daily Mail’s Sam Greenhill and Daniel Martin claimed that £10m (UShs 42bn), a joint donation from UK, Ireland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden to Uganda’s Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) wound up in private bank accounts of Mr Amama Mbabazi.

Uganda Government to Resettle Bududa Survivors

The Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi, has assured residents living within the high risk areas along Mt. Elgon that the Government will strive to ensure they are moved to safer areas.

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Latest News

UNAMID CHIEF ARRIVES FOR CONSULTATION

Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has met the head of African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and Joint Chief Mediator, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas who is in the country to consult on how to solve the conflict in Darfur, western Sudan. “If there is any hand that we can give we shall gladly do so because it is our duty to help,” Mbabazi said. The meeting was at the Prime Minister’s office on Friday. Lt Gen. Wynjones Kisamba, the UNAMID force commander and his Chief of Staff, Johnson Aniefiok, attended.

PRIVATE PERSONS ALSO TO PROSECUTE GRAFT SUSPECTS

In its continued efforts to plug loopholes in the anti-graft crusade, the Government is enacting a law that will allow private persons to prosecute corruption suspects and receive a portion of the money recovered from them. Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi disclosed this during a meeting with Helen Clark, the former prime minister of New Zealand and now Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme based in New York. The meeting was at Mbabazi’s office in Kampala on Tuesday

PRIME MINISTER MBABAZI RETURNS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi yesterday returned from Cape Town, South Africa where he has been attending the 23rd World Economic Forum on Africa (WEF). It was held under the theme: “Delivering on Africa’s Promise”, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The three-day WEF 2013 was convened to provide a platform for regional and global leaders from business, government and civil society to deepen the continent’s integration agenda. Mr Mbabazi featured in an interactive five-member panel debate on bursting myths for investments in Africa, which was webcast live to global audiences.

PRIME MINISTER MBABAZI ARRIVES IN S. AFRICA FOR WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has arrived in Cape Town, South Africa to attend the 23rd World Economic Forum on Africa. He was received at the airport by senior South African government officials and Uganda High Commission staff. The three-day Forum is running under the theme: “Delivering on Africa’s Promise”. According to the Programme Coordinator, Patrick McGee, 37 heads of state and government were invited and some sessions would be webcast live to global audiences.