BY JULIUS MUCUNGUZI - State Minister for Disaster Preparedness Hon Musa Ecweru TODAY 6th May 2020 presided over a GOU supported relief food distribution initiative by top religious leaders in Uganda, under their umbrella association known as the Inter Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU) and explained the progress that has been made delivering food to vulnerable [...]
BY ISAAC MUGERA - Government has suspended receiving new refugees and asylum seekers with immediate effect for a period of 30 days as one of the measures to curb the spread of the Corona Virus Disease (COVID 19). This was revealed this morning in a joint statement by the Government of Uganda, and the United Nations [...]
BY ISAAC MUGERA - The Prime Minister of Uganda, Rt. Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda has this morning convened a meeting for the Multi-Sectoral Committee on the Corona Virus Disease (COVID 19) to review strategies and approaches used in the fight to keep the disease outside Uganda. The committee was recently formed by H.E the President of Uganda [...]
BY ISAAC MUGERA - Members of Parliament from the Greater North Parliamentary Forum (GNPF) have conducted a 3-day monitoring exercise of NUSAF3 Projects in the Karamoja Sub region. The 18-member team of MPs, plus 3 Ministers, were led by the Min. of State for Karamoja affairs, Hon. Moses Kizige. Other Ministers were Hon. Fr. Simon Lokodo, [...]
By Isaac Mugera - A Delegation from the World Bank is in West Nile region in Uganda to meet with leaders and residents in Yumbe district at Bidi-bidi Refugee Camp to discuss the preparedness of the communities and implementers on the upcoming projects to be supported by the World Bank in the region. The projects are [...]
BY JOYCE BABIRYE - The Office of the Prime Minister started the process of relocating 136 households from the disaster prone districts of Bududa, Manafwa, Sironko, Bulambuli, and Namisindwa from 6th to 21st,February, 2020. The people were allocated to Bunabutye settlement, in Bulambuli district. Phase 2 of the construction of 140 houses of 2 bedrooms each, [...]
BY DOREEN NASASIRA - The Prime Minister of Uganda, Rt. Hon, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has launched the GAVI HSS-2 immunization equipment. The event took place at the Kololo Independence Grounds on Wednesday, 5th February 2020. Giving his remarks at the launch, Dr. Rugunda said the health sector has always been a priority to the government of [...]
BY ISAAC MUGERA - The Min. of State for Disaster Preparedness and Management in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Musa Ecweru, has this morning addressed members of the Press on the current Floods, Landslides, and Windstorms Disaster situation in the Country. The Minister presented government responses to the situation including life saving interventions, emergence [...]
BY JULIUS MUCUNGUZI - Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has called on the international community to support efforts of developing countries with technology, skills and financial resources to enable them protect and conserve forests and wetlands, as one way of addressing the adverse effects caused by climate change. Dr Rugunda made the call on Monday 2nd December 2019 [...]
BY BERNADETTE NDEMA - Nutrition related content remains fairly reported in the media and this could be attributed, among other things, to lack of understanding of nutrition data and programming by journalists and communicators. In realisation of this, the Office of the Prime Minister, through the National Information Platforms for Nutrtion (NIPN) project, held a three [...]
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