GOVERNMENT OF UGANDA AND THE UNITED NATIONS SIGN UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FRAMEWORK JOINT STATEMENT
BY DOREEN NASASIRA - The Government of Uganda and the United Nations have signed a joint statement for the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation framework(UNSDCF) for Uganda. The signing ceremony took place at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kampala on Wednesday. The United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation framework for Uganda seeks to reinforce mutual accountability [...]
PRIME MINISTER RUGUNDA LAUNCHES THE NATIONAL HIV AND AIDS STRATEGIC PLAN 2020/21-2024/25
BY DOREEN NASASIRA - Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has launched the National HIV and AIDS strategic plan 2020/21- 2024/25 and the International Conference for AIDS and Sexuality in Africa (ICASA). The National HIV and AIDS strategic plan is a multi-sectoral stakeholder strategy anchored on the National Development Plan III and other International and Regional Obligations such as Sustainable Development [...]
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR MAKES PERSONAL DONATION TO THE COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND
BY ISAAC MUGERA, Communications Officer, OPM – The Japanese Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Kameda Kazuaki, has today made a personal donation of Two Million Uganda Shillings (2,000,000/-) to support the Uganda government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. H.E. Kameda (3rd left), and the Rt. Hon. Rugunda (Center), pose for photo with members of the COVID-19 National Response Fund, upon [...]
EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON REFUGEE COMMUNITIES IN UGANDA
BY JOYCE BABIRYE - Uganda currently hosts a total of one million four hundred refugees from different parts of the World, but mainly from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Majority of these people have been forced to flee their countries because of civil wars and political persecution. West Nile region hosts the largest number of refugees in [...]
PERMANENT SECRETARIES DONATE TOWARDS COVID-19 FIGHT
BY DOREEN NASASIRA - The Prime Minister, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has received a donation of over UGX 24 million from the Permanent Secretaries of Uganda as part of their contribution towards the fight against Covid-19 Pandemic. The Donation was handed over to the Prime Minister on Friday at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kampala, by the Head of [...]
GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO RECEIVE DONATIONS FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE
BY ISAAC MUGERA , Communications Officer - The Government of Uganda continues to receive donations for the COVID-19 Fund under the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), to beef up the efforts geared towards the fight against the spread of the COVID-19. The latest donation was received yesterday, 13th August, 2020, from SOGEA-SATOM, an international building and civil engineering company, [...]
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