BY DOREEN NASASIRA - The Prime Minister, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has said countries in Sub- Saharan Africa can outgrow their debt burdens and reduce reliance on borrowing through sustainable and inclusive economic growth. He said this because 40% of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are in debt distress hence the need to devise collaborative means of [...]
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, [...]
The National Programme Coordinator of the Development Initiative for Northern Uganda (DINU), Mr. Pius Okello Ongom, has asked implementing partners to ensure that grant actions are tailored to improve beneficiaries’ lives in Northern Uganda. DINU is a Government of Uganda programme supported by the European Union (EU) aimed at improving livelihoods in the five sub-regions of [...]
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 [...]
On Friday morning, 24th February, a small and colorful ceremony was held at the Prime Minister’s Office (Postel Building, Clement Hill Road), to hand over 10 double cabin pickup trucks and 21 Motorbikes to ten districts covered under the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP). The occasion was presided over by Hon. Hilary Onek, the [...]
By Isaiah Kitimbo - The Government has signed grant contracts amounting to EUR 27 million or Shs114.5 billion with nine organisations to implement development projects in Northern Uganda under the Development Initiative for Northern Uganda (DINU). DINU is a Government of Uganda programme supported by the European Union aimed at improving livelihoods in the five sub-regions [...]
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 [...]
Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda is representing President Yoweri Museveni for the fifth edition of the Global Business Forum Africa (GBF Africa), a high level, trade and investment gathering taking place from November 18-19, 2019 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda is representing President Yoweri Museveni for the fifth edition of the Global [...]
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