President Yoweri Museveni has pledged government support to engineers in their effort tocontribute to the development of the country.He noted that stakeholder engagement is also a key component of Corporate Social Responsibility which should be managed well if the desired success in any project implementation is to be achieved. Museveni made these remarks in a speech [...]
The Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has launched the National Food Security Assessment report which provides the short term, medium and long term recommendations for eradication of food insecurity in Uganda. PM Rugunda officially receives donation of 119,660 bags of China rice from the Chinese Ambassador, Zheng Zhu-Qiang at Serena hotel ( Photo by PMPU) [...]
International Development Minister James Wharton reaffirms UK support for refugees in Uganda as Africa’s largest refugee hosting nation. During the week that famine has been declared in some parts of South Sudan, Minister Wharton saw the life-saving impact of UK aid in Uganda when he visited a centre where refugees are registered and longer term refugee settlements [...]
A project to support South Sudanese refugees and host communities in Northern Uganda was launched in Adjumani district on 23rd February 2017 by the 1st Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of government business in parliament together with the Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Hon. Eng. Hilary Onek. This project called the “Programme for [...]
Government has expressed its commitment to protect refugees according to provisions provided for in the International law according to the Minister for relief, Disater Preparedness and Refugees Hillary Onek. He stressed that refugees in Uganda enjoy all rights available to citizens except the right to participate in national politics. Minister for Relief and Disaster Preparedness [...]
Thousands of civilians flee as a result of the increasing insecurity and an escalation in violence. South Sudan - Once a symbol of peaceful coexistence between South Sudanese from different origins, Central Equatoria, on the southern border of South Sudan has become a scene of a massive exodus of the local population towards neighbouring Uganda. [...]
33,793 Burundian refugees are currently in Uganda after fleeing current crisis that killed thousands. A Burundian minister has travelled to Uganda to convince some 33,793 Burundians who fled the current crisis that all the conditions are met for them return to their homes in secure conditions. Since Burundi's 19-months crisis triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision [...]
Kampala - The United States will give over $25m in humanitarian aid to Uganda, to help the nation cope with a huge influx of refugees fleeing conflict in east Africa, the US ambassador in Kampala said on Tuesday. Uganda is hosting more than a million refugees, nearly 700 000 of whom escaped the brutal civil war [...]
By Halima Athumani KAMPALA, Uganda The Ugandan government is running out of land for the over one million refugees seeking shelter on its soil. "The government land designated for refugees is limited and most of those areas are now occupied,” Hillary Onek, Uganda’s minister for relief, disaster preparedness and refugees, told journalists at a news conference [...]
This is in response to the article in the New Vision dated Monday, January 2 2017 and titled "Human Traffickers targeting refugees for body organs" as reported by FIDA Uganda. Refugees in Uganda are persons who present themselves to the Office of the Prime Minister to seek asylum and get recognized as such. The persons attributed [...]
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