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 - 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 [...]
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 Isaac Mugera – The 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda, Gen Moses Ali has assured refugees and the rest of the world that Uganda will maintain its ‘Open Door Policy’ for refugees as a way of commitment to humanitarian and peaceful living across the globe. Gen. Moses Ali addressing the congregation during the celebrations [...]
Friday, January 25, 2019 The Prime Minister, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has said Government will continue to invest significant domestic resources in the protection, management and social integration of refugees and Ugandan communities that host them. PM Rugunda(M)with Hon. Eng.Onek(PM's L), Hon. Dr. Aceng(PM's R) and Development Partners at the launch of the Health Sector Intergrated Refugee [...]
Making Evaluations Work 1. The Value of Evaluation 2. Utilization Focused Evaluation & decision making 3. Private Sector’s approach to Monitoring and Evaluation in the use of evaluations 4. Case studies in Evaluation & Learning 5. Case studies on the Role of the Executives, Parliament and judiciary in Monitoring and Evaluation
By Isaac Mugera The Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Eng. Hillary Onek has reassured communities in the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, in Kikuube District that government is fully committed to ensuring their safety and security amidst the current threats and land conflicts in the area. The Minister made this assurance during a meeting with the [...]
8 November, 2018 JOINT PRESS STATEMENT KAMPALA: The Government of Uganda with the support of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, concluded a comprehensive exercise to verify the identities of all refugees and asylum-seekers in the country, using enhanced biometric tools. The verification exercise, which was conducted upon a directive from the Rt. Hon Prime Minister in [...]
The Prime Minister, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has launched the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP) in the districts of Kamwenge and Isingiro. PM Rugunda officially launches the counstruction site for the Primary School under the DRDIP infrastructure component, during the launch of DRDIP in Kamwenge District on Thursday. DRDIP is aimed at [...]
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