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 [...]
The Prime Minister, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has said Uganda will continue to maintain its open door policy towards refugees and support them until they are ready to return to their home countries when there is peace and stability. PM Rugunda(R) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees exchange pleasantries at OPM on Tuesday (Photo by PMPU) [...]
UN SG Guterres(M )and PM Rugunda address the hosting community elders during their visit at Imvepi Refugee Reception Center,as OPM PS Christine (L),Hon.Min. Onek (2nd L) and UN's Malango(R) look on (Photo by PMPU) The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has hailed the government of Uganda and particularly the refugee hosting communities, for sharing [...]
PM Rugunda takes questions from the press after the CRRF workshop at Imperial Royale Hotel (Photo by PMPU) (1) The Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has called for an integrated approach while dealing with refugees. He said refugees should be treated with dignity since they do not choose to have such a status. He [...]
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 [...]
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