July 2020
DISTRICT LEADERS CALL FOR MORE OPM SUPPORT TO PEOPLE DISPLACED BY FLOODS
BY ISAAC MUGERA – Local leaders in the Districts of Bundibugyo and Ntoroko in Western Uganda have asked for more relief support from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), towards communities that were devastated [...]
Uganda Opens Border to Thousands Fleeing Congo Violence
By Duniya Aslam Khan (UNHCR) in Zombo, Uganda | 1 July 2020 Available online at: https://www.unhcr.org/afr/news/latest/2020/7/5efcada04/uganda-opens-border-thousands-fleeing-congo-violence.html Country lifts COVID-19 closure to admit refugees escaping escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. She is sick, she is [...]
June 2020
STAKEHOLDERS CALL FOR STRENGTHENING LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAPACITIES FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE DISASTERS AMIDST COVID-19
BY REBECCA NABATANZI SSERWANGA - The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organised an online dialogue on managing multiple disasters amidst Covid 19. The inaugural dialogue brought [...]
OPM RECEIVES UNDP DONATED ICT EQUIPMENT WORTH USD 1.4M FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE
BY ISAAC MUGERA – The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has received ICT equipment from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to be used by different government Ministries and Departments in the fight against [...]
May 2020
PM RUGUNDA LAUNCHES THE 2020 GOVERNMENT MANIFESTO WEEK
ISAAC MUGERA – The Prime Minister of Uganda, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has this afternoon launched the government’s manifesto week for the Year 2020 at the New Government Building, Office of the President conference [...]
OPM DISTRIBUTES COVID-19 RELIEF FOOD ITEMS IN NANSANA AND KIRA MUNICIPALITIES IN WAKISO DISTRICT
BY ISAAC MUGERA – The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), with support from the UPDF, Uganda Police, and Uganda Prisons, have today distributed COVID-19 relief food items to residents of Nansana and Kira Municipalities [...]