BY ISAIAH KITIMBO - KAMPALA – The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has procured six vehicles valued at more than Shs1 billion to support implementation of the Development Initiative for Northern Uganda (DINU) programme. DINU is a government of Uganda programme supported by the European Union (EU) and supervised by OPM. The programme aims to [...]
BY ISAAC MUGERA – The Government of the Peoples Republic of China has donated US Dollars 50,000, an equivalent of over USHS 194m, to the communities that were affected by the floods that recently swept across different parts of the country. The donation was delivered by the Chinese Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Zheng Zhu Qiang, to [...]
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 by the effects of flooding and landslides in the region. Speaking to a team of OPM Officers from the Communications Unit [...]
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 frail and separated from her family. Emmanuelle Ochaya, 54 has been sleeping in a scanty makeshift hut, in the middle of [...]
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 together over 100 stakeholders from government agencies, academia, civil society, local government, private sector, development partners, youth representatives among others. Officiated [...]
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 the spread of the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19). The equipment was received by the Minister for General Duties in the OPM, [...]
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 Hall. PM Rugunda was flanked by the Minister for Presidency, Esther Mbayo, the Minister for Information and National Guidance, Ms. Judith [...]
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 in Wakiso District. The teams specifically gave out posho and beans in the divisions of Nabweru and Nansana in Nansana Municipality, [...]
BY ISAAC MUGERA - Government swiftly responds to the floods and rains disaster in Kasese, Ntoroko and Bundibugyo Districts. Big up to GOU, OPM.......... Here is a short video..........
BY ISAAC MUGERA - The Minister of State for Disaster Preparedness and Management in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Hon. Musa Ecweru has travelled to assess the extent of damage caused by the heavy rains and floods that are ravaging the districts of Kasese and Bundibugyo in Western Uganda. Travelling along with the area [...]
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