Government awards Shs114.5 billion in grants to implement projects in Northern Uganda
By Isaiah Kitimbo - The Government has signed grant contracts amounting to EUR 27 million or Shs114.5 billion with nine organisations to implement development projects in Northern Uganda under the Development Initiative for Northern Uganda (DINU). DINU is a Government of Uganda programme supported by the European Union aimed at improving livelihoods in the five sub-regions of Acholi, Karamoja, Lango, [...]
GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON THE CURRENT FLOODS, LANDSLIDES AND WINDSTORMS DISASTER SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY
BY ISAAC MUGERA - The Min. of State for Disaster Preparedness and Management in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Musa Ecweru, has this morning addressed members of the Press on the current Floods, Landslides, and Windstorms Disaster situation in the Country. The Minister presented government responses to the situation including life saving interventions, emergence relief support, and speeding [...]
RUGUNDA CALLS FOR GLOBAL SOLIDARITY IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AT UN SUMMIT IN MADRID, SPAIN
BY JULIUS MUCUNGUZI - Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has called on the international community to support efforts of developing countries with technology, skills and financial resources to enable them protect and conserve forests and wetlands, as one way of addressing the adverse effects caused by climate change. Dr Rugunda made the call on Monday 2nd December 2019 in Madrid, Spain, during [...]
RUGUNDA IN DUBAI FOR GLOBAL AFRICA BUSINESS FORUM
Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda is representing President Yoweri Museveni for the fifth edition of the Global Business Forum Africa (GBF Africa), a high level, trade and investment gathering taking place from November 18-19, 2019 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda is representing President Yoweri Museveni for the fifth edition of the Global Business Forum Africa (GBF [...]
JOURNALISTS AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS TRAINED IN NUTRITION DATA COMMUNICATION AND REPORTING
BY BERNADETTE NDEMA - Nutrition related content remains fairly reported in the media and this could be attributed, among other things, to lack of understanding of nutrition data and programming by journalists and communicators. In realisation of this, the Office of the Prime Minister, through the National Information Platforms for Nutrtion (NIPN) project, held a three day nutrition data communication [...]
OPM EMERGES GLOBAL WINNER OF SDGs AWARD FOR MANAGEMENT OF FAMINE AND DROUGHT DISASTERS
By Isaac Mugera - The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in Uganda, has received a Global Award for the outstanding monitoring and management of disasters in the country. In the Awards ceremony organized by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) in Canberra- Australia on 6th November 2019, Uganda was recognized for the commendable use of satellite technology to monitor [...]
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