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 by the effects of flooding and landslides in the region. Speaking to a team of OPM Officers from the Communications Unit and the Department of [...]
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 frail and separated from her family. Emmanuelle Ochaya, 54 has been sleeping in a scanty makeshift hut, in the middle of a forest on cold, [...]
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 together over 100 stakeholders from government agencies, academia, civil society, local government, private sector, development partners, youth representatives among others. Officiated upon by the Minister [...]
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 the spread of the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19). The equipment was received by the Minister for General Duties in the OPM, Hon. Mary Karoro Okrut, [...]
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 Hall. PM Rugunda was flanked by the Minister for Presidency, Esther Mbayo, the Minister for Information and National Guidance, Ms. Judith Nabakooba, the Minister for [...]
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 in Wakiso District. The teams specifically gave out posho and beans in the divisions of Nabweru and Nansana in Nansana Municipality, and in the division [...]
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