BY JOYCE BABIRYE - The Office of the Prime Minister started the process of relocating 136 households from the disaster prone districts of Bududa, Manafwa, Sironko, Bulambuli, and Namisindwa from 6th to 21st,February, 2020. The people were allocated to Bunabutye settlement, in Bulambuli district. Phase 2 of the construction of 140 houses of 2 bedrooms each, [...]
BY DOREEN NASASIRA - The Prime Minister of Uganda, Rt. Hon, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has launched the GAVI HSS-2 immunization equipment. The event took place at the Kololo Independence Grounds on Wednesday, 5th February 2020. Giving his remarks at the launch, Dr. Rugunda said the health sector has always been a priority to the government of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Andrew Othieno - Following the Presidential Directive to address absenteeism in public schools and health facilities, the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit (PMDU) devised a rigorous system for tracking routine attendance of health workers and teachers to their duties, and appraising progress on agreed-to targets in 21 Focus Districts in Eastern Uganda. During the 4th quarter [...]
The United Nations Country Team (UNCT) is supporting the implementation of the NDPII through funding the 5 year United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF). This if based on the three pillars; Governance, Human Capital Development and Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Development. Government of Uganda and the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) conducted a Joint Steering Committee [...]
The Presidential Investors’ Round Table is a high level engagement between government and a selected group of both local and international investors from the private sector chaired by H.E the president of Uganda. In these round table discussions, concerns and issues from members of the private sector are raised and proposals targeting the improvement of Uganda’s [...]
Making Evaluations Work 1. The Value of Evaluation 2. Utilization Focused Evaluation & decision making 3. Private Sector’s approach to Monitoring and Evaluation in the use of evaluations 4. Case studies in Evaluation & Learning 5. Case studies on the Role of the Executives, Parliament and judiciary in Monitoring and Evaluation
The Director General of World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom has applauded the Government of Uganda for strengthening the health systems to focus on primary health care through increasing surveillance coverage on Ebola. PM Rugunda and Director General of WHO,Dr. Tedros address the press as government officials and WHO staff look on at OPM in Kampala [...]
By Isaac Mugera - The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in Uganda is in final preparations to launch the Road-map to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Roadmap will be launched in October 2018. The Rt. Hon Prime Minister of Uganda, Ruhakana Rugunda revealed this during the Annual Government Performance Review (GAPR) [...]
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