Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has disowned a controversial social media statement by the first son, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On Tuesday evening, Gen Muhoozi, the Commander of the Land Forces tweeted that “majority of mankind (that are non-white) …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda on Wednesday urged African countries to remain united as the continent continues to push for reforms at the UN Security Council. Henry Okello Oryem, Uganda’s minister of state in charge of international affairs, made the call here while opening a meeting of senior officials from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has unveiled plans to start the process of re-evaluating the number of workers in Ugandan embassies abroad and subscription to International organizations. The Foreign Affairs State Minister, Henry Okello Oryem, says the move is aimed at trimming the number of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem has said they are tired of pleading for money from the Ministry of Finance. The Ministry has been allocated 30 billion Shillings out of a 58 billion Shillings request to facilitate its activities for the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s stature and importance as a security partner should not prevent the United States from taking action in support of those fighting for democratic freedoms, a US Senator Bob Menendez’s has said. Menendez observes that Uganda has been an important, if not critical, security and …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem has said he will return and contest for the member of parliament seat in Chua East come 2026. He told Uganda Radio Network – URN that since he lost in the primaries this year, he …
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Kitguma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem has said his loss in the just-concluded National Resistance Movement Party-NRM primary elections came as a surprise. Oryem who first held the Chua County NRM flag in 2001 before shifting to Chua East County from 2011 to …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem has lost the National Resistance Movement party primary election for Chua east county in Kitgum District. Okello suffered heavy defeat in the hands of new political entrant Godfrey Luwo. Luwo was declared winner of the hotly contested …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is set to examine sanctions against two Ugandan judges and a lawyer implicated in an adoption scam that saw many Ugandan children victimized. The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Monday sanctioned Soroti resident judge …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is investigating the leakage of diplomatic correspondences concerning details of Ugandans in South Africa affected by COVID-19. A copy of the brief dated 10th July written by Uganda’s Acting Commissioner in Pretoria, Kintu Nyago addressed to Foreign Affairs Minister, …
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