Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeje Odongo, to respond to allegations of the use of Uganda’s consulate in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a casino. This follows media reports indicating that Uganda’s consulate building in Dubai, is …
Read More »Uganda signs protocol on free movement of persons in IGAD region
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has signed the protocol on free movement of persons and transhumance in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development – IGAD Region, an eight-country trade bloc comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. The Protocol on Free Movement of Persons is enshrined in …
Read More »Jeje Odongo, Kiryowa Kiwanuka tasked on Anita Among
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said the UK cannot falsely accuse any Ugandan and he lets it pass. He has therefore tasked the Minister of Foreign Affairs Gen Jeje Odongo, and the Attorney-General Kiryowa Kiwanuka to provide him with details, after the British High Commissioner reported …
Read More »Uganda, China mark 59 years of diplomatic ties
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and China on Monday marked the 59th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. Chinese embassy in a tweet said the bilateral relations are growing stronger. “Over the past 59 years, China-Uganda relations have been growing from strength to strength and are …
Read More »Uganda gets new WFP Country Representative
Kampala, Uganda | Ronald Musoke | Abdirahman Meygag has replaced El-Khidir Daloum as the new United Nations World Food Programme Representative in Uganda. Meygag started work at the beginning of August after presenting his credentials to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kampala. Gen. Abubaker Jeje Odongo, Uganda’s Minister of Foreign …
Read More »Jeje Odongo rejects calls to release political detainees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Orungo County Member of Parliament Jeje Odongo has said that Government cannot simply act on requests to release suspects being held in relation to the 2021 election. Odongo was asked by journalists in Parliament today on the calls by the former Mufti of Uganda sheikh …
Read More »Activities of CSOs are suspicious – Jeje Odongo
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is forced to interfere in the operations of Civil Society Organisations-CSOs because their activities are suspicious. Speaking on Wednesday at the launch of a book titled, Civil Society in Uganda at Hotel Africana, the Minister for Internal Affairs Jeje Odongo said that the level …
Read More »Gov’t not aware of 365 missing persons on NUP’s list
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Internal Affairs Jeje Odongo has said that Government does not know the whereabouts of the 365 people of the 423 presented as missing by the National Unity Platform (NUP). Odongo was presenting to Parliament a statement on missing persons where he noted that out …
Read More »Security to intensify patrols on water bodies to reduce human trafficking
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government through its security agencies will intensify water and land border patrols in a bid to curtail human trafficking and illegal entry. Minister for Internal Affairs, Gen Jeje Odongo, said Uganda has over 300 porous border points including water bodies where security needs …
Read More »Alleged “anti-gov’t” American arrested in Fort Portal
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The arrest of US national, Guy Smith, from Fort Portal Tourism City has become one of the latest by security agencies who say they are cracking down on subversive crimes in the country. In a statement posted on Twitter by the Police Spokesperson, Fred …
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