U.S. Mission Releases ‘Report to the Ugandan People’ 60th Anniversary Edition Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The U.S. Mission on Wednesday marked 60 years of USA-Uganda development partnership by releasing a 60th anniversary edition of the ‘Report to the Ugandan People’. This is the 6th consecutive annual report that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States Ambassador to Uganda, Natalie E. Brown has expressed worry over government’s decision to terminate operations of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda. The concern come a day after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States Ambassador to Uganda Natalie E. Brown, has defended their decision to provide funding directly to other donors and agencies involved in activities to curtail the further spread of the Ebola virus other than the government. Natalie says the US has extended 22.3 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ambassador of the United States (US) Mission in Uganda, Natalie E. Brown says that they have an active dialogue with Ugandan officials regarding the security in the country. Brown made the statement while addressing journalists on the Embassy’s 2021 report to the Ugandan People …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has received a consignment of more than 1.6 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines thanks to a donation by the United States government. This is the second consignment of COVID-19 vaccines that the Biden administration has sent to Uganda. The first arrived on September …
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Kampala, Uganda | Ronald Musoke | On Aug.21, Natalie E. Brown, the U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, launched the second cohort of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) at the American Centre in Kampala. The training which will run over the next eight months will see about 300 female Ugandan entrepreneurs equipped …
Read More »PEPFAR has invested more than $4 billion in Uganda alone, and more than $90 billion worldwide, over the past 18 years to save more than 19 million lives. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPEDNENT | A record 18th U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Country Operation Plan for Uganda has …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 pandemic has regressed key aspects of democracy in Africa and the Middle East, including the disruption of electoral processes. That is one of the conclusions of a study by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. The report released on Thursday this …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The chairman of the Electoral Commission Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi has scoffed at the US Mission in Uganda for cancelling its diplomatic observer mission of Uganda’s elections. Earlier today, the mission announced the cancellation on grounds that the vast majority of its requests for observing …
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Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Natalie E. Brown, the American Ambassador to Uganda has said the US has cancelled its Diplomatic observer mission for Uganda’s upcoming election scheduled for Jan. 14. “It is with profound disappointment that I announce the U.S. Mission in Uganda’s decision to cancel our diplomatic …
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