Tag Archives: OPM

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 600 South Sudan refugees from the Nuer ethnic community in Palorinya refugee settlement in Obongi district have been relocated for safety to Palabek refugee settlement in Lamwo district. This follows clashes that broke out between the minority Nuer tribesmen and Kuku ethnic communities …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of Prime Minister -OPM has delivered relief items to people who were affected and relocated by floods from the rising Lake Albert water levels at various landing sites in Kagadi district. More than 4,000 people in Ndaiga sub county were displaced from their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption High Court Division in Kampala has handed yet another 15-year jail sentence to Geoffrey Kazinda, the former principal accountant at the Office of the Prime Minister. Justice Margret Tibulya Kazinda found Kazinda guilty on the three charges of accumulating abnormal wealth (illicit enrichment) …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Frustrated by years of government inaction as plans upon plans remain on paper, the Executive Director of the National Planning Authority, Joseph Muvawala has now demanded for the removal of the function of program implementation from the Office of the Prime Minister, so that it …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Flood victims in Pabo sub county in Amuru district are yet to receive relief aid three months after being displaced. In July, 563 households were affected by hailstorms in Pukwany village Pabo sub county. The floods also destroyed more than 700 acres of crop …

Kaberamaido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Prime Minister- OPM has donated cattle to former abductees of the Lord’s Resistance Army- LRA in Kaberamaido. The beneficiaries are former students of Lwala Girls Boarding Secondary School who were abducted by the LRA rebels in 2003. More than 100 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has permanently stayed all corruption proceedings against Geoffrey Kazinda, the former principal accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister. Kazinda has faced trial for constructive possession of financial instruments, forging receipts and invoices, false accounting, making fraudulent payments, conspiracy to secure …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Musa Ecweru recommended the replacement of Charles Bafaki, the head of the Development Response to Displacement Impact Project –DRDIP in the Office of the Prime Minister-OPM in 2019 citing a tainted image, URN has learnt. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four officials from the Office of the Prime Minister- OPM have denied fresh 24 charges slapped against them. The officials who include the Permanent Secretary Christine Guwatudde Kintu, Accountant Joel Wanjala, Assistant Commissioner for Procurement Fred Lutimba and Commissioner for Disaster Management Martin Owor face …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four senior officials from the Office of the Prime Minister have been slapped with 24 fresh charges relating to flouting procurement process while purchasing COVID-19 relief items. The officials who include the Permanent Secretary Christine Guwatudde Kintu, Accountant Joel Wanjala, Assistant Commissioner for Procurement …