Kampala, Uganda| AFP | THE INDEPENDENT | All ministers especially those who attend cabinet meetings will undergo COVID-19 testing before they can attend the weekly sessions. According to the health ministry, testing of the ministers begun yesterday and continued today at the office of the Prime Minister. On the first day …
Read More »Inter-ministerial committee to coordinate response plan on rising water levels
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has set up an Inter-Ministerial Committee to coordinate a response plan to the rising water levels of lakes and rivers, across the country. According to the Information Minister Judith Nabakooba, the committee which will be chaired by the Prime Minister, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda …
Read More »Gov’t asked to evacuate Acholi paramount chief from London
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Parliamentary Group, an umbrella body that brings together parliamentarians from Acholi sub region, has asked the government to evacuate the Acholi Paramount Chief David Onen Acana II who is stuck in London. Rwot Acana traveled to London in March for personal business but …
Read More »NRM donates UGX 380 million towards COVID-19 response
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement- NRM Party has donated 380 million Shillings towards the provision of relief support to persons affected by measures to control the spread of Coronavirus Disease-COVID-19. The cheque containing these details was presented to the Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda on Sunday …
Read More »Rugunda calls for transparency in managing COVID-19 fund
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has asked the COVID-19 Fund committee to be transparent while managing the resources entrusted to them. Dr Rugunda sounded the appeal while inaugurating the Fund committee that was named by President Yoweri Museveni at a function held at his …
Read More »1.5 Million Ugandans to receive relief support
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 1.5 million vulnerable Ugandans will receive food items. This was revealed by the Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda on Wednesday while presenting a statement to Parliament on the COVID-19 pandemic and government’s preparations and intervention. According to Rugunda, each vulnerable person will receive at least …
Read More »Inter-ministerial committee to conduct fresh investigations on Lusanja eviction
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The eviction of residents in Lusanja now has a new twist after an Inter-ministerial committee opted to start fresh investigations into the matter. The committee was formed by Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda at the height of squabbles arising out of the evictions of families …
Read More »US embassy pulls plug on allowances to govt officials
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The US Embassy in Uganda has announced a blackout on per diem allowances to Ugandan government officials who attend events it has organized or US agencies. In a November 12 letter to the Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, Deborah Malac, the US Ambassador to Uganda, said …
Read More »Refugee scam: Interdicted commissioner for refugees seeks reinstatement
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commissioner for refugees in the Office of the Prime Minister, Apollo David Kazungu has sued government for failing to reinstate him to office more than six months after he was interdicted on corruption related allegations. Kazungu was interdicted by the OPM Permanent Secretary, …
Read More »Government promises support for Tony Elumelu entrepreneurs
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Beneficiaries of Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) have received good news from Uganda’s Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda. Rugunda who met the entrepreneurs recently at his office in Kampala led by United Bank for Africa management team discussed a possible partnership with the government of Uganda. The partnership …
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