Month: February 2024

Government has been urged to amend the Atomic Energy Act, 2008 to provide for nuclear safety, security, safeguards and liability in light of the prohibition of nuclear weapons. The recommendation was made by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, which also called for enhancement of the capacity of the Atomic Energy Council of Uganda to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. The recommendations are contained in a report of the […]

Citizens will be spared from paying Shs50,000 to renew their National Identity Cards (IDs) save for those interested in express service, Members of Parliament (MPs) have been assured. The assurance was made by the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen. David Muhoozi in a statement to the House on the process of preparation for mass renewal of national identity cards. During plenary on Tuesday, 13 February 2024, MPs expressed […]

Uganda and UAE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Experience exchange in Government Development and Modernization. The MoU was signed on 13th February 2024 on the margins of the ongoing World Governments Summit taking place in Dubai. Gen. Odongo Jeje Abubakhar, Minister of Foreign Affairs signed the MoU on behalf of the Government of Uganda while H.E. Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs signed on behalf […]

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received the Commissioner of the National Commission for Children, Mrs. Joyce Tejan Kella, and members of the Sierra Leone Robotics Team, who returned with laurels after a successful participation in the FIRST global robotics challenge in Singapore. She thanked the President for his support and encouragement to the team and reflected on the events that took place in October 2023, saying that […]

Minister of state for International Affairs, Hon. Oryem Henry Okello was today presented with a commemorative “Seal of Friendship” from the Vice President of Cuba, delivered by the Ambassador of Cuba to Uganda, H.E. Tania Perez. The Commemorative Seal, according Amb. Perez, was created by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and designed with the objective of “recognizing in an exceptional way and on a single occasion, […]

Household registration for the mass net distribution program is underway in six counties across the country, signaling progress in malaria prevention efforts. Health authorities are ramping up preparations to ensure thorough registration, focusing on maximizing participation in the upcoming distribution. The initiative, targeting communities at risk of mosquito-borne diseases in Kisumu, Siaya, Migori, Mombasa, Kwale, and Taita Taveta counties, aims to provide widespread access to insecticide-treated bed nets. With the […]

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has opened the Regional Conference on Addressing the Humanitarian Impact of Improvised Anti-Personnel Mines with a call for urgent action to prevent the thousands of needless deaths and injuries arising from the proliferation of landmines or Explosive Remnants of War (ERWs). Speaking on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at the Conference, attended by representatives from all 15 ECOWAS countries, 8 from the Sahel region, UN agencies and […]

On February 13, 2024 the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Yuri Ambrazevich, received copies of the Credentials from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Guinea to the Republic of Belarus concurrently, Nyankoy Aba. During the meeting, the parties discussed promising directions for Belarusian-Guinean interaction in the spheres of industry, agriculture and food security, education, as well as the development of the legal […]