Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is working with the Japanese government to apprehend a Ugandan weightlifter who escaped from the Olympic village facilities in Izumisano, Osaka. Okello Oryem, minister of state in charge of international affairs said this while meeting Fukuzawa Hidemoto, the Japanese ambassador to Uganda who had …
Read More »Uganda government hires PR firm to improve its image
Government has hired a PR firm in an effort to up its tactics of restoring its reputation that has been in free-fall during election season Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has hired an international public relations firm, Mercury International UK Limited, a subsidiary of Mercury Public Affairs, to improve …
Read More »Oryem, Anywar face competition from youth for Chua East, Kitgum municipality seats
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Youthful politicians in Kitgum district have sprung up to vie for political offices against old guards in the Chua East and Kitgum municipality in the 2021 general elections. Chua East county is currently represented by Foreign Affairs State Minister Henry Okello Oryem while the Kitgum …
Read More »Ugandans from five countries to be repatriated this month – Minister Oryem
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem has finally said that government is set to receive Ugandans from five countries who will mostly come into the country before end of this month. According to Oryem, the confirmed trips are Ugandans coming from …
Read More »Oryem meets special envoy of UN Secretary General
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The special envoy of the UN secretary General for the Great Lakes region Said Djinnit has met Uganda’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem in Kampala on Friday. The two discussed a wide range of issues relating to peace and security within the great …
Read More »Uganda Opens Embassy in Mogadishu
By Julius Odeke The State Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem also MP for Chua County in Kitgum district says the new envoy to the war-torn country; Prof. Sam Turyamuhika arrives in Mogadishu any time from now. He says, “Turyamuhika will be deputized by Maj Gen Nathan Mugisha, formerly …
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