Ministry of Disaster Preparedness and Refugees (Uganda)
{{Short description|Government ministry of Uganda}}
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The Ministry of Disaster Preparedness and Refugees is a cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda. The ministry is responsible for the coordination of all refugee matters in the country. It is also responsible for national preparedness for disasters, including floods, landslides, earthquakes, droughts, and famine.{{cite web | url=http://opm.go.ug/ | title=Welcome to the Office of the Prime Minister | accessdate=13 October 2016 | date=13 October 2016 | location=Kampala | publisher=Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda (OPM) | author=OPM}}
Hillary Onek is the minister of disaster preparedness and refugees.{{cite web | title=First lady named Education minister | location=Kampala|
url=http://mobile.monitor.co.ug/News/First-lady-named-Education-minister/2466686-3235186-format-xhtml-13m1atk/index.html | date=6 June 2016 | accessdate=13 October 2016 | newspaper=Daily Monitor Mobile | author=Monitor Reporter}}{{cite web | format=PDF | newspaper=Daily Monitor | date=6 June 2016 |location=Kampala | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/blob/view/-/3235304/data/1345443/-/3o16hn/-/Museveni%2527s+cabinet.pdf | title=Museveni's new cabinet list At 6 June 2016 | accessdate=13 October 2016 | author=Uganda State House}}
Location
The headquarters of the ministry are located in the Twin Towers, Sir Apollo Kaggwa Road, in the Central Division of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the ministry headquarters are: 0°18'58.0"N, 32°35'11.0"E (Latitude:0.316111; Longitude:32.586389).{{google maps | accessdate=13 October 2016 | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B018'58.0%22N+32%C2%B035'11.0%22E/@0.3151304,32.5842528,318m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.316111!4d32.586389 | title=Location of the Headquarters of the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness and Refugees (Uganda)}}
Overview
The ministry is part of the office of the prime minister of Uganda (OPM).
Administrative structure
The cabinet minister is assisted by Minister of State for Relief and Disaster Preparedness Musa Ecweru. Christine Guwatudde Kintu is the ministry's chief accounting officer.
List of ministers
=Minister of Disaster Preparedness and Refugees=
- Hilary Onek (23 May 2013 - present){{cite web |title=Cabinet |url=https://ottawa.mofa.go.ug/data-qmenu-5-Cabinet.html |website=Uganda High Commission in Canada |access-date=30 August 2022}}
- Vacant (11 April 2013 - 23 May 2013)
- Stephen Mallinga (27 May 2011 - 11 April 2013){{cite web |accessdate=9 March 2015 |url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/755941 |date=28 May 2011 |title=Museveni Names New Cabinet |first=Henry |last=Mukasa |newspaper=New Vision (Kampala) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211124001/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/755941 |archivedate=11 December 2014 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |title=Minister Mallinga dies |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/minister-mallinga-dies-1540186 |access-date=30 August 2022 |work=Monitor |date=12 April 2013 |language=en}}
- Tarsis Kabwegyere (1 June 2006 - 27 May 2011){{cite web|title=Ministries Allocated |url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/501695 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211112501/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/501695 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 December 2014 |newspaper=New Vision |date=2 June 2006 |access-date=18 April 2019 |format=Archived from the original on 11 December 2014 |first=Henry |last=Mukasa | location=Kampala}}
- Moses Ali (24 July 2001 - 1 June 2006){{cite web |title=The Hon. Moses Ali |url=https://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?moses-ali |website=Academy for Cultural Diplomacy |access-date=30 August 2022 |language=en}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://opm.go.ug/ Website of the Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda]
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