Ministers Balaam Barugahara and Justine Nameere have spent the past few days touring Mbale and Bulambuli, catching civil servants off guard and ordering arrests on the spot. Ghost workers and pupils have been uncovered. A headteacher was arrested for allegedly inflating pupil numbers while a district engineer was remanded over a bridge built with black…
The reappointment of Dr Chris Baryomunsi to cabinet and his elevation to the Ministry of Health is a sharp rebuke to earlier social media assertions by Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the first son and CDF, that the Kinkiizi East MP would be excluded from the next cabinet. After the January 15 elections, Muhoozi engaged in a…
President Museveni yesterday unveiled a new cabinet, dropping at least 22 serving ministers, including long-serving Finance minister Matia Kasaija, Energy minister Ruth Nankabirwa, and Evelyn Anite, the minister of state for Investment. Jessica Alupo was retained as Vice-President, and Robinah Nabbanja continued as Prime Minister. Former speaker, Rebecca Kadaga, was elevated to the first Deputy…
Over the last four years, the political and media ecosystem around Speaker Anita Among has operated like a well-rehearsed church choir. On social media, in parliament corridors, and on television talk shows, her defenders have been loud, energetic, and seemingly, permanently online. “Among has a very good sense of fashion. Even her critics will agree…
The arrest of Masaka City Woman MP-elect Justine Nameere appears to have been preceded by an escalating public confrontation with leaders of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), particularly its secretary general, David Kabanda. The latest fallout unfolded shortly after Nameere, who can be vocal and unrelenting, was sworn in as the Woman MPÂ for…
