For the last 32 years, residents of Butambala have watched successive cabinet appointments come and go without seeing one of their own named minister. The last person from Butambala to serve in cabinet was the late Abbey Kafumbe Mukasa, who was deputy minister of Finance before his death in 1994. Kafumbe had represented Butambala in…
The reshuffle of Ruth Nankabirwa from the cabinet yesterday, as the minister of Energy, has brought to an end one of the longest uninterrupted ministerial careers of any individual in Uganda’s modern political history. She was appointed senior presidential advisor. Nankabirwa had served continuously as a minister since 1998, making her the longest-serving minister in…
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…
He was a minister in Museveni’s first cabinet, and during meetings, he was designated to sit near Gen. Moses Ali. But one time, he stood up and said he did not want to sit near Ali. “Why?” Museveni asked. “Your excellency, whenever I look at Hon Moses Ali closely, I see Idi Amin. I beg…
Veteran members of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) took center stage at the party headquarters yesterday, picking nomination forms for various parliamentary positions. Prominent figures included Moses Ali, Maj Gen Jim Muhwezi, Maj Bright Rwamirama, Matia Kasaija, Isaac Musumba, and Peter Lokeris, many of whom have served multiple terms in Parliament. Several of these seasoned…
