President Museveni
President Museveni has this Thursday evening reshuffled his cabinet retaining most of his old cabinet but also making some strange appointments. The cabinet includes 30 full cabinet ministers and 51 state ministers.
The highlight of the reshuffle is the dropping of the embattled Karamoja Affairs minister Mary Goretti Kitutu who is facing corruption and theft charges regarding missing iron sheets meant for the Karamoja region. Kitutu has been replaced by Peter Lokeris.
Museveni also dropped Vicent Ssempijja, who previously served as the minister of Defense and Constitutional Affairs and replaced him with Jacob Oboth. In the same vein, he appointed events promoter Balaam Barugahara as the minister for Youth and Children’s Affairs. Balaam as he’s popularly known, replaces Sarah Mateke, who has since been named the minister of state for Defense and Veteran Affairs.
Dr Kenneth Omona formerly, the private press secretary to the President has been appointed state minister in charge of Northern Uganda, while Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi was been appointed the new minister of state for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (Trade).
Speaking to The Observer shortly after the president’s announcement on X (formerly Twitter), Balaam applauded Museveni for appointing him minister and pledged to work towards improving the lives of young people and ensuring that their rights are respected.
“Museveni has done great work. This appointment is a vote of confidence. All in all, I applaud Muhoozi, who saw my worth and fished for me. I will start with MK on Easter Monday in Masindi, and the Labour Day celebration will be my first assignment. I am going to be more aggressive,” he said.
Born on July 28, 1979, at Mbarara Hospital in Mbarara District, Balaam holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Makerere University and a Master of Science from Cavendish University.
He is an ardent supporter of the first son, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the chairman of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU). Balaam is the PLU vice chairman for Western Uganda. Lilian Aber, who is also the vice chairperson for Northern Uganda was named minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and refugees.
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Source: The Observer
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