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GOODBYE FISHERMEN CABINET: Museveni Orders Ministers on Office Handover
A senior NRM cadre has told Museveni to give Norbert Mao a strategic job, for Northern Uganda’s sake. Norbert Mao, the opposition Democratic Party (DP) president general, is currently the justice and constitutional affairs minister.
Uganda’s president-elect Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni and his team of close and trusted advisors are on a mission to identify men and women that will be named cabinet ministers and junior ministers (ministers of state) in coming weeks. The 81-year-old, who will have ruled Uganda for 45 years by the end of his new term, may look at some old and experienced hands that have previously been in cabinet. In the second part of our series on Cabinet Fever 2026, The Pearl Times’ Samuel Kamugisha looks at ex-ministers Museveni is likely to appoint to his cabinet for 2026-2031.
Following his confirmation as President in the gazette and the impending swearing‑in ceremony at Kololo, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni now turns to the delicate, almost ritualistic task of assembling the cabinet that will carry him through the next five years. In a series of projection reports, The Pearl Times will be looking at the buildup to Museveni’s 2026 cabinet. In our first report in this Cabinet Fever series, Andrew Baba Buluba explores Museveni’s VP dilemma – whether he will retain Jessica Alupo or pick another person for the second most important job, and who could it be?