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Museveni surprised me with finance appointment - Minister Mulondo
Mulondo said she would have opted for a smaller ministry, such as tourism or gender, if the appointing authority (President Yoweri Museveni) had given her a chance to make a choice.
The newly appointed state minister for finance, Cissy Mulondo interacting with her supporters during her thanksgiving ceremony organised in Kamira town, Bamunanika country in Luwero district. (Photo by Frederick Kiwanuka)
By: Frederick Kiwanuka, Journalist @New Vision
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The newly appointed state minister for finance, Cissy Mulondo, has said her appointment to the Ministry of Finance was a big surprise.
Mulondo said she would have opted for a smaller ministry, such as tourism or gender, if the appointing authority (President Yoweri Museveni) had given her a chance to make a choice.
"If I had been given a chance to choose, I would go for ministries like those of gender, tourism, youths, elderly and others where I can comfortably serve. I would neither choose nor think of finance," she said in Luweero over the weekend.
Mulondo, who hails from Luweero District, made the remarks during a thanksgiving ceremony which she organised at Kamira town in Kamira sub-county, Bamunanika county.
Mulondo, a former Luwero woman MP contestant, was persuaded by President Museveni to stand down for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flagbearer, Agnes Kirabo, in the January 2026 elections. Mulondo had lost the NRM primaries to Kirabo.
Mulondo said her appointment was God's will. "I can't say I am the most educated, knowledgeable or eloquent, but President Museveni picked me from the remote and despicable village of Kamira and placed me in this position," she said.
She said her ministerial appointment was in response to an outcry by her supporters who had wanted her to stay in the race where she was standing as an independent candidate against NRM's Kirabo and National Unity Platform's Brenda Nabukenya.
"President Museveni listened to your cries when he was here on September 31, 2025," Mulondo said.
She thanked President Museveni for the appointment, saying she would try her best to serve the people of Uganda in general and Luwero in particular.
Mulondo, a former Luwero woman MP contestant, was persuaded by President Museveni to stand down for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flagbearer, Agnes Kirabo, in the January 2026 elections. Mulondo had lost the NRM primaries to Kirabo.
Mulondo said her appointment was God's will. "I can't say I am the most educated, knowledgeable or eloquent, but President Museveni picked me from the remote and despicable village of Kamira and placed me in this position," she said.
She said her ministerial appointment was in response to an outcry by her supporters who had wanted her to stay in the race where she was standing as an independent candidate against NRM's Kirabo and National Unity Platform's Brenda Nabukenya.
"President Museveni listened to your cries when he was here on September 31, 2025," Mulondo said.
She thanked President Museveni for the appointment, saying she would try her best to serve the people of Uganda in general and Luwero in particular.
Mulondo pledged to support President Museveni in his efforts to improve service delivery and combat corruption.
Museveni, who launched his 2026 Presidential bid in Luwero on September 31, 2025, used the occasion to dissuade Mulondo from standing against Kirabo in order not to divide the NRM vote.
However, despite the president's intervention to remove Mulondo from the race, the NRM lost the seat to NUP's Nabukenya.
Museveni, who launched his 2026 Presidential bid in Luwero on September 31, 2025, used the occasion to dissuade Mulondo from standing against Kirabo in order not to divide the NRM vote.
However, despite the president's intervention to remove Mulondo from the race, the NRM lost the seat to NUP's Nabukenya.