New cabinet list sent to Parliament
Feb 18, 2009
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has written to the Speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, communicating the list of new ministerial appointments.
By Cyprian Musoke
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has written to the Speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, communicating the list of new ministerial appointments.
Ssekandi yesterday told The New Vision that he received the list on Tuesday, and that he would be convening the appointments committee next week to vet the new appointees.
Other Parliament sources said investigations into the personalities and qualifications of the nominees were underway.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi has directed the outgoing ministers to prepare their handover reports, to enable a smooth transition.
Ssekandi said he was awaiting some additional documents from the appointing authority, before he could schedule a meeting for next week.
“There are documents I am supposed to get before I can call the appointments committee, which would be about next week,†he said.
Ministers who were transferred in the recent Cabinet reshuffle are preparing their handover reports in preparation to vacate office.
Most of the ministers, The New Vision talked to yesterday said they were busy with their reports, before an evening Cabinet meeting in which the directive was expected to be issued.
“Once you have been transferred it’s normal that you prepare a handover report,†said the Government chief whip designate, Daudi Migereko.
Migereko was transferred from the energy and minerals ministry.
Asked when the handovers would take effect, he said: “You have to mutually agree with whoever is taking over from you. We are people from the same party so we agree between ourselves,†he said.
Designate state minister for primary health care James Kakooza said all ministers in the new cabinet would take an oath of office.
He said only the new ones would go through the appointments committee.
“I don’t think we shall have a big problem with the appointments committee because most of us are parliamentarians, where the minimum qualification is A’ level,†said Kakooza.
The appointments committee chaired by the Speaker has in some instances withheld the approval of presidential nominations because the lacked the adequate credentials.
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has written to the Speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, communicating the list of new ministerial appointments.
Ssekandi yesterday told The New Vision that he received the list on Tuesday, and that he would be convening the appointments committee next week to vet the new appointees.
Other Parliament sources said investigations into the personalities and qualifications of the nominees were underway.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi has directed the outgoing ministers to prepare their handover reports, to enable a smooth transition.
Ssekandi said he was awaiting some additional documents from the appointing authority, before he could schedule a meeting for next week.
“There are documents I am supposed to get before I can call the appointments committee, which would be about next week,†he said.
Ministers who were transferred in the recent Cabinet reshuffle are preparing their handover reports in preparation to vacate office.
Most of the ministers, The New Vision talked to yesterday said they were busy with their reports, before an evening Cabinet meeting in which the directive was expected to be issued.
“Once you have been transferred it’s normal that you prepare a handover report,†said the Government chief whip designate, Daudi Migereko.
Migereko was transferred from the energy and minerals ministry.
Asked when the handovers would take effect, he said: “You have to mutually agree with whoever is taking over from you. We are people from the same party so we agree between ourselves,†he said.
Designate state minister for primary health care James Kakooza said all ministers in the new cabinet would take an oath of office.
He said only the new ones would go through the appointments committee.
“I don’t think we shall have a big problem with the appointments committee because most of us are parliamentarians, where the minimum qualification is A’ level,†said Kakooza.
The appointments committee chaired by the Speaker has in some instances withheld the approval of presidential nominations because the lacked the adequate credentials.