Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi

The news will be a great lift for the two men as Ssekandi who has been the Speaker of Parliament climbs from number 3 to number two in the country’s ranking of most important person.  Mbabazi who has been the Minister of Security will also now be at higher position of number 5 in the country and leader of government business.

It is not yet clear whether and where current Vice President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya who has been in the seat since 2003, and current Prime Minister Prof. Apollo Nsibambi will be deployed.

While Ssekandi has for long been rumoured to be the chosen one for the VP job, many will be surprised that Amama Mbabazi, the NRM Secretary General tainted by the Temangalo scandal was chosen to be the Prime Minister. But it will be an appreciated reward for a man who is described as loyal to the NRM and Museveni, clever and hardworking.

The Vice President and Prime Minister will be approved by Parliament while Ministers will be vetted and approved by the Parliamentary Appointments Committee headed by the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga.

The full list of the new cabinet is expected soon.

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Speaker Edward SSekandi

The report prepared by the Uganda Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee and completed in early 2010 implicated top government officials including Uganda Vice President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kuteesa, Security Minister Amama Mbabazi among others.

Ssekandi who promised Uganda Parliamentary Journalists to debate the CHOGM report in August or September 2010 says that the debate on the report has been delayed because Uganda parliament has been busy with a number of government activities like the State of the Nation Address and the 2010/11 Uganda National Budget.

The Uganda parliament speaker adds he is constrained because deciding which issues to debate in Parliament is a preserve of the parliamentary committee on parliamentary business.

Also see a video of the CHOGM report

Zacharia Tiberindwa, Ultimate Media

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