Majority of the senior officers in public offices hail from Western Uganda, the report notes.

The committee’s investigation into presidential appointees, was commissioned by the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga in September 2016, after MPs raised concerns on the composition of the Judicial Service Commission.

The report is dated June 2017 and is scheduled to be tabled before Parliament.

The committee, chaired by Muhammad Nsereko, the Kampala Central MP, considered several variables when it comes to public appointments  gender, religion and region.

In its bid to furnish the House with a more “exhaustive outlook of the pattern and composition of Presidential appointees” the committee expanded the scope of its appraisal to include 35 Ambassadors to Uganda Missions abroad, 109 Resident District Commissioners and 35 Accounting Officers of Missions Abroad, 115 Central Government and Local Government votes, 40 accounting officers in various Municipalities, 31 cabinet positions, and 45 ministers of state.

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Others analyzed were; 54 heads of parastatals and agencies, 71 District Police Commanders (DPCs), 27 Regional Police Commanders (RPCs), 23 Members of the Police Top Brass, 51 Brigadiers of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), 9 Generals of the UPDF, 6 Lieutenant Generals of the UPDF, 16 Major Generals of the UPDF, 69 Regional and District Prisons Commanders and 20 Members of the Prisons top brass.

Of these 943 public officials, Western region takes the lion’s share with 356 (38%), followed by Eastern with 271 (29%) then Central and Northern trails from behind with 162 (17%) and 154 (16%), respectively.

But the job distribution in public service, according to the findings of this report, contradicts the population distribution by region, according to the figures contained in the latest population census.

Uganda’s population distribution is as follows: the central region has 9.6m people (27.4%), followed by eastern with 9.1m people (26%), western 8.9m people (25.4%) and northern 7.2m people (20.5%).

Below are some of the key findings contained in the report.

Appointees to Commissions

The committee found out that of the 85 presidential appointees spread across 11 Commissions, Western region had the highest share with 29 (34%), Eastern 2o (24%), Central 19 (22%), and Northern 17 (20%).

Other presidential appointees

The committee also examined the composition of 31 cabinet ministers and 49 state ministerial positions.

On conclusion, the committee established that of the 76 ministerial positions, Western region leads with 24 (31.6%), followed by Central and Eastern regions with 19 (25%) each then northern trails with 14 (18.4%).

Heads of Uganda Missions abroad

Of the 35 ambassadors, there, Eastern region leads with 12 (34.3%), followed by Western with 10 (28.6%), trailed by Central and Northern regions with 6 (17.1%) then 1 (2.86%) whose region is unknown.

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RDCs

A review of the composition of the Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) revealed of the 109 district/administrative units sampled, Western region leads with 39 (36%), followed by Eastern region with 32 (29%), trolled by both north and Central regions with 19 (17%) respectively.

Accounting officers

Relying on the list of Accounting Officers for the FY 2016/17 contained in two letters from the Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Treasury dated 31^st March 2016 and 21^st April 2016, the committee reviewed the composition of accounting officers of various central government votes, District Local Governments, Uganda Missions abroad and Municipalities.

Of the 35 Accounting Officers spread across the various Uganda Missions abroad, Western had the biggest share with 18 (51%), Eastern with 10 (28.%%), Central with 4 (11.4%), and northern comes last with 3 (8.5%).

Central Government

Of 84 accounting officers in ministries and agencies that directly serve the Central Government votes, Western region had 33 officers (39%), followed by Eastern with 22 (26%), Central with 16 (19%) and then northern with 13 (15%).

Health sector

A review of 18 accounting officers in health sector revealed that Northern Uganda accounts for 7 positions, followed by Eastern with 5 and Western and Central regions with 4 and 2 respectively.

District Local Governments

An analysis of the regional distribution of Accounting Officers of District Local Governments revealed that the Eastern region accounts for 45 (39%), followed by the West with 29 (25%), Central with 24 (21%) and Northern with 17 (15%).

Municipalities

An examination of the Municipalities’ accounting officers, that of the 40 municipalities sampled, Western has 13 (32.5%), followed by Eastern with 11 (27.5), with Central closely following with 10 (25%). The Northern region accounts for 6 (15%).

Heads of sampled parastatals and agencies

The Committee examined the composition of the Chief Executive Officers of 54 sampled parastatals and agencies and found out the following;

Western region leads with 34 (63%), followed by Eastern with 9 (16.7%), Central with 7 (13%), then northern with 4 (7.4%).

Armed Forces

Four-star generals

On analyzing of the 9 highest-ranking UPDF personnel it was established that Western region has 6 (67%) trailed by Central, Eastern and Northern with 1 each, constituting 11%

Lieutenant Generals

Of the 6 examined, 2 were from Eastern Uganda with the other regions sharing one apiece.

Major Generals

In examination of the 16 major generals, it was revealed that Western region had 11 (69%), Eastern and northern stood at 2 (13%) and Central with 1 (6%).

Brigadiers

In terms of regional distribution, Western region stands higher with 27 (53%), followed by Central 10 (20%), Northern 8 (16%) and Eastern which has 6 (12%)

Police Force

The examination of the top brass of the police indicated that out of the 23 high-ranking police officials 14 (61%) hail from Western region, 5 (22%) are from Eastern, then 2 (9%) hail from Central and Northern regions respectively.

Regional Police Commanders

An analysis of 27 RPCs reveals that Western region leads with 12 (44%), followed by Eastern with 7 (26%), northern with 6 (22%) and central trails with a minimal 2 (7%).

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District Police Commanders

An examination of 71 DPCs revealed that Western region dominates with 28 (39%), followed by Eastern with 25 (35%), then trolled by Central and northern with 9 (13%) respectively.

Regional and District Prisons Commanders

The Committee’s examination of the composition of 69 RPCs and DPCs of Uganda Prisons Service revealed that Eastern leads with 34 (49%), followed by northern with 15 (22%), Western with 12 (17%) then Central with 8 (12%).

When it came to Prisons Service top brass, the analysis revealed that Western Uganda was in lead with 9 (45), followed by Northern and Eastern with both having 4 (20%) then central trails with 3 (15%).

An MP on the committee which came up with the report told The Nile Post that the findings are not aimed at “attacking” a certain region or tribe but to try to cause a discussion around issues of “equity and inclusivity”.

“While some sections of society would rather be coy on matters of regional imbalance as portrayed by this report, it should be noted that equity and inclusivity in any nation state in as far as the allotment of opportunity for the various groups of citizens is concerned, is the bedrock for sustainable and resilient nationhood,” said one of the MPs on the committee.

Source:Nile Post News

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Police swung into action on Friday and stormed Nkumba University bringing all the work at the institution of higher learning to a stand still.

The police stormed the university because over 100 opposition youth were attending a human rights dialogue at Nkumba University at the invitation of human rights network-Uganda (hurinet-u).

The police force was put at task to monitor the movements of these opposition youth and the participants were very much worried of the gross human rights abuse against the very people the police are supposed to protect.

The tutors at the seminar wondered how the police force has turned out to be a Uganda ruling party police which president Museveni’s government uses to incapacitate its political competitors.

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Uganda and Rwanda have now formed a joint police force whose major purpose is to monitor and guard against negative forces entering Uganda or Rwanda from the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Sources say that the Uganda–Rwanda police force will help the two countries to share intelligence information. The police was formed during a joint security meeting which the two inspector generals of police, Lt. Gen. Kale Kayihura (Uganda) and Emmanuel Gasana (Rwanda) held at the Katuna and Kyanika Uganda– Rwanda border posts yesterday.

Gasana confirms the joint police force was formed due to the political threats on both Uganda and Rwanda from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

He says that the joint police force is a monitoring mechanism to support the security structures of both countries. However what we have heard from sources is that the officers each country as deployed are not real policemen and women.

The security sources from both Kigali and Kampala told our correspondents that what Rwanda and Uganda have done is to make soldiers dressed in police uniforms and make them camouflage as policemen.

The two countries have presidents who come from the same ethnic group but they don’t trust each other. Each of the presidents suspects that the other is working for his downfall.  We are told that Uganda deployed its anti-terrorism military squads, intelligence units at the boarder posts to work as police.

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Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala has asked the members of the police force to respect the uniform they put on and the civilians whose tax the government uses to buy policemen uniforms.

Preaching in the morning mass at Rubaga Catholic Cathedral in Kampala today, the cardinal told the policemen to respect the constitution of Uganda, other laws of Uganda, inherent human rights, Police ethics and the pips on their shoulders.

The Cardinal says that it is unholy for police offices to receive bribes, mistreat suspects, and grab peoples’ property. He says it bad for the police to put allegence to president Museveni.

Cardinal Wamala says it is better for the police to remember that allegiance is to Ugandans and not president Museveni.

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The deployment follows intelligence information that members of opposition were reportedly planning to cause bodily harm to NRM supporters during the strike.

Sources in Uganda police force have informed us that the Inspector General of Police, Lt. Col. Kale Kayihura has deployed his forces in all towns and sub counties of Uganda.

The police CID’s have told our reporters that the measures are meant to counter terror threats reportedly by the members of opposition.
The sources in police have said that the police don’t want to leave any loophole in terms of security during the ongoing strike.

The traders are protesting against the high interests’ rates charged by the commercial banks in Uganda.
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Ugandans for the first time will be allowed to share housing units with Uganda police force officers after redevelopment of Nsambya, Kibuli and Naguru police barracks.

The Projects Manager of Uganda police Jim Mugunga have confirmed the development and said that the housing units to be shared have been built by police in partnership with the private developers.

The developers have started erecting high rise commercial and police estates on Naguru land, which is 58.9 hectares, Naguru and Nsambya Barracks.

Other police units to be redeveloped and when completed to be shared with the public include regional police training school Masindi, Wandegeya, Katwe, Kabalagala, Old Kampala, Kawempe, Entebbe and Jinja Road police stations.

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According to sources, Sharita working on advice from Kayihura is touring idle prison land across the country and if found Kayihura will ask the prison heads to let the police use it for cultivation purposes.

The police are currently in deep financial crisis because much of their budget has been used up, especially in querying walk to work protests.

Sharita tells this reporter that the more number of policemen the police deploy to control the demonstrators the more food the force buys. Police commissioners Abongo Apio and Sabuni Mwesigye and Samuel Luvumba confirm that Kayihura has instructed police to start growing own food.

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Talking to the media in Kampala, the commissioner of police in charge of traffic and road safety, Steven Kasiima said that they have beefed at deployment on the roads following the increasing road accidents during this Christmas season.

Kasiima says that the officers have been directed to reprimand passengers, drivers and vehicle owners who will be seen as perpetrating bad road usage.

Kasiima has asked the members of the public to cooperate with the police to rid the roads of bad users.

Yesterday, a semi-trailer crushed a taxi in Kampala and killed 5 people instantly and a traffic officer was on duty was also hit dead by a speeding vehicle along Kampala-Masaka highway at Katonga swamp.

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