Friday, February 27, 2009

UGANDAN MPS APPROVE THEIR FIRST LADY'S APPOINTMENT TO THE CABINET

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NEW VISION
KAMPALA, UGANDA
Thursday, 26th February, 2009
By Cyprian Musoke

FIRST Lady Janet Museveni was yesterday approved as state minister for Karamoja after a one hour vetting session by the parliamentary appointments committee.

The committee also approved Asuman Kiyingi for the post of state minister for lands, and three new Uganda Human Rights commissioners.

A source said Janet was asked whether as a politician she did not see it as awkward to be appointed a minister, when her husband is the President.

Others reportedly asked her whether she would be able to balance her duties as a wife, mother and minister, on top of her projects as the First Lady.
Speaking to journalists after the vetting, Janet pledged to give her best, but said she would not relocate to Karamoja.

“I am married. I have a family and a constituency (Ruhaama). I cannot shift there (Karamoja),” she said.

Asked how the vetting was, she answered: “It was good, and it is necessary. I am a servant of the people and I know Karamoja is one area that requires services. I just want to work with them and to be available for them,” she said.

She said the ministry had been shunned in the past, adding that it was why she had accepted the position.

Kiyingi pledged to organise the lands registry and to complete the computerisation of the registry.
He also pledged to solve staffing problems.

On corruption, he promised to work with the anti-fraud squad and the Police to rout out corrupt staff.

The human rights commissioners vetted were proposed chairperson Meddie Kaggwa, commissioners Adrian Sibo, former Prisons boss Joseph Etima and Mariam Wangadya.

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