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Kyabazinga of Busoga appoints cabinet
The Kyabazinga of Busoga William Wilberforce Kadhumbula Nadiope Gabula IV
The Kyabazinga of Busoga William Wilberforce Kadhumbula Nadiope Gabula IV has confirmed the appointment of Dr. Joseph Muvawala, as the the substantive Prime Minister of Busoga. Muvawala is also the Executive Director of the National Planning Authority, the country’s authority on planning purposes.
Muvawala has been performing the functions of Katukiro, although he had been appointed September 2014 as the chairman of the interim committee that was running the kingdom affairs, when the Kyabazinga was heading to the United Kingdom to further his masters degree.
Muvawala was appointed alongside an educationist and Busoga diehard Lauben Lufafa as his deputy.
A few days after his appointment, the Kyabazinga appointed a full cabinet of 21 miniaters and 12 state ministers to help him in running the affairs of the kingdom. The appointment of the substantive prime minister and the cabinet has been hailed as a milestone in restoring the turbulent Busoga kingdom which has been battered by a leadership wrangle.
Before his installation as the Kyabazinga of Busoga, Nadiope’s legitimacy had been widely contested especially by the family of the late Kyabazinga Henry Wako Muloki who passed away in September 2008. Muloki’s son Edward Colombus Wambuzi has marshaled the support of some of Busoga’s chiefs as well as some politicians to fight for the top seat of the kingdom.
Dr. Muvawala will be deputized by Prof. Mohammed Lubega Kisambira and Osman Noordin Ahmed as first and Second Deputy Prime Minister respectively.
The announcement and subsequent swear-in of the new office bearers was made at Busoga Lukiiko by the kingdom spokesperson Andrew Ntange in the presence of the Kyabazinga.
Muvawala and his deputies were immediately sworn-in by Jinja court magistrate Peter Mutala amid ululations and chanting from the fully packed Lukiiko that comprised among others political leaders, cultural leaders, all the ten hereditary chiefs and Busoga loyalists.
In his maiden speech, Muvawala pledged to work closely with all his predecessors, hereditary chiefs, clan leaders and other stakeholders to ensure Busoga regains its past glory.
“I am sure that Busoga can only move forward when all the eleven hereditary chiefdoms are brought on board to work together and this is now our task and priority. None of us is either old or young but
relevant for combining our efforts for development of Busoga,” Muvawala said.
He openly told the congregation that people in Busoga should bear with the new leadership as they step up efforts to restore harmony in Busoga especially in repossessing Busoga’s property.
Following his confirmation of Muvawala, on Wednesday, the Kyabazinga appointed a new cabinet for Busoga Kingdom and it comprises some old as well as new faces.
Meanwhile, the apparent calm in Busoga is disturbed by the absence of controversial chiefs for Butende and Bunya.
Some members of Busoga contend that the institution should re-admit the two controversial hereditary chiefs namely Yasin Waguma Ntembe for Butembe chiefdom and Juma Munulo for Bunya chiefdom.
Dr. Muvawala thereafter hosted the guests including the Kyabazinga at a reception at his home in Kivubuka in Budondo Sub County.
Full Cabinet for Obwakyabazinga bwa Busoga
Owek. DR. JOSEPH MUVAWALA NSEKERE – Prime Minister (Katuukiro)
Owek. PROF DR LUBEGA MUHAMMAD KISAMBIRA – 1st Deputy Prime Minister
Owek. PROF. OSMAN NOORDIN AHMED – 2nd Deputy Prime Minister
Ministers
Owek. WAMONO SOLOMON – Minister for Finance, Investment, Physical &
Economic Planning and Planning Sources of Income for Obwa Kyabazinga
Bwa Busoga.
Owek. AL HAJI ABDAL TIF WANGUBO – Minister for Education
Owek. AMIN BBOSA – Minister for Sports
Owek. HARSHIM SULEIMAN – Minister for Youth Affairs & ICT
Owek. SAMUEL NKENGA – Minister for Agriculture, Veterinary Affairs &
Food Technology
Owek. KESHWALA – Minister of Commerce, Manufacturing & Industrial Affairs.
Owek. KAFUKO NTUUYO ROBERT – Attorney General
Owek. ALEX LUGANDA – Minister for Justice & Constitutional Affairs
Owek. NAMUTAMBA HELLEN – Minister for Tourism
Owek. MAFUMO RICHARD – Minister for Culture, Disabled Persons,
Antiquities, Social and Clan Affairs
Owek. ANTHONY GABOINE – Minister for Works, Roads, Communication & Housing
Owek. JOAN N. MACHORA KITTO – Minister for Cooperation & Foreign
Affairs (Cooperation with other Kingdoms in Uganda & the whole world &
with secular governments, NGOs & Basoga Living outside Busoga)
Owek. NGOBI BALIDDAWA – Minister for Protocol, Ethics, Integrity and Security
OWek. YUDAY BABIRYE – Minister for Kyabazinga Affairs
Owek. BALYEKU ANDREW – Minister for Health
Owek. NAJIB LUKOOYA BATEGANYA – Minister for Environmental Affairs,
Wildlife and Natural Resources
Owek. ANDREW NTANGE – Minister for Information, Mass Mobilization &
Promotion of Unity
Owek. MUGAINO BAKER – Minister for Land, Water, Fisheries & Ebyaiffe
Owek. FLORENCE KAFUKO – Minister for Gender, Labour & Children Affairs
Owek. DOLLY MUBARAK – Minister for General Duties in Prime Minister’s Office
Owek. FAROUK KAMPANE – Minister without Portfolio
State Ministers
Owek. KIIRYA IVAN – State Minister of Finance, Investment, Physical &
Economic Planning and Planning Sources of Income for Obwa Kyabazinga
Bwa Busoga.
Owek. JOYCE MULEBEKE ABALIWANO – State Minister for Gender, Labour &
Children Affairs
Owek. NASABU NANTALE – State Minister for Education
Owek. ANDREW WANSOLO – State Minister for Culture, Disabled Persons,
Antiquities, Social and Clan Affairs
Owek. SHEILA GAND BIRUNGI – State Minister for Health
Owek. VERONICA KAGONA – State Minister of Youth Affairs & ICT
Owek. ISABIRYE DAVID AGA – State Minister of Information, Mass
Mobilization & Promotion of Unity
Owek. KYANGWA FRED LWAMUSAYI- State Minister for Land, Water,
Fisheries & Ebyaiffe
Owek. ROGERS BALYAKUMANI – State Minister for Environmental Affairs,
Wildlife and Natural Resources
Owek. MATIA WAKALALI – State Minister for Agriculture, Veterinary
Affairs & Food Technology
TECHNOCRATS
Owek. TIBENKANA IVAN – Focal Person in Public Health
Owek. KISWIRIRI – Busoga Examinations Board
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