Uganda: Assist Ministers to Develop Own Places of Origin

20 February 2013
opinion

A close analysis about ministerial appointments shows that there is at least one minister appointed from every district in Uganda. Secondly, that about 98% of ministers are also Members of Parliament with respective constituencies they represent.

Now, if we are to go by the notion that ministerial appointments are one of the ways of sharing or distributing the national cake among the different parts of the country, then ministerial appointees should reflect that in the form of development in their places of origin or birth. This can be executed by responding to the areas' most pressing challenges and demands, lest, we will be made to understand that ministerial positions don't necessarily benefit the people of the beholder but the minister and appointing authority's interests.

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