Museveni Retains Jane Barekye as State House Comptroller

What the report says

President Yoweri Museveni has kept Jane Barekye in her role as State House Comptroller during a wider public service reshuffle, according to Nile Post. The move means she will continue overseeing the day-to-day administration of State House and supporting the delivery of presidential programmes and assignments. The report says 16 senior officials retained their posts in the exercise.

Barekye has held the comptroller position since 2021, after previously serving as Special Presidential Assistant in charge of Economic Affairs at State House. Her retention was announced on November 9, 2026, together with the appointment of 13 new permanent secretaries, the redeployment of 11 senior officials and the retirement of 11 serving permanent secretaries, the publication said.

Nile Post also noted that Barekye has been closely associated with the Presidential Skilling Hubs, also called the Zonal Presidential Industrial Hubs. The initiative is intended to provide young people with practical vocational training in areas such as tailoring, carpentry, welding, hairdressing, bakery and fish farming. In that context, she has been involved in supervising implementation and related programmes, including a nationwide SACCO leaders’ training effort in 2025 and later activity tied to fish farming at the Mengo Zonal Hub.

Her continued presence at State House suggests continuity in the administration of the presidency and in the government’s skilling agenda, both of which remain key policy and delivery areas.