Museveni Retains Kakande, 15 Other Permanent Secretaries

What the report says

President Yoweri Museveni has retained Hajj Yunus Kakande as Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President, according to Nile Post. The report says Kakande is among 16 permanent secretaries who have kept their posts in the latest government appointments, while others across ministries, departments and agencies were also confirmed in place or appointed anew.

Minister for the Presidency Milly Babalanda praised the decision, saying the retention signaled confidence in Kakande’s leadership, experience and service. She described the Office of the President as a strategic and sensitive institution and argued that continuity there can help with coordination and delivery of government work. Her comments also extended to the wider group of permanent secretaries, whom she congratulated for their appointments.

The article places the move within a broader reshuffle of senior public service roles, a routine part of government administration in Uganda. Permanent secretaries are top civil service officials who help oversee ministry operations and implementation of government programmes, so such appointments can affect policy execution and administrative continuity.

Nile Post’s report does not list all 16 names in the excerpt provided, but it frames Kakande’s retention as one of the main outcomes of Museveni’s latest round of appointments and a sign of continuity in the presidency’s administrative leadership.