Parliament Vets New State Minister for Internal Affairs Juma Witonze Kisekka

What the report says

Watchdog Uganda reported that Parliament’s Appointments Committee has vetted Juma Witonze Kisekka, who was recently nominated to become Uganda’s Minister of State for Internal Affairs. The vetting took place on the morning of the report and represents one of the formal steps required before a presidential ministerial nominee can take up office.

According to the report, the committee session was chaired by Speaker Jacob Marksons Oboth and attended by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa, along with other Members of Parliament who sit on the Appointments Committee. Kisekka’s nomination was made by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni three days before the vetting, the publisher said.

Watchdog Uganda said the committee is now expected to prepare and submit a report to the President as part of the constitutional procedure governing ministerial appointments. The committee’s findings and recommendations will shape the next stage of the process before Kisekka can formally assume the State Minister for Internal Affairs portfolio.

The Internal Affairs docket is significant because it is associated with national security, immigration, citizenship, civil registration and law-and-order institutions, although the source report did not detail Kisekka’s background, policy priorities or the reasons for his nomination. The development therefore marks a procedural milestone rather than a completed appointment, pending the remaining approval steps described in the report.