Masaka City Woman MP Justine Nameere and Mbale City Woman MP Lydia Wanyoto have been appointed ministers. In this report, The Pearl Times looks at the list of new faces in Museveni cabinet for 2026-2031 term of office.
As The Pearl Times rightly predicted a few days ago, Lydia Wanyoto had been promised a cabinet job before she agreed to withdraw from the deputy speaker race.
And today, she has been appointed minister.
Here’s the list of new faces in Museveni cabinet for 2026-2031:
- Minister, Office of the President in charge of Science, Technology and Innovation Eng. Asiimwe Jonard
- Minister for Karamoja Affairs Hon. Lokii John Baptist
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Amb. Adonia Ayebare
- Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Hon. Sanjay Tanna
- Minister of State for Public Service Hon. Lydia Wanyoto Mutende
- Minister of State for Local Government Hon. Justine Nameere
- Minister of State for Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities Hon. Nakawuki Susan Nsambu
- Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Cooperatives Hon. Tom Aza
- Minister of State for Works and Transport, Works Mr. Siraji Musa Ali
- Minister of State, Office of the President, Economic Monitoring Hon. Alum Sandra Santa
- Minister of State for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Agriculture Hon. Desire Muhooza
- Minister of State for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Fisheries Hon. Migadde Robert Ndugwa
- Minister of State for Defence and Veteran Affairs, Defence Hon. Akifeza Grace Ngabirano
- Minister of State for Education and Sports, Primary Education Hon. Phyllis Chemutai
- Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, General Duties Hon. Cissy Mulondo
- Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Micro-Finance Hon. Shartsi Kutesa Musherure
- Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Privatization and Investment Ms. Amina Mukalazi
- Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, International Affairs Hon. Calvin Echodu
- Minister of State for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Gender and Culture Hon. Kuteesa Mary Kamuli
- Minister of State for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Youth and Children Affairs Hon. Lakisa Mercy Faith
- Minister of State for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Employment and Industrial Relations Hon. Simon Mulongo
- Minister of State for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Disability Affairs Hon. Acan Joyce Okeny
- Minister of State for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Elderly Affairs Hon. Jacqueline Mbabazi
- Minister of State for Health, Primary Health Care Hon. Dr. Charles Ayume
- Minister of State for Information, Communications Technology and National Guidance, National Guidance Hon. Alioni Yorke Odria
- Minister of State for Internal Affairs Dr. Lawrence Muganga
You can see the full cabinet list of ministers as appointed by Museveni for the 2026-2031 term of office HERE.
Samuel KamugishaSamuel Kamugisha is a Ugandan journalist, editor, translator, language instructor, poet, fiction and non-fiction writer. A Makerere University graduate of Journalism and Communication with a decade-long experience in news reporting, writing and editing, Kamugisha is Editor at The Pearl Times. His other journalistic work was published by The Observer. When he is not doing journalism work -- which is rare -- Kamugisha will be reading or writing a short story or a poem, or caught up in the writer's block. His new children's book 'Friends of Plastics' has been published by Room to Read and Reading Association of Uganda and can be read here: https://literacycloud.org/stories/7887-friends-of-plastic/