Janet Museveni with her husband President Museveni and Juma Mwapachu, secretary general of the East African Community. Photo/FILE
Out goes the brother, in comes the wife. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has set the record as the first president in Africa to appoint his wife to the Cabinet.
By appointing Janet as the Minister for Karamoja Affairs, Museveni has gone a step further to make the government a family affair, lending some credence to earlier talk that could he be preparing the wife to take over when he finally bows out.