Uganda foreign docket runs into trouble as (in) legibility clouds Museveni’s appointees

Yoweri Museveni

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

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Last month’s Cabinet reshuffle was intended to usher in a new team at Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and reset the country’s diplomacy and visibility abroad.

Instead, it has left the ministry facing an uncertain transition after questions emerged over the eligibility of two of President Yoweri Museveni’s three appointees, who cannot immediately assume full political control of the department.