When you have Ministers who don't understand and comprehend how a government is supposed to operate, this is inevitable. Views raised at a meeting cannot and should never be enough evidence to interdict a person at the level of district health officer. There has to be a prima facie evidence or report.
This kind of action kills decentralisation. It's also beyond the scope of the powers of a Minister. Ministers are responsible for policy whereas Permanent secretaries run ministries.
In the worst case scenario,he should have asked the Chief Administrative Officer to first investigate and provide a report to the Permanent Secretary. Then he would liaise with the Permanent Secretary after receiving the report to decide on the next course of action..
With this kind of precedent, locals who don't like local government officials will invite a minister and report him/her so that the Minister can issue directives for interdiction.
M7 isn't dirty, he's just a human with flaws. Let's be honest, he's driven the bus pretty well for years.
But now we're approaching a railway crossing with barriers down, lights blazing, and a train horn screaming in the distance... and the dude is yelling 'Tusonge! Tusonge!'
Some of us are yelling 'Brake, you madman!' while the choir in the back is busy composing new choruses.
And we want him to stop the bus, so that we can get a new driver. That way, everybody goes home. Including those in the choir.
@Unmuted_Citizen I comprehend your rage but let’s appreciate the little positive impact in our society by the current local government officials as maybe we champion for a better Uganda. The dirty past by YKM still matters and one day if God wishes it will be rectified.
@adam_kungu 😂😂😂 What if he is trying to kill it before it swallows someone else? Of course, as a certified coward, your contribution would be to scream from a safe distance that the man has gone mad. Eh!
@robertthegrea@ubctvuganda@BalaamBarugahar Government procedure is not an inconvenience.
It is what separates lawful accountability from political theatre.
This is political theatre bwana. His agenda is not you, it is PLU.
Bwana Byandala. Let's start with the fact that you cannot repair institutional failure by creating another institutional failure. Which is what @BalaamBarugahar is doing here. My point being that he cannot replace procedure with theatre.
A minister is not a police commander, prosecutor, or roving magistrate.
He is the political head of a ministry: his role is to provide policy direction, ensure that the government programmes are implemented and demand accountability for failure.
The ministry itself is administratively run and supervised by the Permanent Secretary, working through directors, commissioners and other technical officers.
When monitoring identifies a programme that is failing, the minister should require a properly documented technical inquiry, not arrive with soldiers, cameras and political threats. This is important!!!
The next step depends on what the evidence shows. Audit and financial irregularities may be referred to the Auditor General, internal audit, PPDA, police or IGG.
Suspected corruption, abuse of office or neglect of duty may be investigated by the IGG or police.
Professional incompetence or misconduct may be referred to the appropriate statutory council or regulator.
Administrative failures should ordinarily be handled through the established disciplinary and public-service procedures.
Where investigators establish reasonable grounds for criminal charges, the file goes to the legally authorised prosecuting authority, principally the DPP or, in corruption matters, the IGG acting within its constitutional mandate.
The courts then determine guilt or innocence on evidence. The minister does not investigate, arrest, prosecute and convict people by press conference.
@BalaamBarugahar 's improvised approach will leave everyone playing institutional catch-up. If arrests are made before the defects are professionally classified, evidence preserved and individual responsibility established, government may discover that some failures were technical, systemic or administrative rather than criminal.
That does not automatically make every prosecution unlawful. But where officials are arrested without reasonable grounds, detained unlawfully or prosecuted maliciously, they may sue the State for false imprisonment, unlawful detention or malicious prosecution. This will over-burden the AG, DPP wasting their time and resources. Government will lose money and time. Waste
REBELS: @UHRC_UGANDA is moribund, just like @JudiciaryUG. So Wangadya’s resignation is neither here nor there.
Credit to her for the Article 53 summons to Gen. Muhoozi last year to free Eddie Mutwe from the basement.
Welcome back to #RadicalNewBar, Mariam. #ResistLawlessness
@MwesigyeFranks@mkainerugaba@ChrisOMagezi This is more like it. It's what the CDF is supposed to be doing—not the other bullshit. He can now enjoy his beer in peace.
@JustineNameere@BalaamBarugahar@Parliament_Ug Please respect the processes. Hire professionals alongside you to help deliver on your mandates. You need a lawyer, an auditor, an engineer, an educationist, a communications expert and a public health practitioner.
That will help you avoid the school boy errors.
General,
Thank you for liberating Uganda. The NRA was true. But the revolution was hijacked — as always.
It’s wrong to keep shifting the burden of defending its gains onto you and the gallant fighters. That fight now belongs to the people.
Uganda was once an example. Now we know who the real heroes were.
We appreciate your contribution. Immensely. You guys need statues. The Uganda you delivered was free, and United.
🚨 VETERAN JOURNALIST TIMOTHY KALYEGIRA'S ARREST AND THE PRISON SURPRISE THAT SHOOK THE RULING CAMP.
Timothy Kalyegira is a well-known Ugandan journalist and political commentator who has been writing and speaking about public matters for many years. In late June 2026, he was arrested and his case has now become big news across the country.
On June 26, security officers arrested Kalyegira. He says they took him in an SFC vehicle to a basement where he was asked directly, “Why do you hate the First Family?” A few days later, he was taken to court and charged with operating his online platforms, including Uganda Record and Kampala Express, without a proper licence from the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). He was sent to Luzira Prison.
While in prison, something unexpected happened on July 1. Odrek Rwabwogo, who is married to President Museveni’s daughter Patience, paid him a visit. Rwabwogo even passed on greetings from his wife. This surprised many people because Kalyegira is known for his sharp criticism of government matters.
Kalyegira was released on July 3 after paying a cash bail of 650,000 shillings. He is supposed to return to court on August 4.
The visit by Rwabwogo has caused serious tension inside the ruling party circles. Daudi Kabanda, a Member of Parliament and senior official in the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), publicly called Rwabwogo a serious enemy. Kabanda questioned why Rwabwogo went to see Kalyegira in prison and warned that those behind such moves would be dealt with.
This story has left many Ugandans asking questions. Why was a veteran journalist arrested over licensing rules but questioned about hating the First Family? And what does the prison visit by someone so close to the president mean for the quiet wars happening inside the ruling camp?