Cabinet Secretariat – The Republic of Uganda

05JunJune 5, 2025

3rd Segment of the Public Service Leadership Excellence Programme

The Head of Public Service and Secretary to the Cabinet led a delegation of Permanent Secretaries to Singapore for the third segment of the Public Service Leadership Excellence Programme which run from 26th - 30th May 2025. This initiative aims to equip Uganda’s public sector leaders with insights from global...

21MayMay 21, 2025

5th Permanent Secretaries Meeting of 2025

As is the norm, the 5th Permanent Secretaries' Meeting of 2025 was held on Tuesday, 5th May 2025 in the Cabinet Room on 9th Floor, Office of the President Twin Tower Building. The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Head of Public Service and Deputy Secretary to Cabinet and discussed...

30AprApril 30, 2025

Rationalization of Government Agencies, Commissions and Public Expenditure

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the absorption of staff of the mainstreamed/rationalized Agencies under the Ministry of Works and Transport and those under Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries that is: Uganda National Roads Authority; Uganda Road Fund; Coffee Developmenta Authority; Diary Development Corporation; National Agricultural Advisory...

Role of the Cabinet

Article 113 (3) generally spells out the responsibility of a Cabinet Minister while Article 114 (4) does the same for other Ministers, in our case the Ministers of State. Notwithstanding what the Constitution spells out generally, the functions of a Minister include:

Determining policy and exercising relevant statutory powers and functions within the ambit of his or her portfolio.
Giving policy and political guidance to his or her Ministry.