Uganda: Appointments Committee Rejects Muganga Nomination Over Citizenship Questions
Published: 2/Jun/2026
Source: Chimpreports (Kampala)
Godfrey Tugume
KAMPALA — Parliament’s Appointments Committee has rejected the nomination of Victoria University Vice Chancellor Dr. Lawrence Muganga as Minister of State for Internal Affairs after he reportedly failed to satisfy members on questions surrounding his citizenship status.
The development emerged on Monday when Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa, speaking on behalf of the Appointments Committee chaired by Speaker Jacob Oulanyah Oboth-Oboth, disclosed that out of 82 ministerial nominees vetted by the committee, one had not yet appeared and another had raised issues that would be referred back to the appointing authority.
“We have approved 80 out of the 82 ministerial nominees. One is still pending because he has not yet appeared before the committee, and another one we found issues, which we are going to communicate to the appointing authority to look into, and then they are going to take the final say,” Tayebwa told journalists.
While he declined to identify the nominee, sources familiar with the vetting process said the candidate in question is Dr. Muganga, whose appointment has been the subject of public debate over his alleged multiple citizenships.
According to sources who attended the closed-door session, the committee’s due diligence process found that Muganga had links to Ugandan, Canadian and Rwandan citizenship.
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