PM Nabbanja, Onek Resolve Office Impasse after Mediation

The Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja and the minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Eng. Hillary Onek have agreed to work together for the betterment of the country, the Vice President Maj. (Rtd) Jessica Alupo has revealed. 

“We have had a good meeting and agreed to work together. We have decided to 
leave certain issues in the past and work for the betterment of our country,” revealed the Vice President, after a closed-door meeting with Nabbanja and Onek. 

“We have agreed to look ahead and forget the past. We are one,” the Vice 
President emphasized. 
The meeting, chaired by the Vice President as an arbiter; was also attended by Gen. Moses Ali, the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of Government Business in Parliament, and Lucy Nakyobe the Head of Public Service 
and Secretary to Cabinet. 

The others in the meeting held at the Vice President’s Office were Attorney 
General Kiryowa Kiwanuka, Dr. Baryomunsi Chris the Minister of Information, Communications Technology and National Guidance and Esther Anyakun the State Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees.

In a letter dated October, 29, 2021, addressed to the PM Nabbanja, Minister Onek expresses displeasure with the way Nabbanja is usurping his office by conducting activities that are meant to be done by his office, more so without informing them.

“From the time of your appointment, I have been observing with total displeasure the fact that my role and that of my deputy as the Ministers in charge of refugees and disaster and the lead policy makers on matters of refugee and disaster management have been totally usurped by your office,” Onek said in his dossier.

Onek further accused Nabbanja, who is the overall coordinator and leader of government business for calling for meetings and visiting disaster affected places and refugee settlements without informing either his office or that of his deputy. “To my shock, my staff who I supervise are the ones being called for meetings and not the line minister,” he said.