Uganda’s PLU wants to approve district commissioners
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Eagle Online
The Patriotic League of Uganda, led by Muhoozi Kainerugaba, wants to approve new district resident commissioners before their appointment. The proposal would encroach on a power assigned to President Yoweri Museveni by law, according to Eagle Online.
The president of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has announced that his organisation intends to approve newly appointed Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) in Uganda. The PLU will help President Yoweri Museveni identify candidates considered serious and incorruptible, Kainerugaba, Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, said, according to Eagle Online.
RDCs represent the president and government in districts, where they monitor public programmes, coordinate services and oversee security matters. Ugandan law gives the president the power to appoint them, without expressly providing for an approval role for a political organisation such as the PLU. Muhoozi’s announcement therefore raises the question of how this selection process would fit with the head of state’s legal power of appointment.
Founded in Kampala in February 2024, the PLU is a mobilisation platform associated with Muhoozi and Museveni supporters. Its president has described it as a pressure group within the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), rather than a separate party. The proposal comes as the organisation expands its structures in districts and regions.
