President Museveni yesterday officially deployed his new Cabinet to work after chairing its first meeting, which marked the official start of his seventh term as President. State House in a June 29 press statement said Mr Museveni met his 78-member Cabinet that was led by the Vice President Rtd Jessica Alupo and Prime Minister Robinah Nabanja. ‘President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today, Monday, June 29, 2026, chaired the first Cabinet meeting of his newly constituted government for the 2026- 2031 term, marking the official start of implementing the National Resistance Movement (NRM) administration’s agenda for the next five years,’ the statement read in part. This meeting followed the Cabinet’s completion of a 10-day Cabinet Induction Retreat held at the National Leadership Institute (NALI), Kyankwanzi after the ministers took oath on June 8.
‘The retreat, officially opened by President Museveni on June 15, 2026, was designed to orient both newly appointed and returning ministers on government priorities, leadership principles, public service ethics, and the strategic direction of the new administration,’ the statement added. It further stated: ‘It also provided an opportunity for Cabinet members to align themselves with the National Resistance Movement’s development agenda and the government’s strategic priorities for the 2026-2031 term.’ In this term, the ruling NRM party is set to implement a new manifesto under the theme: ‘Protecting the gains as we makea qualitative leap into a high middle-income status”.
The manifesto focuses on seven key pillars including infrastructure development (expansion of roads, electricity, railways, air transport, schools, and ation through initiatives such as the parish development model, Operation Wealth Creation, Emyooga, among others), creation of jobs (factories, commercial agriculture, service sector), Others are: creation of markets (internal, regional, continental, and international), service delivery (provision of health, education, and security services), and unity and political stability (fighting against internal conflicts, divisive politics, among others). This manifesto is in line with the ambitious tenfold growth strategy, which the government launched in 2023, as a transformative economic plan to expand the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) from then roughly $50 billion (Shs182.58 trillion) to $500 billion (Shs1.82 quadrillion) by 2040.
To realise this development, the government zeroed its focus on four key sectors code-named ATMS, including Agro-industrialisation, Tourism, Mineral development, and Science/ Technology innovation. In order to achieve the Tenfold Growth Strategy, the government has been developing its budgets and other development plans in line with these key priority areas. For instance, the fourth National Development Plan (NDPIV) launched last year and running between Financial Year (FY) 2025/2026 and FY2029/2030 aims at accelerating the socio-economic transformation of the country. The Shs84.3 trillion budget that was read by Finance minister Henry Musasizi last month and is being implemented by these ministers, is also aimed at adding a brick on this particular growth agenda.
State House said the inaugural Cabinet session brought together the country’s top political leadership, including Vice President Jessica Alupo; Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja; the deputy prime ministers; Government Chief Whip Dr Jane Ruth Aceng; Cabinet ministers; State ministers, and other senior government officials. Also, in attendance were the NRM Secretary General, Mr Richard Todwong; permanent secretaries from various government ministries and the Executive Director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Ms Sharifah Buzeki.
‘The first Cabinet meeting marks the official commencement of collective government business under President Museveni’s new administration following his swearing-in for another constitutional term on May 12, 2026,’ the June 29 statement read in part. The Cabinet derives its mandate from Article 111 of the 1995 Constitution (as amended), which provides: ‘There shall be a Cabinet, which shall consist of the President, the Vice President, the Prime Minister, and such number of ministers as may appear to the President to be reasonably necessary for the efficient running of the State.’