President Museveni has appointed Alex Kakooza as a caretaker Permanent Secretary for the trade ministry, in place of remanded Geraldine Ssali Busuulwa.

Kakooza is currently the Principal Private Secretary (PPS) to Vice President Jesca Alupo while Busuulwa is in custody at Luzira Prison, awaiting trial for corruption related charges.

Speaking to Monitor on Friday, head of public service and secretary to cabinet Lucy Nakyobe emphasized that Kakooza was appointed as a caretaker.

“I appointed Alex Kakooza to care take because we had an emergency. The ministry (Trade) cannot stop. So, we had to appoint somebody. For now, he is still the caretaker,” she said without necessarily going into details of the emergency.

When asked about the duration Kakooza will serve as caretaker, Nakyobe responded: “For sure, I really don’t know. According to the rules of public service, when a public servant is charged in court, you are interdicted pending investigations.”

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