Kwar Adhola reshuffles cabinet, names lean team of 17

Tororo, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT |  Kwar Adhola Moses Stephen Owor has reduced the cabinet of the Adhola Cultural Institution (TACI) from 39 to 17, with several ministers redesignated to hold other portfolios, including Senior Royal Advisors and Special Envoys to different places.

“His Royal Highness the Kwar Adhola has, in line with Article 28 of the Tieng Adhola Constitution as amended in 2023 reorganized the Cabinet in a major shakeup,” according to a press statement from TACI.

According to the press statement, the title of deputy prime minister, previously given to several ministers, was initially intended to create more influence and motivate those appointed to work better and harder. This notion, the statement added, has now been equally achieved, and therefore the new Cabinet shall have only the Prime Minister, four (4) deputy prime ministers and twelve (12) ministers.

The statement added that, “Initially, a big cabinet was necessary to sell, popularize and make the institution known in the broader part of Padhola. This notion is now fairly achieved; it has now become imperative that a leaner cabinet be set up to be more robust and work together with a cross-section of royal advisors, leaders of different walks of life, elders of Padhola and all the Nyikwayi Adhola to achieve the broader objectives of Tieng Adhola.”

The number of senior royal advisors has been increased to thirty-four (34) to help the institution keenly work towards ensuring that eminent sons and daughters offer guidance to those in mainstream leadership for improved efficiency.

In February this year, week-long celebrations were held to mark His Royal Highness Kwar Adhola, Moses Stephen Owor’s 100th birthday. The centennial birthday celebrations took place on Saturday, 28th February 2026, at Elgon View Field in Tororo Municipality, Tororo District, with the theme “Honouring a Century of Dedicated Service, Enduring Strength and Unwavering Community Spirit”.

Two years back, celebrations were held to mark the Silver Jubilee (25 years) of the coronation of Kwar Adhola.

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FULL LIST

🏛 PRIME MINISTER
1. Obbo Richard Josel
Office: Jago / Prime Minister
Portfolio: Rt. Hon. Jago / Prime Minister, Chief Executive Officer

🏛 DEPUTY PRIME MINISTERS
2. Jag Adrian Owor
Office: Rt. Hon. 1st Deputy Prime Minister
Portfolio: Minister of Co-operation with Government & NGOs

3. Mrs. Anna Rose Akongo Ndekezi
Office: Rt. Hon. 2nd Deputy Prime Minister
Portfolio: Minister for Inter-Religious Affairs

4. Eleazar Owor
Office: Rt. Hon. 2nd Deputy Prime Minister
Portfolio: Minister for Finance, Planning and Development

5. Amnon Ofwono Adeka
Office: Rt. Hon. 3rd Deputy Prime Minister
Portfolio: Minister for Lands & Dispute Resolution

🏛 MINISTERS
6. Oboth Silverster Paul Okumu
Minister for Cabinet Affairs, Secretary General, Secretary to Cabinet, Oversight and Supreme Assembly

7. Odongo Joseph
Minister for Palace Affairs; Coordinator between the Office of Kwar Adhola and Cabinet and Principal Private Secretary to Kwar Adhola

8. Mark Olweny Omalla
Minister for Jopadhola in the Diaspora and Intercultural Affairs

9. Oburu Ochienga Gastafas
Minister for Security, Protocol and Peace

10. Hannington Ofwono
Minister for Education

11. Mary Kevin Asinde
Minister for Gender, Children Affairs & the Vulnerable

12. Usher Wilson Owere
Minister for Coordination of Jopadhola Affairs in Entebbe, Wakiso, Kampala & Mukono and the Diaspora

13. David Asyep
Minister for Information, Guidance & Publicity and Liaison with Jopadhola in Busoga Kingdom/Higher Institutions of Learning

14. Moses Rek
Minister for Coordination with Jumukwenda and Population of the Jopadhola

15. Gabriel Ochola
Minister for Agriculture, Youth and Sports

16. John Stephen Oburo
Minister for the New Palace Site and Culture

17. Dr. Onyango Jagire
Minister for Health

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