Among the new appointments President Yoweri Museveni made was the posting of his wife Janet as state minister for Karamoja, a region in northeastern Uganda that has been plagued by conflict and extreme poverty for decades.
Miongoni mwa kuwekwa rasmi kwa Rais Yoweri Museveni ni kuweka makala ya mke wake Janet kama waziri wa serikali wa Karamoja, eneo lililo kaskazini - mashariki mwa Uganda ambalo limekumbwa na mgogoro na umaskini wa kupindukia kwa miongo mingi.