President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed the former  National Resistance Movement (NRM) secretariat director of finance and administration, Dr Hassan Galiwango, as the high commissioner to Kenya.

Mr Galiwango received the official communication from the State House at the beginning of this week.

He described the appointment as a “normal” one.

The long-serving director of finance was replaced at the secretariat by Medina Naham, the NRM party chairperson of Koboko District.

He is the husband of current Mbale Woman MP Connie Galiwango.EU