Experts have weighed in on Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja’s confession last week that she cannot supervise some of her colleagues who are highly educated and experienced than she is.

In one of the videos that went viral on social media, Nabbanja is seen admitting that she cannot supervise the Minister of Karamoja Affairs, Mary Kitutu, and other ministers because of their rich academic backgrounds.

Nabbanja was responding to questions from MPs on the Parliamentary Affairs’ Committee, who questioned her competency and why she had failed to supervise her ministers, who ended up sharing iron sheets that were meant for the Karimojong.

When asked whether a boss with less education qualifications should be threatened by his or her highly educated subordinates, human resource experts said these have nothing to do with her leadership skills.

Harry Patrick Oyuru, one of the human resource experts, yesterday said the Prime Minister should be excited working with well qualified and more experienced subordinates.

According to him, the differences in academic qualifications, work experience and age have no negative bearing on the mandate one has to perform.

The chief executive officer of Precision Human Resource Consultancy, Joseph Ajal, says qualifications and competence are totally different things.

Ajal says a ministerial appointment is equivalent to the position of an MP, whose requirement is Senior Six or its equivalent, adding that Nabbanja is competent to supervise even those with PhDs.

While appearing before the Parliament’s Presidential Affairs Committee, which is investigating the Karamoja iron sheet saga, Nabbanja asked the members of the committee not to crucify her for the acts of her ministers.  

She also recommended that all those who received the Karamoja iron sheets should return them immediately.