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The Anti-Corruption Court has remanded the Minister for Karamoja Affairs Mary Gorreti Kitutu Kimono to Luzira.

06 April, 2023
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The Anti-Corruption Court has remanded the Minister for Karamoja Affairs Mary Gorreti Kitutu Kimono to Luzira Prison for loss of public property, corruption, and conspiracy to defraud the government.


Kitutu was arraigned before the Court presided over by Chief Magistrate Joan Achiro on Thursday.  She was remanded alongside her brother, Michael Naboya Kitutu until April 12th.

According to the charge sheet, Kitutu allegedly caused a loss of public property between June 2022 and January 2023 by diverting 14,500 pre-painted iron sheets intended for the Karamoja Community Empowerment Program to her own benefit and that of third parties.

It is also alleged that at the same time, her co-accused Naboya a Peasant farmer and a resident of Bukawekha Sub County Namisindwa District received 100 iron sheets yet they were stolen property.

The two are implicated alongside Joshua Abaho, the Senior Assistant Secretary Ministry of Karamoja Affairs Office of the Prime Minister who did not appear in court. Court has issued a criminal summons against Abaho. 

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