MINISTER KITUTU REMANDED TO LUZIRA PRISON

GODFREY OLUKYA    

KOLOLO. The anti corruption court has remanded Karamoja affairs minister Mary Kitutu to Luzira Prison till 12^th April over the mismanagement of Karamoja relief items.  

Kitutu 61 and her brother Michael Kitutu Naboya 52 appeared before the Chief Magistrate Joan Aciro and denied the allegations that preferred against them by the prosecution.

The two are charged alongside Joshua Abaho her senior assistant secretary who was not in Court today. 

The trio have been charged with six counts of; Loss of public property, corruption, receiving stolen property and conspiracy to defraud.

According to prosecution, the group between June 2022 and January 2023 at the Office of the Prime Minister’s stores in Namanve to have caused loss of public property in form of 9000 iron sheets by diverting the said items from the intended purpose of benefiting the Karamoja community empowerment program to their own benefit having reason to believe that such act would result into loss of public property.

It’s further alleged that the minister alongside her secretary between June 2022 and January 2023 caused loss of 5,500 iron sheets meant for Karamoja.

Prosecution also states that Naboya Kitutu between similar months at Situmi village, Namisindwa district received 100 iron sheets marked OPM Uganda having reason to believe the same to have been feloniously obtained.

The minister is now applying to be released on bail pending investigations.