Agnes Nandutu

The Anti-Corruption Court has today convicted former Minister of State for Karamoja Affairs, Hon Agnes Nandutu, over the diversion of 2,000 iron sheets meant for vulnerable communities in the Karamoja sub-region. 

The Court found that Nandutu knowingly received and retained government property that was not lawfully allocated to her and which she had reason to believe had been irregularly diverted from a public programme intended for vulnerable beneficiaries. 

Earlier the Court Assessors had concluded that Hon Nandutu knowingly handled irregularly acquired government property, a position the court has now upheld. 

Her bail has been cancelled as she’s remanded to Luzira Prison until Friday this week this week for sentencing and this marks a major development in one of Uganda’s most high-profile corruption cases.