Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala seeking a declaration that the investigations, arrests, detentions, and subsequent prosecutions of some suspects implicated in the diversion of iron sheets meant for the people of Karamoja are illegal. According to Mabirizi, some suspects include the Vice …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT l With the heat surrounding the scandal of iron sheets, ministers are in panic and are scrambling to return iron sheets they illegally got from the Office of the Prime Minister. News broke that the iron sheets brought back by Speaker of Parliament Anita Among …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Planning under the Finance Ministry Amos Lugoloobi has been arrested in relation to diversion of iron sheets for the vulnerable poor people of Karamoja. According to sources, Lugoloobi was arrested on Thursday evening after showing up at Criminal investigations department …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Relations Officer in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Jacquelyn Okui as said more suspects will be arraigned before the Anti-Corruption court in relation to the diversion of iron sheets. This follows criticisms from a section of the public who questioned …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has sanctioned charges of corruption and conspiracy to commit a felony against minister Kitutu Mary Goretti Kimono for diverting iron sheets meant for the Karamoja Community Empowerment Programme. DPP Jane Frances Abodo has consented to …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja on Saturday tasked the Youth Central Member of Parliament Agnes Kirabo to account for iron sheets disbursed to her. Kirabo appeared on the list of the leaders who benefited from the iron sheets. Others are First Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadada, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has replaced the 500 iron sheets diverted to her from Karamoja by the Office of the Prime Minister – OPM. She revealed to legislators in Wednesday’s plenary that she has already purchased 500 iron sheets and directed her personal …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Karamoja Affairs, Mary Goretti Kitutu has apologised over management of iron sheets meant for Karamoja region. Kitutu who was on Friday, 03 March 2023 appearing before the Committee on Presidential Affairs admitted that the iron sheets meant for the vulnerable people of …
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The puzzling secrets of the Karamoja iron-sheets saga COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | A Cabinet minister accused of drawing a pistol during an argument with a woman has resigned, Radio Uganda announced Wednesday. President Yoweri Museveni accepted the resignation of Internal Affairs Minister Kahinda Otafiire ″because the National Resistance Movement …
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Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Administrators of schools in Rubanda district have disassociated themselves from reports that they benefited from iron sheets that were obtained from the Office of the Prime Minister by the State for Finance, in charge of General Duties, Henry Musasizi. The iron sheets were meant …
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