A third Ugandan minister was on Wednesday charged with corruption in a widening government scandal over the alleged theft of thousands of metal roofing sheets.
The roofing sheets were meant for a relief
program in the northeastern Karamoja region.
Agness Nandutu, the state minister for
Karamoja Affairs, was on Wednesday remanded in prison by a Kampala judge, after
pleading not guilty to “dealing with suspect property,” according to court
papers seen by Reuters.
Nandutu was accused of receiving 2,000
roofing sheets from government stores “which she had reason to believe were
acquired as a result of loss of public property.”
Prosecutors have already charged two other
lawmakers in the same case, including Uganda’s junior finance minister.
The relief program is being run by the prime
minister’s office.
The country’s leading prosecutor, Mrs Jane
Frances Abodo, told a local radio station her office had opened parallel
investigations into dozens of other officials, including the vice president.
Corruption investigations against ministers
are rare in Uganda.
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