The case against former Karamoja affairs state minister Agnes Nandutu, accused of diverting iron sheets intended for the Karamoja sub-region, is set to resume on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala. High Court judge Jane Okuo Kajuga presides over the trial.
Nandutu, also the Bududa district Woman MP, is represented by lawyers Evans Ochieng, Charles Nandaah Wamukoota, and John Nalela, while Chief State Prosecutor David Bisamunyu represents the state.
In the previous court session, evidence presented by Director of Forensics in Uganda Police Force Andrew Kizimula Mubiru implicated Nandutu in the case. The court admitted a certified copy of the scene of the crime report, detailing the number of iron sheets recovered from Nandutu’s farm in Mukono district.
Nandutu faces charges of dealing with suspect property under the Anti-Corruption Act. If convicted, she could face a seven-year prison sentence.
The prosecution alleges that between June and July 2022, at the OPM stores in Namanve and in Kkola Cell, Bulwanyi Parish, Mukono district, Nandutu dealt with government property, specifically 2000 pre-painted iron sheets marked “Office of the Prime Minister.” These actions are considered offenses under the Anti-Corruption Act 2009.
Additionally, Kitutu, the Manafwa district Woman Member of Parliament, along with her brother Micheal Kitutu Naboya and personal assistant Joshua Abaho, faces two counts of loss of public property and conspiracy to defraud at the Anti-Corruption Court.
