Minister Kitutu’s secretary charged, remanded over Karamoja iron sheets. Prosecution pointed out that one of his presented securities & cousin brother Simon Tumwesigye Karokora, a customs supervisor at URA was receiving Sacco money on his personal account.
The senior assistant secretary in the ministry of Karamoja Affairs Joshua Abaho has been remanded over the diversion of iron sheets meant for Karamoja sub region.Abaho was remanded to Luzira prison until May 2 by the Anti-Corruption court on charges of corruption and conspiring with his boss minister Mary Gorreti Kitutu to defraud the government of its iron sheets.Abaho on Thursday morning handed himself to court following criminal summons that were previously issued against him by chief magistrate Joan Aciro. He was required to appear and be charged over his role in the iron sheets scandal.He was then charged with the loss of public property and corruption on the same file where Kitutu and her brother, Michael Naboya Kitutu were previously charged and granted bail. Kitutu and Naboya had also returned to court for the prosecution to inform the court of the status of the investigations