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Karamoja Affairs Minister Mary Goretti Kitutu arrives at the Anti-Corruption Court where she was charged with fraud, April 6, 2023. [Reuters]
Activists in Uganda are welcoming the rare prosecution of a government minister on corruption charges but are skeptical that other high-level officials will be charged in the scandal.
Karamoja Affairs Minister Mary Goretti Kitutu was charged Thursday with fraud and causing loss of public property in the theft of thousands of metal roofing sheets meant for poor residents in her community.
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