{"id":8304,"date":"2023-02-20T10:33:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T10:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=8304"},"modified":"2023-02-20T10:49:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T10:49:25","slug":"karamoja-iron-sheets-bonanza-pm-nabbanja-explains-list-of-other-cabinet-ministers-who-signed-for-the-relief-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/karamoja-iron-sheets-bonanza-pm-nabbanja-explains-list-of-other-cabinet-ministers-who-signed-for-the-relief-items\/","title":{"rendered":"KARAMOJA IRON SHEETS BONANZA: PM NABBANJA EXPLAINS LIST OF OTHER CABINET MINISTERS WHO SIGNED FOR THE RELIEF ITEMS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BY Our Reporters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the country gets to terms about the recent scandal of government officials diverting relief items for vulnerable communities in Karamoja region- the Prime Minister &nbsp;Robinah Nabbanja has come out and stated that the Office of Prime Minister is cooperating with all agencies involved in the investigations.  This after it emerged that several other cabinet ministers also signed for the relief items .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c Please note that , Prime Minister\u2019s office is the home of many affirmative action ministries including , Karamoja Affairs, Bunyoro Affairs,&nbsp; Teso Affairs , Northern Uganda Rehabilitation, Luwero- Rwenzori and&nbsp; Disaster Preparedness and Refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll these ministries procure\u00a0 various items including iron sheets for\u00a0 specific intervention to address gaps in livelihood and infrastructure in their respective portfolios which items are kept in the same store ,\u201d Nabbanja said in a brief one page statement . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0The PM explained that it was not true that the iron\u00a0 sheets which were given to other areas of Uganda from OPM\u00a0 were diverted from\u00a0 those of the Ministry of Karamoja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nabbanja \u2018s explanation follows revelations that iron sheets meant for the poor communities in Karamoja had been diverted by Minister for Karamoja Affairs Gorreti Kitutu and sold in Eastern Uganda \u2013promoting the on going investigations on the directive of President Yoweri Museveni .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was after Iron Sheets marked for Office of the Prime Minister were reportedly found at her relatives\u2019 homes in Namisindwa where she is the district Woman MP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has also emerged that\u00a0 Kitutu was not the only government minister who received relief items from the OPM.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other cabinet ministers requisitioned for the relief items too . \u00a0According to documents seen by this publication\u00a0 nine ministers touched relief items for the poor\u00a0\u00a0 after Minister\u00a0 Kitutu through her personal assistant authorized the release of the relief items to the said cabinet colleagues .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Permanent Secretary OPM Mr. Keith  Muhakanizi stated , &#8221; the alleged diversion of iron sheets against the intended purpose shall be investigated and action will be taken against the perpetuators including recovery and prosecution of those involved . we have requested the responsible institutions to speed up investigations . In addition , we have asked officials from the department of Karamoja Affairs to submit accountabilities for iron sheets that were released .&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor: msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY Our Reporters As the country gets to terms about the recent scandal of government officials diverting relief items for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[259,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accountability","category-governance"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Nabbanja.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8280,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/karamoja-minister-gorreti-kitutu-under-fire-for-diversion-and-selling-of-relief-items\/","url_meta":{"origin":8304,"position":0},"title":"Karamoja Minister Gorreti Kitutu under fire for diversion and selling of relief items","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"February 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Keith Muhakanizi , the Permanent Secretary , Office of the Prime Minister has issued a statement saying they have instituted investigations in the alleged diversion and selling of relief items including iron sheets for the vulnerable communities in the semiarid Karamoja region by Minister Goretti Kitutu's relatives Three family members\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Governance&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Governance","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/governance\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/dr-mary-goretti-kitutu-biography.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/dr-mary-goretti-kitutu-biography.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/dr-mary-goretti-kitutu-biography.jpg 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8777,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/state-minister-for-karamoja-nandutu-sleeps-in-kira-police-cells-to-be-produced-in-court-and-charged-in-mabaati-national-scandal\/","url_meta":{"origin":8304,"position":1},"title":"State Minister for Karamoja Nandutu sleeps in Kira Police cells  , to be produced in court and charged in Mabaati national scandal","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"April 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Police is holding State Minister for Karamoja Agnes Nandutu who will spend a night at Kira police station and is expected to be produced in court and charged for diverting iron sheets meant for the vulnerable communities in Karamoja region and abuse of office. 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