Uganda, April 8 -- The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has convicted former State Minister for Karamoja Affairs, Agnes Nandutu, for dealing with suspect property after she diverted thousands of metal roofing sheets intended for vulnerable communities in the country's impoverished Karamoja Sub-region.

The former Bududa Woman MP and TV journalist was found guilty on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, putting an end to her prosecution three years after she first appeared in court on April 19, 2023 following what has popularly become Karamoja iron sheets scandal in which several senior government officials and top members of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) were implicated for illegal possession and diversion of government iron sheets m...