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Ugandan cabinet minister Mary Goretti Kitutu is to be charged with corruption after three of her family members were arrested for selling building materials bound for the poor.
Uganda’s public prosecutor’s office is to charge a minister with corruption over the theft of metal roofing sheets earmarked to help people in the restive northeastern Karamoja region.
Prosecution of ministers for corruption is rare in Uganda, where the misappropriation of public funds and materials is routine.
A remote region bordering Kenya and South Sudan, Karamoja is home to pastoral nomads vulnerable to…
