Uganda: Bukenya Loses Seat As Kutesa, Nasasira Are Summoned

Anti-corruption activists yesterday welcomed criminal summonses issued against three senior Cabinet ministers on charges of abuse of office and causing financial loss in relation to a Shs14 billion spent during the Chogm summit.

Ms Irene Akankwasa, the chief magistrate at the Anti-Corruption Court, issued the summonses against Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa, Government Chief Whip John Nasasira and junior minister for Labour Mwesigwa Rukutana--all previously thought to be well-connected individuals in President Museveni's government.

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