Tell Us The Criteria You Used To Apply Sanctions On Our Government Officials, Foreign Ministry Asks UK Government.

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May 3, 2024 - 22:12

May 4, 2024 - 11:47

Tell Us The Criteria You Used To Apply Sanctions On Our Government Officials, Foreign Ministry Asks UK Government.

On 3oth April 2024, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the Speaker of Parliament Rt Hon.Anita Annet Among ant two former Karamoja ministers Mary Goretti Kitutu and Agnes Nandutu who are currently still on charges of mishandling iron sheets used for roofing and infrastructure from a Ugandan government-funded project aimed at housing some of the most vulnerable communities in the region, providing them to prominent politicians and their families instead.

However, the sanctions have sparked mixed reactions among government arms like the legislature and the executive where the Ministry of Internal affair has issued a statement indicating its intention to engage with the British High Commission in Uganda and the Government of the United Kingdom on this matter if the sovereignty remains a conditional principal in the bilateral relations between the two countries.

The statement from the Ministry of Internal Affairs signed by Hon John Mugimba who is in charge of regional affairs stated that the two ministers on the charges of iron sheets remain under resumption of innocence until proven guilty.

Earlier on Speaker Among noted that she doesn't need a VISA to her home district Bukedea and is not shaken by the sanctions.

''Am told that I have so many assets in the UK and lots of accounts in the UK. Unfortunately, I have only been to the UK once. I don't even have a pussycat in the UK. I am not worried. And if they feel that I have property, go ahead and freeze them and see if I will complain.

Even a pussycat, you can freeze it"- Speaker Anita Among said.

Ugandan government also stated that the speaker of Parliament is not among those prosecuted and therefore Uganda seeks to find the rationale for the actions taken by the British government in this sanction designation.