Karamoja Affairs Minister Mary Goretti Kitutu has owned up to the mismanagement of iron sheets meant for the vulnerable people in Karamoja Sub-region.

While making a statement before Parliament’s Committee on Presidential Affairs on Friday, Kitutu admitted that some of the iron sheets meant for the region were given outside the region in response to requests.

The committee is currently investigating the mismanagement of relief items in the sub-region.

Kitutu is among the listed beneficiaries of the iron sheets after receiving a quantity of 3,000 pieces.

When the committee chairperson, Jessica Ababiku pressed Kitutu to respond to claims that some of her relatives, including her mother, had received some of the iron sheets, the minister requested to have that particular discussion away from the prying eyes of the media.

The minister then pledged to take the probe’s debate on the mismanagement positively and in a constructive manner so as to better manage the ministry.

Meanwhile, Agnes Nandutu, the junior minister of Karamoja Affairs, admitted to the probe that she was among the beneficiaries of the donations.

The iron sheets according to Nandutu were allocated for households and landslide victims of her region in Bududa but she says they have not been used yet.