The anti-corruption court has ordered the lawyer representing Karamoja affairs minister, Mary Goretti Kitutu to produce her in court to answer charges in relation to causing financial loss of 1.5billion shillings.

Senior principal grade one magistrate Abert Asiimwe has directed lawyer Jude Byamukama to ensure that Kitutu appears in court to plead to the charges.

Asiimwe says Byamukama should take all the necessary steps and compel his client to honour the court directives.

In his ruling yesterday, Asiimwe ordered Byamukama to present Kitutu at the next courts sitting on March 19^th, 2024.

The directives and summons were issued after Byamukama informed court that Kitutu is sick.

On February 19^th, 2024, Justice Jane Okuo Kajuga dismissed Kitutu’s application in which she had sought to have the trial blocked on grounds that the charges arose from the same facts.

Kajuga in her ruling said there is no connection between the act that constitute the transactions in the alleged diversion of iron sheets and peace building activities.