By Executive Editor

President Yoweri Museveni, in a cabinet reshuffle released on Thursday, dropped the Minister for Karamoja Affairs, Mary Gorreti Kitutu, from his cabinet.

Kitutu was implicated in the theft of iron sheets meant for the vulnerable in the Karamoja region.

She has been replaced by Peter Lokeris.

Also dropped from the cabinet is Vicent Ssempijja. Ssempijja has been appointed as a presidential advisor.

He was replaced by Jacob Oboth Oboth as Defense.

Grace Kwicunyi and Harriet Ntabazi, too, have been dropped from the positions of Minister of State (Northern Uganda) and Minister of Trade, respectively.