Agnes Nandutu

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Agnes Nandutu
Bududa District, Uganda
Bumwali Primary School Bbulo Girls Secondary SchoolBlucheke Secondary School
Institute of Journalism and Media studies
Politician, journalist
journalism
Justin Khainza
Independent

Agnes Nandutu is a Ugandan journalist, politician and former State Minister Karamoja affairs In 2020, she participated in the National Resistance Movement Party primaries which she lost to incumbent Woman MP Justin Khainza, and in the 2021 general election, running as an independent, she was elected Women's Representative for Bududa District.

Nandutu was born in Bududa District, Uganda. She belongs to the Bantu ethnic group who are the Gisu people. Nandutu attended Bumwali Primary School for her elementary school education and sat her primary seven here. She then joined Bbulo Girls’ Secondary SchoolShe studied in Uphill College Mbuya where she sat for Senior four and 6 in 2015, though she failed senior 6 and repeated in 2017.She then studied at Bubuulo Girls' Secondary School. She completed her high school education at Blucheke Secondary School.

In 1997, she joined Radio Uganda as a reporter. Later, she pursued a diploma in Journalism at Uganda Institute of Journalism and Media studies. She worked at Daily Monitor as a freelance reporter. Between 2002 and 2008, Nandutu worked at Impact FM as a staff reporter before she joined NTV Uganda. She was a senior political reporter at NTV Uganda. Nandutu was also a moderator and a speaker for NTV citizen debate show called "The People’s Parliament." She served as the president of the Parliamentary Journalist's Association from 2011 to 2016. She scripts and narrates the Popular satire Friday segment called Point Blank on NTV Uganda. In 2011, she received a Christmas gift from The Observer for her NTV show, Point Blank.

During her election as the woman member of parliament of Bududa District, she was appointed as the State Minister of Karamoja from 2016-2021. On the 19th April, 2023 Karamoja's iron sheets sage came out pointed out that between June and July 2022, Nandutu received iron sheets which was part of Shs39.94 billions supplementary from the Office of the Prime Minister and were meant for the Karamoja's communities but rather kept them in her private store in Mukono and the judge Justice Jane Kajuga said in the court that this was illegitimate and illicit. Following the court's ruling of Wednesday 8th of April 2026, she was found guilty and deserves imprisonment for seven years. She was told remanded in Luzira Prison after her bail was cancelled and told to appear on court to receive her final judgement.On Friday, 10th April 2026, Nandutu appeared to the court and apologized to the government and the Ugandans for this illicit committment and pubically said since the court found her guilty, she should be served lighter judgement since she is taking care of her 80 years old indisposed mother and also parenting several childrens while paying their school dues and proved that she is the only family member who is able and capable for this work. She added that she has been suffering from lung blood clot that made her collapse severally.

Alet Innocent who was the Senior state attorney said that the culprit deserve 10 years band from holding public offices since at the time of offence, she was holding the office. He then added 3.2 million Uganda shillings fine, which have weights as 160 currency points as accepted by law. But the judge argued and said that Nandutu is the first time offender of such.

In 2017, Nandutu was denied accreditation to cover the Ugandan parliament by the organization's communications director.

In 2020, during the parliamentary campaigns, Nandutu was tasked to present her husband, something she did not do and instead asked the electorate over the radio to find her a suitor and implored them to focus on effective representation instead of marriage. The marriage issue was contentious in the public. Nandutu self confessed that she is a mother of seven children though she wished not to divulge more details about it while on an interview with The Observer newspaper.

On 10 April 2026, the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court of Uganda sentenced Nandutu to a prison sentence of four years on account of having beinng convicted of mis-appropriation of government-owned iron sheets intended for distribution to immpoverished communities in the Karamoja sub-region.

On April 30, 2024, the UK's Foreign Office announced personal sanctions against Agnes Nandutu and another high Ugandan official under its Global Anti-Corruption sanctions regime for their involvement in significant corruption in relation to illegal appropriation of thousands of iron sheets allocated for housing of the poorest communities in the Karamoja region as part of a government-funded project, making her a subject to an asset freeze and a travel ban.

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