U.S. Bars Ugandan Officials Over Corruption and Human Rights Violations

The U.S. State Department has banned five current and former Ugandan officials from entering the United States due to significant corruption and gross violations of human rights. The designated individuals include Uganda's Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, three former ministers, and a high-ranking military official.

The U.S. State Department said on Thursday that it has designated five current and former Ugandan officials for their alleged involvement in "significant corruption or gross violations of human rights," making them effectively ineligible to enter the U.S.

In a statement, the department said the designation applied to Uganda's Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, former minister of Karamoja Affairs Mary Goretti Kitutu, former Minister of State for Karamoja Affairs Agnes Nandutu, Minister of State for Finance Amos Lugolobi and former Deputy Chief of the Ugandan Peoples’ Defence Forces Peter Elwelu.