The Minister of State for Finance (Planning) Amos Lugoloobi is said to be in detention following his reported arrest yesterday over relief iron sheets meant for the people of Karamoja.
Lugoloobi is said to have been arrested last evening and detained at Kira Division Police Station as he awaits to be produced in court on Monday.
He’s one of the ministers who received the iron sheets meant for Karamoja sub region.
He reportedly received 600 iron sheets said to be part of relief materials that the government procured through the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) for vulnerable people in Karamoja Sub-region.
Minister Lugoloobi in February this year admitted that he had used some of the iron sheets he received to roof a shed for his goats on his farm located in Misanga Village, Bbaale Sub-county in Kayunga District.
His arrest on Friday happened just hours after he returned part of the said iron sheets he received to the Office the Prime Minister (OPM) stores in Namanve.
Karamoja Affairs Minister, Ms Mary Goretti Kitutu who’s accused of distributing the iron sheets to several ministers, MPs and her relatives was yesterday released on bail after spending eight days in custody.
