Iron Sheets Scandal: Minister Lugolobi Released On UGX 10 Million Cash Bail
State Minister for Finance and Economic Planning dubbed MP for Ntenjeru North, Amos Lugolobi has been released on a cash bail of Ugx10m.
Lugolobi who has been in jail for a full week is among those who benefited from Karamoja iron sheets bonanza and is said to have used these iron sheets to roof a shed for animals on his farm.
The Ntenjeru North MP had reportedly received up to 600 iron sheets said to be part of relief material that the government procured through the Office Prime Minister (OPM) for vulnerable populations in Karamoja, Teso, Northern Uganda, Luweero Triangle, Bunyoro sub-regions.
Meanwhile, he later unroofed the shed saying these were evil iron sheets.
“I have realized that these iron sheets are evil and I no longer need them. Let me remove it so that I buy other iron sheets and re-roof my shed so that no one can lay claim that I owe them anything on my property,” he is quoted to have said.
The release of Lugolobi comes a day after Anti Corruption Court remanded another suspect in this scandal, Agnes Nandutu, the Women Member of Parliament for Bududa district.
The Anti-Corruption Court grade one magistrate, Esther Asiimwe, said she could not hear her bail application following her committal thus committing her to high court.
