Karamoja Iron Sheets Scandal: State Minister For Finance Amos Lugoloobi Arrested
State Minister for Finance and Economic Planning who also doubles as the legislator for Ntenjeru North, Amos Lugoloobi has been arrested and is currently detained at Kira Road police station over mismanagement of iron sheets that were meant for Karamoja sub-region.
The development comes hours after Anti Corruption Court released Karamoja Affairs Minister Gorret Kitutu from Luzira prison where she spent a week over the same.
Lugolobi is among those who benefited from Karamoja iron sheets bonanza and he 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 realised 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.
