The Minister of State for Finance (Planning) Amos Lugoloobi was arrested last evening and detained at Kira Division Police Station.
Lugoloobi becomes the second minister to be arrested over relief iron sheets meant for the people of Karamoja.
He reportedly received 600 iron sheets.
Shockingly, he used some of them to roof a shed for his goats on his farm located in Misanga Village, Bbaale Sub-county in Kayunga District.
“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 said.
He will reportedly be produced before the court on Monday, April 17.
Last week, Karamoja Affairs Minister Mary Goretti Kitutu became the first suspect to be formally charged in court and remanded on charges of conspiracy to defraud and causing loss of public property.
However, she was on Friday, April 14, released on bail after spending eight days in custody.
22 ministers, 31 MPs, and 13 district administrative officers have also been implicated in the scandal, in addition to Vice President Jessica Alupo, Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, and Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja.
President Yoweri Museveni vowed to take political action on those found guilty of taking iron sheets meant for the vulnerable people in Karamoja.
