Uganda's assistant finance minister has been arrested and detained on accusations of diverting metal roofing sheets meant for a relief program in the restive northeastern Karamoja region
Amos Lugoloobi's arrest is the second of a minister in recent weeks over the roofing sheets' diversion.
"The office of the DPP has sanctioned criminal charges against ... Lugoloobi," a police statement on Twitter said. "As a result, he has been arrested and detained...pending court." Critics have long cited the failure to prosecute senior officials allied to President Yoweri Museveni for corruption as evidence his government was unwilling or unable to root out graft.Lugoloobi could not be reached for comment, and his lawyer is not known at the moment.last week with several offences, including "loss of public property" and "conspiracy to defraud" over diversion of iron sheets.
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