By Editorial
The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has granted a cash bail of 10 million Shillings to the State Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Hon. Amos Lugoloobi.
Court presided over by the Acting Senior Principal Magistrate Grade One Abert Asiimwe today granted bail to Lugoloobi following a successful application by his lawyers which was filed on Monday.
It is alleged that Lugoloobi while at the Office of the Prime Minister Stores in Namanve in Mukono District and at different places in Matuga, Wakiso District, and Ntenjeru North Constituency in Kayunga District dealt with government property that is 700 pre-painted iron sheets marked ‘Office of the Prime Minister.
According to the prosecution, the said iron sheets which were reportedly acquired as a result of loss of property an offense under section 10 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Court were obtained in two phases. The lawyers also told Court that Lugoloobi is hypertensive, has type two diabetes, Dyslipidemia, and also suffers from coronary heart disease, and is fresh from a heart surgery he underwent on July 14th, 2022. END