Remanded Minister Amos Lugoloobi Returns to Court for Bail Hearing
Mr. Amos Lugoloobi, the state minister for planning, returned to the Anti-Corruption Court in Kololo, Kampala, on Thursday for a ruling on his bail application following his arrest on Friday.
The minister spent the weekend in police custody before his Monday court appearance.
The magistrate remanded him to Luzira prison because he needed more time to review his bail application documents.
The member of parliament for Ntenjeru North is one of the three ministers who have been charged in court thus far in connection with the scandal that has President Museveni’s administration scrambling to save face in the face of public outrage over rising corruption and abuse of office among government officials.
Mary Goretti Kitutu, minister of Karamoja Affairs, was the first to face court and detention in Luzira, where she was held until Friday, April 14, when she was released on an Shs10 million cash bail.
She is jointly charged with her younger brother, Mr. Michael Naboya Kitutu, and Mr. Joshua Abaho, the senior assistant secretary of the Ministry of Karamoja Affairs in the Office of the President and Cabinet.
Agnes Nandutu, the State Minister for Karamoja Affairs, was charged and remanded yesterday.
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She will appear before the magistrate on May 3, 2023, to discuss her superior court trial.
Section 21A of the 2009 Anti-Corruption Act charged Mr. Lugoloobi and Ms. Nandutu with dealing with suspicious property.
The 2009 Anti-Corruption Act Section 21A
Managing suspicious property
(1) A person who deals with property that he or she believes or has reason to believe was acquired as a result of an offense under this Act commits an offense and is liable, upon conviction, to a maximum fine of 160 currency points or a maximum term of imprisonment of seven years, or both.
(2) For purposes of subsection (1), a person deals with the property if that person—
(a) holds, receives, or conceals the property;
(b) enters into a transaction about the property or causes such a transaction to be entered into;
(c) removes the property from the court’s jurisdiction to assist another person in avoiding confiscation of the property.
[section 21A added by section 3 of 2015 Act 21]
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