Police have completed additional inquiries and closed gaps raised by the public prosecutor regarding investigations into the iron sheet scandal, potentially placing more top officials closer as candidates for arrest and prosecution.

Sources knowledgeable among the criminal investigations that President Museveni ordered, say police have returned all except one or two of the eight files on which the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) asked for additional information and evidence.

Detectives were tasked to record additional statements from potential witnesses, secure more documentary proof and establish owners of beneficiary health and educational institutions, according to multiple officials who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. 

Officials being investigated have reportedly fully cooperated with the police, except one senior female bureaucrat who, after publicly acknowledging receipt of the iron sheets, has made a U-turn to fault her political aide. 

The return of the case files by police means if DPP Jane Frances Abodo is satisfied with the evidence gathered and sanctions preferred charges, a set of ministers and parliamentarians could be arraigned in court soon, ending weeks of silence regarding accountability by officials implicated in the iron sheets scandal.