Speaker Among orders for arrest conmen who robbed 20M from a man to a help him meet President Museveni

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Speaker Anet Annitah Among

KAMPALA- Speaker Among has directed Kyofatogabye Kabuye, Minister of State for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs, to ensure the arrest of the individual who conned Vincent Ssemugenyi, of Ugx 20M, to help him meet President Museveni.

This followed a concern raised by Kalungu West Joseph Ssewungu who quoted a story from New Vision detailing the scheme in which one of his people from Kalungu district was conned of his money.

Ssewungu said, “There is a gentlemen in Kalungu, Vincent Ssemugenyi but this man was conned by State House operatives to get access to the President and he paid them Shs20M to see the President. I want to know from the Ministry of Presidency, how can somebody who wants to meet the President pay Shs20M? What criteria do they use? This is an old man who is about to die? What is the right price of meeting the President?”

Among said that the President has always said, nobody should be charged money for seeing him if the perpetrator is doing that, then he should be brought to book.

Speaker said that the conmen is not an agent of the President and the money should be refunded back to the person they conned money from,