By Editorial,
Police in Kampala have arrested a 36-year-old man who targeted churches by faking the death of his daughter to get condolence money.
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, SP Racheal Kawala said Mr. David Ashabahebwa, a resident of Nsambya Kirombe zone, Makindye division in Kampala was arrested on Sunday after asking for condolence money while at St.Stephen Church of Uganda in Nsambya and one his victims identified him as a conman.
According to SP Kawalya, on the fateful day towards the end of the service, he informed the reverend and the church congregation that he had lost his nine-year-old daughter but while at the church, he was identified by another reverend from Gayaza who had attended church that day. The suspect is currently being detained at Kabalagala Police Station. END
