Police in Kampala have kicked off investigations into circumstances under which Ronald Wambuzi, a former mayoral aspirant for Jinja City North Division is alleged to have obtained money by false pretense in a fake dollar scam.
According to sources at Kabalagala Police Station, one Fredrick Makhoha owns a company that distributes money in form of float to bank agents in various parts of the city.
It is said that on the fateful day on June,26, 2022, when the company distributed the float as was the routine, they sent one Allan Matovu, an employee to pick the money that had been distributed but he never returned.
On arrest, Matovu told detectives that he had shortage in the money collected and that the money had been given to Wambuzi who promised to sell him a black dollar that would later turn genuine.
According to police, armed with phone printouts indicating the two had ever called and met with each other, the search for the former mayoral aspirant for Jinja begun until this week when he gave himself in to police.
Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire confirmed the development, noting that Wambuzi handed over himself to police on Monday. END