By Ivan Mwine
The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) are hunting for scammers who are using the name of the head of the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), Maj. Gen. Abel Kandiho, to fleece millions of shillings from unsuspecting Ugandans.
The shocking revelation was made Monday by the UPDF spokesperson Brig. Gen. Flavia Byekwaso, who issued a press statement to that effect, revealing that the scammers are purporting to be raising financial assistance for Kandiho to help him fight the sanctions that were slapped on him by the United States of America last year.
Brig. Gen. Byekwaso’s press statement titled ‘FINANCIAL SCAM OF A PURPORTED BAIL OUT FOR MAJ GEN ABEL KANDIHO’ which was released Tuesday evening reads in part thus;
This is to draw the attention of the general public to an ongoing scam by unscrupulous fraudsters claiming to be mobilizing financial support to bail out the Chief of Military Intelligence (CMI) Maj Gen Abel Kandiho in the wake of the questionable sanctions out on him by the Government of the United States of America.
Two (02) such cases have so far been registered and are under forensic investigation. The two fraudsters have allegedly obtained money by false pretenses from unsuspecting friends of Maj Gen Abel Kandiho and members of the public.
The public is hereby put on urgent notice of this fraud/scam and is encouraged to report any such further attempts by the said scammers/fraudsters to security or Law Enforcement Agencies as soon as they suspect any.
