Fraudster Remanded on Charges of Obtaining Money by False Pretense

The State House Anti-Corruption Unit together with Uganda Police Force have arraigned a fraudster to KCCA Chief Magistrates Court. The suspect identified as Rusoke Elijah Martin is on charges of obtaining money by false pretence and conspiracy to commit a felony. He has been remanded until  12/09/2023.

According to information availed by the prosecution, Rusoke is part of a group that allegedly defrauded Kenyan Nationals USD 361,151 approximately over UGX1.37B. The Kenyan investors own a company dealing in the supply of electrical appliances for big projects.

In 2022, Rusoke and others still at large allegedly presented themselves as members of the National Resistance Movement NRM Special contracts committee on Presidential tasks, a nonexistent committee claiming that the Kenyans had won a contract to supply generators in various hospitals that were allegedly under construction in the country.