The Uganda police has warned Ugandans to be alert and avoid dalling victim of conmen promising jobs and meetings with big government officials.
The Police Spokesperson, Judith Nabakooba says many people are falling victim of conmen promising them jobs, tenders and meeting ministers or even the President.
She says the police is investigating 10 suspected conmen arrested over the weekend for allegedly fleecing money from over 6000 Ugandans from different parts of the country.
Nabakooba says that the ten suspects including their leader Yusuf Kasaja were arrested in Ndeeba after collecting money from a group of 6000 people they had convinced that they were to attend the launch of the Uganda Movement Volunteers Association to be presided over by President Yoweri Museveni at Kololo Airtstrip.
Nabakooba said that arrests were made after Police found the 6000 people trying to access Kololo Airstrip for the event yet the authorities in charge of the venue had not been contacted by the organizers of the said event.
Cautioning the public against joining the mushrooming organisation without sufficient information, Nabakooba said that police learnt that the some victims had to sell their properties back home to raise fees for registration, a T-shirt and transport fares.
Without mention the expenses meant, the police spokesperson also noted that the police had to feed the hungry 6000 people before transporting them back to their respective districts.
Nabakooba revealed that police is now seeking for a court order to investigate the accounts of the Uganda Movement Volunteers Association as to ascertain the amount of money fleeced from the unsuspecting Ugandans
