Electoral Commission Chairman Badru Kiggundu.

The electoral commission has issued a warning against fraudsters whom they say use the name of the body to mislead the unsuspecting members of the public especially on the on-going nullification of results for Members of Parliament by  Courts.

In a press release to journalists, the acting EC Chairperson, Dr. Joseph Biribonwa said they had received reports of a one Moses Kanaruchiko whom he said had been masquerading as an ‘Inspector of Elections’ to fleece unsuspecting members of the public.

“We do not have any staff in the names of Moses Kanaruchiko on our team. Furthermore, the position of ‘Inspector of Elections’ does not exist in the Electoral Commission structure and Kanaruchiko’s business card is a forgery, which has been designed to take advantage of unsuspecting members of the public,” the notice signed by Dr.Joseph N.Biribonwa, the acting Chairperson, Electoral Commission.

Recent months have seen Courts throw out a number of MPs a majority from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) for mostly having insufficient academic papers and failure to adhere to electoral guidelines by some candidates among the outstanding issues.

There has also been a public debate on the criteria the National Resistance Movement Electoral Commission together with the National Council of High Education (NCHE) used to verify academic papers for MP candidates whom Courts later found to be lucking the minimum A ‘Level Certificate as a prerequisite for vying as an MP.

This situation has in most cases caused friction with the NRM Electoral Commission and the NCHE with each denying responsibility for the mess.

Biribonwa warned the public not to deal with fraudsters like Kanaruchiko without ascertaining whether they are indeed officers of the commission.

Kanarachiko has since been arrested and a file opened against him at Jinja road police station under reference number; 97/11/07/2016