By Weswa Ronnie
BUDAKA
A farmer from Bugezi village, Pepeti Sub County in Budaka district has been arrested by police over allegations of conning over Shs30M from six job applicants.
Umaru Mugode was arrested on Sunday, 24th November, 2024 from him home after six people complained that he collected money from them promising to help them get jobs at Kamuli and Butebo district local government government.
According to Moses Kityo Mwanga, the Bukedi North police commander, between the months of June and October this year, the two districts advertised jobs for different departments wanting Applicants to apply and fill those vacancies.
He says that Mugode convinced the six applicants whose identities, police did not reveal to give him different amounts of money based on the job applied for totaling to 30 million shillings promising to help them get those jobs.
RPC Kityo says that the six failed even to make it to the Shortlist prompting them to report him to police after demanding a refund which he adamantly refusesd to do.
The suspect is currently detained at Budaka Police Station waiting to appear in court of law to answer charges to charges of theft and obtaining money by false pretense.
