By Nanteza Ruth Walusimbi
IGANGA
Police in Iganga, in collaboration with the UPDF Defence Intelligence Security team, have apprehended six suspects for their alleged involvement in fraud and impersonation.
The operatives targeted a criminal gang of impersonators who were misusing the name of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, as well as that of Natasha Karugire, the President’s daughter, to defraud individuals across various districts in the country.
Busoga East Regional Police Spokesperson ASP Kasadha Micheal said that on Thursday 2nd July,2026 at approximately 12:00 PM, an intelligence-led operation was executed, resulting in the arrest of six male suspects and nine mobile phones, which were used by the impersonators recovered.
The suspects are Mugudya Mustafa 17,Maganda Murishidi 18,Waiswa Muhammad 21, Kaima Jamiru 17, Mulawa Shafick 17, and Ngobi Sabath 15,all residents of Nandekula A village, Bulubandi parish, Nakigo Sub County, Iganga District.
The recovered mobile phones contained numerous fraudulent accounts, including a counterfeit youth development application fund purportedly headed by Natasha K. Museveni.
The suspects have admitted to utilizing various accounts to perpetrate their fraudulent activities.
By press time, the suspects had been transported to Jinja Road Police station by the Defence Intelligence Security team for further management.
