The Buganda Road Court has convicted a prominent pastor, and sent hi to jail for two years in jail.
Pastor Sirajje Semanda of the Revival Church in Bombo and Jimmy Arinaitwe, both appeared before Chief Magistrate, Gladys Kamasanyu on Tuesday where they were directed to pay a fine of Shillings 405 million.
The duo was arrested in 2020 for duping over 4 billion Shillings from over 5,000 unsuspecting people including 400 private school owners.
The two started a money-minting project called “Hands Across the World Initiative” and tricked the public into believing that they would offer scholarships to needy kids, offer trips abroad, and connections to get support through Operation Wealth Creation (OWC).
However, when nothing they promised materialized, their victims made noise to the State House Anti-Corruption Unit who netted the criminals.
They first appeared before the Luweero Grade One Magistrate John Paul Obuya on November 17th, 2020 on charges of obtaining money by false pretense contrary to Section 305 of the Penal Code Act and conspiracy to obtain money fraudulently contrary to section 309 of the same code.
The matter was later transferred to Buganda Road Court where the case has been ongoing for the past two years until their conviction on Tuesday 10th January 2023.
