Man posing as a State House official arrested for defrauding Ugandans

Authorities have arrested a man who has been posing as a State House official.

State House on Monday said Alex Kiyingi has been defrauding unsuspecting Ugandans of money.

The presidential press secretary shared a broadcast message warning the public from dealing with Kiyingi.

Lindah Nabusayi said: "Kiyingi is not an employee of State House and cannot, therefore, purport to act for or on behalf of State House. Uganda Be Woke."

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Local media reports that the suspect tried to extort money from some beneficiaries of President Kaguta Museveni's SACCO projects.

"Kiyingi reportedly introduced himself to these groups as a State House staff member, and asked them to pay him money. He was going around the SACCOs, and telling them he was a State House official sent to supervise their work,” Chimp Reports quotes Nabusayi.

"Afterwards he would ask for an allowance. The group members alerted State House and we sent out a group of people who nabbed him and handed him over to police."