Over 3000 Scammed Pastors Cry Out to Museveni for Delayed Sh 6billion Compensation
Over 3000 Ugandan Pastors from across the different regions of the country are frustrated over delayed compensation for their money they lost in a scam by a one Pastor Siraje Ssemambo (dealing with some gov’t officials).
It should be noted that the victims of this case led by Steven Naaya of Host Centre Ministry who were defrauded of money to a tune of over shs4billion in non-existent promises, met President Yoweri Museveni in November 2020 and promised to compensate them about shs 6billions, including cars and a house to the former, a pledge which hasn’t been fulfilled.
The group which also included whistleblowers met the President at the Morulinga State Lodge in Karamoja.
“I met with the victims who lost billions of shillings to a one Pastor Siraje Ssemambo (dealing with some gov’t officials) in the name benefiting from government programs. I condemn this act and therefore direct that whoever was involved in this scam is arrested henceforth,”Museveni tweeted after the meeting.
Meeting in Kampala at Sheraton hotel last week, the Victims who travelled from various regions of the country cried out to President Yoweri Museveni, seeking his intervention in the delayed compensation.
Bishop Godfrey Guloba from Elgon region says they have patiently waited for the fulfilment of the President’s pledge and most of the offices they went too have promised to execute their matter but in vain.
The Victims added that the fraudsters up state agents under the disguise of connecting them to meet President Museveni to woo for him voters in the 2021 general election but ended up swindling their money.
Steven Naaya of Host Centre Ministry, asked President Museveni to intervene in the matter and provide them with security claiming that they are receiving threats from anonymous people and some of their colleagues were being arrested for purportedly supporting opposition NUP Party, a matter we could not independently verify by press time.
The matter started when a whistleblower petitioned the State House Anti-Corruption Unit following a scam in which over hundreds people lost huge sums of money in a non-existent deal where they had been promised among others trips abroad, benefits from government programs under Operation Wealth Creation and bursaries for their children.
Consequently, Pastor Siraje Ssemanda was arrested as he tried to flee the country whereas self-styled pastor Mondo Mugisha and singer Catherine Kusasira were quizzed by the State House Anit-Corruption unit.
According to petitioners, the group collected money from followers under the pretext of organizing trips for them to South Africa and Israel under the umbrella Hands across the World Initiative Uganda.Whereas the followers from different churches paid millions, the trips never materialized.
For example in Tororo, 20 people paid Shs 910,000, 15 people paid Shs 950,000 and 15 paid Shs 1 million each.
The victims say they have been supporters of President Museveni, NRM government and campaigned for the party even without meeting the President in the past, but they were duped by the two pastors into paying to meet the president.
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