Ugandan conman found guilty

Yesterday, the Extension Two magistrate Joy Brown-Norman found the Ugandan national Elias Hassaan Ntuyo (41) of swindling a local woman of thousands of Pulas on the promise of increasing the money by magic.

Ntuyo, charged on six counts of obtaining by false pretences, had earlier promised to help the state locate the five missing co-accused.

Ntuyo together with Abbey Kiberu Mubiru, Serwanga John Francis, Abassi Kalyango, Mark Adams Bbale and Kimuli Mubaraka were charged with orchestrating to obtain by false pretences from Selinah Lekwape and Tshwanelo Kitsiso, whom were swindledP68,000. Ntuyo was however charged only on matters relating to Lekwape’s case as Kitsiso admitted that she gave money to other suspects.

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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