Police has cleared the air on the arrest of Angella Vivienne Chebet, the wife of troubled tycoon Sulaiman Kabangala (aka SK) Mbuga, who is wanted in Sweden on a case of defrauding 53m Krona (about Shs20.9billion) from her Swedish boyfriend Sten Heinsoo. Vivinne Chebet who is being held at Katwe Police Station in Kampala was […]
Police has cleared the air on the arrest of Angella Vivienne Chebet, the wife of troubled tycoon Sulaiman Kabangala (aka SK) Mbuga, who is wanted in Sweden on a case of defrauding 53m Krona (about Shs20.9billion) from her Swedish boyfriend Sten Heinsoo.
Vivinne Chebet who is being held at Katwe Police Station in Kampala was arrested on from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation in Kibuli over a case where she allegedly defrauded someone .
Chebet’s arrest came only one week after her husband was extradited to Denmark.
Kampala Metropolitan spokesperson Patrick Onyango had earlier confirmed the arrest but said he did not have details.
“She is being held on a case of money laundering but the details can be obtained from CID headquarters in Kibuli,” Onyango said .
Sources within the police said that Chebet was arrested with authority from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation in Kibuli over a case where she allegedly defrauded someone.
“Yes she was arrested and brought here but as far as I’m concerned, we are only keeping her for the night. She will be taken to Kibuli where the case is being investigated,” a police source that declined to be named said.
However, our sources within Interpol Uganda have confirmed that they have an arrest warrant for Chebet.
“Interpol needs her for fraud and we are going to pick her,” the source revealed.
Meanwhile, Addressing journalists at the central police station this morning, Vicent SSekate,the spokesman of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, explained thus; check out the video
Mbuga was arrested in the United Arab Emirates locked up at the Awiir Central jail in Dubai, a port city on the Persian Gulf, over fraud involving Dubai and Oman businessmen. He now faces another fraud case in Denmark involving $2.6m (about Shs9.5b) in a gold deal gone bad.
Though both the Government of Uganda and the Danish embassy in Kampala have remained tight-lipped over the issue, this website has learnt that there is a growing concern in his family.
Mbuga is known for living a luxurious lifestyle and driving posh cars, but he had reportedly sold off some of his luxurious cars to raise the Shs1.6b he paid to a Dubai and Oman businessmen before he was let off the hook.
Mr Mbuga was held for over one year to pay up before he could be allowed to see a judge for
