SH-CU At Work! City Pastor Arrested For Obtaining Money By False Pretence

By Spy Uganda

Earlier today, the State House Anti Corruption Unit (SH-CU) working with Uganda Police arraigned Siribaleka Aaron alias Bishop, of Pentecostal Church in Kampala, also a Chief Director of the Youth Vulnerable Children and Orphans Alliance Africa, on charges of obtaining money by false pretence at Mbale Chief Magistrates Court.

The accused between the years 2018 and 2019 in the Bugisu region with an intent to defraud, used his organization and obtained over UGX 390M from pastors, parents and prospective businessmen.

He used his organization to make pastors, parents and prospective businessmen pay money through Child Development Centres (CDCs) with a promise of scholarships and capital for business among others.

Before the above, Siribaleka addressed several pastors at Hotel 100 Mbale on a two-day training where Muniala Fred was later elected as the station Manager of Mbale.

During the two-day conference the pastors were informed that to benefit from YVCO projects, they had to register YVCO CDCs in their communities under some terms and conditions including getting a constitution at the cost of the CDC, each member to pay 30,000/= for membership, each child to pay for 27,500/- for Primary Education Saving Account (PESA), 37,500/= for Secondary Education Saving Account (SESA) and 54,000/= for Higher Institution Saving Account (HISA).

Each of the registered parents was to pay 25,000/= for a parent and student PAS Card and each child would pay 250,000/= for a job after training.

The Bishop also urged the pastors to encourage interested parents to pay processing fees for sponsorship in various organisations i.e. 185,000/- per child for Next Generation Global Education (NGGE) Freedom Covenant Global Ministries (FCGM), Income Generation.

Now, on 3rd September 2020, Muniala Fred and other victims petitioned the State House Anti-Corruption Unit seeking for interventions which saw it swinging into action and arrested Bishop Siribaleka.

”The victims paid the money through Child Development Centres (CDCs) with promises of education grants, scholarships, jobs after training and capital for their business among other activities which never materialized,” says the Unit. ”He has been remanded until 25/09/2024.”