What UMEME Isn’t Telling You in HON. Tayebwa’s Case.
By Keefa Nuwahereza
A video footage emerged on Friday 28th August,
2020, of an impostor claiming to represent UMEME being flogged at a site in
Busabala. Later, it turned out the incident had happened on 26th August, and
the manager of the site, Kelly Mucunguzi, had reported the matter to
Police.
In what appears to be a well-orchestrated extortion
scheme, two unidentified con-men claiming to represent UMEME had gone to Hon.
Thomas Tayebwa’s site in Busabala, apparently to disconnect electricity. Hon.
Tayebwa who was on the site, and had previously suffered from previous scams,
advised his workers to administer a few strokes of the cane to the trespasser.
Since the Police didn’t help in the previous matter, he was reluctant to report
the matter again.
Unknown to Hon. Tayebwa ...