The State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SH-ACU) together with the Police have on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, brought a renowned senior fraudster, Elijah Martin Rusoke, before the KCCA Chief Magistrates Court presided over by HW Edgar Karakier.

Rusoke aged 31 and a resident of Naluvule Nansana municipality in Waskiso district, has been remanded on charges of obtaining money by false pretense and conspiracy to commit a felony.

Rusoke is part of a group that defrauded Kenyan nationals identified as Kuldip Sagoo and James Mirimu a sum of USD 361,151,79, which is over Ugx 1.37Bn.

Preliminary information indicates that, the accused and the victims held several meetings at Parliament and Sheraton Hotel between May and September 2022, where they signed a purported contract worth USD 18Mn.

According to Court, in the same year, Rusoke together with his friends allegedly presented themselves as members of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Special Contracts Committee on Presidential tasks, a non-existent committee claiming, that the Kenyans had won a contract to supply generators in various hospitals that were allegedly under construction in the country.

The charge sheet indicates that, the accused assured the Kenyans that they would be paid 70% of the total contract sum if they paid 2% there. Kenyans put USD 361, 151, and 79 into Musangala Advocates and Solicitors’ accounts.

Reports indicate that, the accused were supposed to pay 70% on September 21, 2022, but went into hiding until some of them, including Rusoke and Muwonge were apprehended.

HW Karakier remanded him until September 12, 2023.

The Kenyan investors own a company that deals in the supply of electrical appliances for big projects.