Anti-Corruption Court Judge Margaret Tibulya has dismissed a bail application filed by Angella Chebet the wife to city socialite Sulaiman Kabangala also known as SK Mbuga. Chebet was arrested to face charges of fraud, money laundering and obtaining money by false pretence.
Vivian was arrested in late February from the couple’s home in Muyenga and charged with two counts of money laundering and obtaining money by false pretense.
Led by her lawyer Emmanuel Walusimbi, Chebet had applied for bail arguing that she is a law abiding citizen and will report to court whenever she is required to report there.
Appearing before Magistrate, Pamela Lamunu, Chebet’s bail application was rejected for lack of substantial sureties and a record of not complying to bail conditions.
The prosecution alleges that on April 7, 2015, in Kampala, with the intention to defraud, Chebet obtained 153 million Shillings from a Swedish national by falsely pretending that she was facilitating a gold deal. She is also accused of obtaining 168 million Shillings from the same person on April 13, 2015, and an additional 108 million Shillings on May 28, 2015, through her Barclays bank account well knowing that the funds were proceeds of crime.
Chebet was arrested in Sweden, prosecuted and was temporarily released on bail. She was banned from traveling outside that country. However she fled and came back to Uganda.
Her husband SK Mbuga was extradited to Sweden in February after spending almost a year in detention, in the United Arab Emirates over fraud involving Dubai and Oman businessmen.
