Police at Kira Road in Kampala is holding a 24-year-old woman who was arrested on Sunday after she was caught red-handed stealing church offertories.
Judith Nanangwa 24, a resident of Kob Road, Seeta Town was doomed when she this time around tried to steal Shs643,000 from Watoto Church, Ntinda
According to police publicist Fred Enanga, Nanangwa has admitted to the allegations claiming she was doing so to fend for her family after her husband abandoned her with their children.
“The church had made several complaints of the offertory being stolen by unknown people. On Sunday, one church member was observant and saw Nanangwa swapping the offertory bag,” Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga said.
According to police, for several months, offertories have been getting lost and church management was puzzled on who was behind it.
However, after the arrest, Nanangwa admitted to stealing the offertory to fend for her two children.
“She told detectives that she observed the offertory bags, went and manufactured her own that looked similar and would swap the church offertory bags with empty ones she had manufactured,” Enanga said.
Police investigations also found that Nanangwa had several offertory bags at her home from various churches around Ntinda and it is suspected they have always fallen prey to her.
Enanga has urged Churches to be on the lookout for people like her.
Nanangwa has been charged with theft.
