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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Court has denied bail to former Kampala Mayoral Contestant Muhammed Kasule, accused of defrauding individuals of over 500m shillings in gold scam.
Last week Kasule appeared before Buganda Road Court and faced three counts of obtaining money by false pretences, was then remanded to Luzira prison.
On Tuesday he was produced before Chief Magistrate, James Eremye who ruled on his bail application and described Kasule as a flight risk who is likely to abscond once released.
Magistrate Eremye then adjourned the matter to May 09, for Kasule’s trial to start.
Resident State Attorney Jonathan Muwaganya, informed Court that inquiries into Kasule’s case are complete and that there is no way he can be granted bail when he deliberately refused to surrender his two Ugandan passports to police.
Prosecution intends to adduce evidence to prove that Kasule on June 26, 2017 in Kampala, with intent to defraud obtained $48000 which was transferred to his bank account at KCB Main branch Kampala, from Florence Kiremerwa account at Eco Bank, Kampala falsely pretending that he was selling two kilograms of gold whereas not.
It is further alleged that on August 31, 2017 in Kampala with intent to defraud, Kasule obtained $79,990 which was sent to his bank account through inward SWIFT from Richards in USA, falsely pretending that he was selling to him 25kilograms of gold.
Florence Kiremerwa, the special Presidential assistant on diaspora connected 54 year-old American gold dealer Richard Richards with former Kampala mayoral aspirant Muhammed Kasule also known as Leon in the US in June, 2017.
