After spending 20 days in the hands of Special Forces Command -SFC, Fr Deusdidit Ssekabira, has been charged with money laundering in Masaka Chief Magistrate’s Court. Fr Ssekabira, according to the charge sheet, received 500 million shillings alongside others still at large and its destination or activities were not known in the period between 2023 and 2025.
Fr Ssekabira, was abducted by soldiers on December 03 and two weeks later, Uganda People’s Defence Forces, through Col Chris Magezi, confirmed his abduction. Col Magezi claimed that Fr Ssekabira had been apprehended on acts of subversion. Reports indicated that he was harboring a weapon which was never seen by anyone.
To the public shock, Fr Ssekabira has been charged with money laundering and not acts of subversion the army said he was being held for. Reports circulating on social media have revealed that Fr Ssekabira was framed by one of his sisters who had mismanaged a school funded by donors based in Europe.
Fr Ssekabira, reported paid off the loans the sister had acquired using the school land title and it was on the verge of being taken over by moneylenders. However, Fr Ssekabira’s sister did not admit her mismanagement which was threatening the school’s existence yet it was set up to take care of disadvantaged children.
Reports indicate that Fr Ssekabira was framed by the sister after denying her any chances of managing the school which she had handed over to moneylenders after failing to clear their money. Through powerful connections, the sister conspired with security commanders in police and military and they abducted Fr Ssekabira and kept him incommunicado for 23 days.