Jinja Road Police are searching for a runaway man and his wife for impersonating Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), employees to con a bishop of UGX 700 million in a fake television licensing deal.

The suspects include Kabanda Jeddy Daniel, who is on the run and his Namalwa Rita, who is currently in custody at Jinja Road Police.

The duo dealt a fake license deal to Bishop Musisi Kiwanuka Griva, the lead pastor of Prayer Palace Ministries and director of Dunamis Broadcasting Services, the company behind Dunamis Radio .

According to Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Deputy police spokesman, the Bishop had applied to the UCC for a license to operate a television station, on February 06,2023 and April 03 2023as required under section 23 of the UCC Act.

In May 2023, Irene Kaggwa Ssewankambo, then the Acting Executive Director of UCC, authorized the licensing process for Dunamis Television.

During this time, Musisi was introduced to Kabanda Jeddy Daniel, who allegedly posed as a telecommunication engineer working with UCC. Kabanda’s wife, Namalwa , presented herself as the personal assistant to the UCC’s former executive director.

However, the suspects convinced Bishop Musisi to transfer UGX 150 million to Kabanda for what they claimed were necessary payments for the television license. In total, Musisi ended up paying over UGX 700 million in forged invoices and receipts that were purportedly issued by UCC.