The police has dispelled reports doing rounds on social media and some news publications that socialite Sulaiman Mbuga Kabangala (SK Mbuga) had been arrested and repatriated to Sweden, where he is allegedly wanted to answer to fraud charges.
According to Vicent Sekatte, the Interpol Uganda National Central Bureau spokesperson for international relations, the police has not received any request to arrest Mbuga, who is linked to a Shs23 billion fraud case that involves his wife Vivienne Chebet Birungi aka Jalia Mbuga and a Swedish politician Sten Heinsoo.
According to Swedish media, Ms. Birungi allegedly obtained over Euros 6 million from Heinsoo, ostensibly to deliver gold to the latter in Sweden.
However, it is said that on getting the money, Ms. Birungi, a former girlfriend of Heinsoo, relocated to Uganda and allegedly used part of the money to fund her lavish wedding to Mbuga.