Less than a week after her incarcerated husband was extradited from Dubai to Denmark on charges of fraud, Ms Angella Vivienne Chebet Mbuga, has also been arrested here in Uganda on charges of money laundering and fraud.
Ms Mbuga was arrested yesterday by Police detectives from her home in Muyenga, and it is reported she tried to run away from the policemen but failed and is currently in the coolers.
Kampala Metropolitan spokesperson Patrick Onyango has confirmed the arrest of Ms Mbuga and said she has been arrested on money laundering charges, but he hasn’t divulged much detail, referring the media to Katwe Police Station where Ms Mbuga is detained. However, there is also speculation that Interpol could be involved in Ms Mbuga’s arrest, with extradition to Sweden also seen as a possibility for the other half of the Mbuga couple that has lived a flashy public life over the past couple of years .
In Sweden Ms Mbuga is wanted in on a case of defrauding 53m Krona (more than Shs22 billion) from her Swedish boyfriend Sten Heinsoo.
“It is understoood that Ms Mbuga is today supposed to be transfered from Katwe Police Station, where she passed the night, to Kibuli Polce Station where her money-laundering case case is being investigated.
Sources in Interpol Uganda have ALSO confirmed that they have an arrest warrant for Ms Chebet.