By Angel Lubowa
Kampala
A Kenyan national is among a groupof Kampala gold scamners who terrorise unsuspectinginvestors by stealing millions from them.
But the SHACU and other anti graft agencies are determined to hunt them down and bring them to book.
On Friday the agency and other sister groups including the police and the DPP charged Elizabeth Esther Steenkamp, a Kenyan national, and Managing Director of Washa Lidjiwe Inv estments Limited, at the Makindye Chief Magistrate’s Court with Obtaining Money by False Pretence and Conspiracy to Commit a Felony.
She denied the charges and was remanded until 28/10/2025.
It was alleged that between June and August 2025, at Plot 244 Bemba Road, Munyonyo, Makindye Division, Kampala District, Elizabeth Esther Steenkamp and others still at large, conspired to defraud American businessman Vladimir Toussaint Yvens of USD 255,650 under the pretext that they would facilitate the export of 46 kilograms of gold from Kampala, Uganda, to New York, USA.
The accused and others still at large convinced the investor to remit the funds, claiming it was necessary to cover declaration fees, government royalties, and documentation for the gold export. However, despite receiving the funds, the gold was never exported, and the suspects reportedly ceased all communication with the investor.