By Peter Luzinda
KAMPALA
The Masaka priest who was arrested in a dramatic way by the army has been produced in court weeks later after his dention became contentious.
Rev. Fr. Deus Ssekabira was Tuesday charged and remanded over money laundering, contrary to the Anti-Money Laundering Act.
Fr Ssekabira, has been missing for weeks following his abduction by UPDF soldiers from Masaka District early this month.
According to a the charge sheet, Fr Ssekabira and others still at large between 2023 and 2025 at Centenary Bank- Masaka Branch in Masaka District, intentionally concealed or disguised the true ownership of Ugx 500,000,000/= (Five hundred Million Shillings Only) knowing or suspecting such property to be the proceeds of crime.
The presiding magistrate, Abdallah Kayiza, has remanded him until January 21, 2026 stating that his court lacks jurisdiction to hear the case.
UPDF spokesperson Chris Magezi, recently admitted that it was holding him on charges of “violent subversive activities”