Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court has ordered the arrest of City Pastor Franklin Mugisha Mondo over allegations of fleecing worshipers of more than Shs4.5b in bogus scholarship programmes.

Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu Thursday issued the arrest warrant  after Pastor Mondo failed to show up in court to answer the charges. His lawyer, Mr Robert Lutaro, did not appear either.

Ms Kamasanyu said on January 28,  Mr Lutaro told court that Pastor Mondo did not appear in court that day because he had been taken to South Africa for treatment for Covid-19.

The state prosecutor, Ms Mariam Njuki, told court that Mr Lutaro had promised that Mr Mondo would show up yesterday.
However, when his case file was called up yesterday, Mr Mondo was absent.

“Since criminal summons were extended on January 28 in agreement that his counsel brings him (Mondo) today, but in vain a warrant of arrest is hereby issued to compel him to come to court,” Ms Kamasanyu stated. Court adjourned the case to February 11.

Pastor Mondo is charged with obtaining money by false pretence and conspiracy to commit fraud.