Businesswoman accused of fake money possession trial resumes

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The trial of a businesswoman accused of possessing counterfeit currency totalling shillings 40.8 million resumes today, June 19, 2025, at the Anti-Corruption Court in Nakasero, Kampala.

Caroline Tusabe is scheduled to appear before grade one magistrate Esther Asiimwe on charges related to the alleged possession of counterfeit notes.

So far, three prosecution witnesses have testified in the case, including Christine Nabaalani, a detective from the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), who appeared as the second witness.

Nabaalani told the court that she arrested Caroline Tusabe at her residence in Nsambya Zone following a tip-off from a phone tracker who had been hired to locate her, as she was allegedly in hiding.

According to Nabaalani’s testimony, investigations began after a parcel allegedly addressed to Tusabe, bearing her name and telephone contact, was intercepted. She further testified that the parcel, which contained the suspected counterfeit currency, had been sent via a Modern Coast bus. The fake notes were subsequently tendered in court by prosecutor Allan Nkoyoyo as a prosecution exhibit.

Charges

It is alleged that Tusabe, 35, a bar propriator and a resident of  Nsambya in Makindye division, along with others still at large, procured counterfeit Ugandan currency notes in denominations of shillings 50,000 and 10,000 notes from Kenya to Kampala on March 15, 2023, knowing that the notes were prohibited.

Tusabe denied the charge, and she is out on bail.