By Sia Li
Two Ugandans are currently being held by police in Kenya, as they are believed to be part of a gang of five behind a sorcery incident that happened in the coastal city of Mombasa on Wednesday, reports the Daily Monitor.
The Ugandans, Yassin Lokorobe and Ronald Nganga, were on Wednesday charged at the Shanzu Law Court for being in possession of a snake without a valid license from the Kenya Wildlife Service. They are facing separate charges for both being in the country illegally, and operating a business without a valid permit from the Mombasa County Government.
In relation to this dramatic incident, two Kenyans, Patrick Omondi and Musa Ongomu also appeared before the same court over a car theft, and indecent behaviour in public – which included urinating, drinking and dancing naked in Bamburi suburb, Mombasa.
Lokorobe and Nganga are then thought to have posed as “witch doctors” to “heal” the two “mad men” in full public view.
However, car theft victim Elizabeth Sarah Wetabu, who is also a Kenyan, later pleaded guilty to giving false information regarding the crime. Prompting police to now believe that Wetabu, Omondi, Ongomu, Lokorobe and Nganga are all involved in an elaborate act that was set up to deceive passers-by.
Kenya police maintain the Ugandan “witch doctors”, two Kenyans and Wetabu as a group, and suspect them of proposing the incident for attracting public attention and gaining more sorcery business.
