Wow!!
Mr. Bigambwa, be carefull, I hope you dont get in trouble.
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>Subject: [Ugnet] Ofwono Opondo Caught Shoplifting Underwear !!
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>Ofwono Opondo in shoplifting scandalBy Simon KasyateKAMPALA � The Director of Information at the Movement Secretariat, Mr Ofwono Opondo, was on Saturday fined for suspected shoplifting.
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>Sources at Uchumi Supermarket told The Monitor yesterday that security personnel at Garden City Mall stopped Opondo in the parking lot after he had walked off with undeclared underwear and a pen.
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>Opondo, also the spokesman of the National Resistance Movement, has denied the shoplifting charges, although he has admitted that he was involved in a small incident at the store.
>Sources at the supermarket said Opondo arrived at the store at 11:30 a.m. and bought a bottle of mineral water. After paying, the source said, he found his way back to the shopping floor.
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>�He moved around and went to the stall for underwear, picked one and put it in his trouser pocket,� said a security officer who was monitoring the shoppers. �He then moved round again and stopped at a stall for pens where he picked one and placed it in his shirt pocket.�
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>When he was through, Opondo allegedly strode out and headed for the parking lot.
>Security personnel followed and got him. They reportedly told him that he had undeclared and unpaid for items from the store.
>An officer said, a visibly shocked and embarrassed Opondo obliged and was escorted to Garden City�s security office.
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>�He was asked to make a statement which he did using a different name and asked to pay the fine,� said another security officer at Garden City who preferred anonymity.
>�But before writing the statement, he was searched and found to be armed; this raised suspicion,� the security officer added.
>Opondo reportedly did not reveal his exact identity until his identity card was found on him.
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>�Another colleague walked in at that time and said he knew this man from the newspapers and he had just been on Capital Gang,� said the security officer.
>Opondo is a panelist on the Capital Radio talk-show which is aired every Saturday morning. He was, however, not on the show on Saturday.
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>The security officer added that Opondo pleaded with management and the Chief Security Officer on duty, Mr Eliab Bigambwa, to allow him use a different name and keep quiet about the incident.
>He reportedly recorded his statement under the name John Okello.
>The Monitor was unable to get a comment from Bigambwa.
>In the statement, Opondo reportedly claimed it was an oversight not to pay for the items.
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>He was handed a fine, calculated at ten times the cost price of the item shoplifted.
>The underwear costs Shs13,100 while the pen costs Shs3,000.
>�He was asked to pay Shs131,000, which he did by pulling out three new Shs50,000 notes and he immediately walked out without even waiting for the balance,� said a security officer who was present.
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>It was not clear why he was not billed the fine for the pen which would have increased the figure by Shs 30,000.
>Opondo confirmed to The Monitor that he had indeed been at Uchumi on Saturday, but he denied the shoplifting claims. �Yes I was there and I did my routine shopping,� he said. �I went past the register inadvertently with a Bic pen which was in my shirt pocket, but I didn�t get out of the building. I was called back and we sorted the matter.�
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>Opondo added: �I have no guilt about forgetting to pay for such small items.�
>The Uchumi management neither confirmed nor denied the incident.
>�We get shoplifters everyday, but our interest is not who they are in society,� said an official who declined to be named. �Our interest is to recover the goods and have the fine paid.�
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>Pressed hard on the details around the incident involving Opondo, the officer replied, �No comment.�
>When asked if they registered a shoplifter under the names of John Okello, the officer said: �That was an internal matter that we resolved. Whether or not we were cheated on name, that is not our interest since the goods were recovered and the fine paid.�
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>According to Uchumi�s policy, a person apprehended for shoplifting is charged a fine ten times the cost of the items. The lifted items are retained by the store.
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