KAMPALA – The Ministry of Internal Affairs has confirmed the arrest of a Ugandan suspected international drug kingpin and serial impersonator, along with two foreign associates, for serious offences including drug trafficking.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The primary suspect, Mr. Mugisha Keith King, a resident of Nsasa Cell in Kira Municipality and originally from Gasiza Parish, Nyakabande Sub-county in Kisoro District, was presented to the media on April 6, 2026.
Authorities have also detained two Nigerian associates, Ikemefuna Testimony Udo and Ikemefuna Anointing, in connection with the racket.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesperson, Simon Peter Mundeyi, stated that the operation was triggered by an Interpol alert combined with public tip-offs about suspicious behavior.
Investigators are now examining Mr. Mugisha’s deep ties to serious organised crime, including large-scale illicit drug trafficking and document fraud.
Mundeyi revealed that Mugisha is no ordinary suspect, having been convicted in 2010 after being arrested at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport with cocaine shipped from Brazil.
He served 12 years in a Kenyan prison. Yet he remains an internationally wanted criminal to this day and was arrested following an intelligence-led operation targeting a sophisticated criminal network operating out of Kampala.
Upon searching his home and business in Kampala, security forces recovered a gun, live ammunition, multiple foreign passports, fake IDs, military attire, and forged presidential letterhead.
Investigators say Mugisha led an elaborate double life, using luxury vehicles with illegal sirens and wearing military uniforms to masquerade as a presidential official or armed forces member.
He even forced his gateman to wear camouflage at his Nsasa residence and, in a brazen move, posed as a diplomat with a signpost reading “Ambassador’s Residence” outside his home.
The authorities have confirmed that Mugisha’s spouse, a Nigerian national identified as Ms. Ikemefuna Winner Chekwubechukwu, fraudulently acquired a Ugandan National ID under the name Mugisha Winner Chekwubechukwu with his assistance.
She is currently on the run in Brazil, and security agencies are working with international partners to arrest her and other at-large members of the network.
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