South African
Police Service (SAPS) has revealed that two fake Ugandan doctors were denied
bail by the Bafokeng Magistrate Court following their arrest for selling
medical
certificate. The fake Ugandan doctors, James Lwanyaga 48 and his friend
Paul Linton Ssengoba 47 were recently arrested by the Hawks Commercial Crime
Unit in Klerksdorp for contravening the Health Professions Act 54 of 1976.
According to a
SAPS report, the related that 'on three occasions, Lwanyaga and Ssengoba sold
medical certificates to undercover cops for R150, R200 R300 without any form of
examination.
When the Hawks
searched Lwanyaga’s house, nine (9) medical certificates with different
doctors’ names were found and he claimed that Ssengoba was the one supplying
him with certificates.'
However,
members of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) verified that
all nine doctors whose names were written on the medical certificates were
registered with Health Profession but James Lwanyaga and Paul Linton Ssengoba
are not registered doctors.
The fake
doctors will re-appear at the Marikana Magistrate Court and the Bafokeng
Magistrate on Tuesday, February 7, 2017.
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