In a twist of events, Sodomy charges had been opened against Pastor Kayanja of Rubaga Miracle Center, Uganda's largest Prosperity Gospel Church but instead in a 'Mafia' type of move, Pastor Kayanja's Aide got kidnapped... However, for those who have followed the story, A group of Pastors in Kampala brought Sodomy charges against Pastor Kayanja and later Pastor Kayanja was seen "offering" a gift to the Police by refurbishing the Police Quarters, a move that was rebuffed by Uganda's Legislative Body - The Parliament... Story Updated April 28 2009 - Bottom Page
However, the move by Pastor Kayanja to obstruct Justice spells out his demise and unless he repents and gets a real 'Saul - Damascus' change, he is propping himself up for a very big fall and proclaiming the end of Uganda's Prosperity Gospel Movement...
Many in Uganda know that such tactics of framing one's opponents and detractors is common as was the case in which President Museveni who happens to be a very good friend of Pastor Kayanja did when he doctored up charges against Uganda's opposition party leaders. The Judge later threw out the charges and rebuked the President. One can see that Pastor Kayanja might have borrowed a leaf from his buddy President Museveni... However, time is not on Kayanja's side...Justice will prevail...KM
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CID probes kidnap of Kayanja’s aide | Sunday, 26th April, 2009 
Pastor Kayanja addresses journalists at his church; Pastor Michael Kyazze accused of defamation; Muwonge alleges kidnap
Row deepens among city’s top Pentecostal pastors
By Anthony Bugembe and Dorah Naamala
The Police are investigating the alleged kidnap and torture of Chris Muwonge, the personal aide of Pastor Robert Kayanja of Rubaga Miracle Centre, in what seems a deepening row between rival Pentecostal (Born Again) churches.
Muwonge testified before the press yesterday that he had been abducted by armed men on the morning of April 18, while returning from overnight prayers, and held for five days.
“As I was picking a boda boda to go home, someone called me by name and said I had dropped my money. When I looked back, the man told me to enter a parked car. If I did not, he warned, the man in the car would shoot me,” the 27-year-old told journalists at the Miracle Centre church.
He said a gun was pointed at him as he entered the car; he was blindfolded and driven away. When the blindfold was removed, Muwonge noted, he was in a bathroom with a TV camera before him.
“My captors beat me while ordering me to look into the camera and testify that Pastor Kayanja had been sodomising boys. I refused. They promised me $100,000 (sh200m) and pocket money amounting to $20,000 (sh40m). They said they could fly me to any country of my choice.”
Muwonge said he was eventually dumped outside Kayanja’s residence in Kawuku-Gaba on Thursday. His head was covered in a plastic bag and his hands were trussed behind his back.
He was discovered by area residents who at first thought he was dead. They alerted Pastor Kayanja’s housekeeper, who notified
her boss. Kayanja called the Police who rushed him to International Hospital Kampala for treatment.
The Police spokesperson, Judith Nabakooba, said they were investigating the incident. “We are taking this very seriously given that it may have security implications. We need to get to the bottom of the matter,” she told The New Vision.
Pastor Kayanja has accused his rival, Pastor Michael Kyazze of Omega Healing Centre, of being behind a ploy to discredit him and ruin his reputation.
Both pastors belonged to the Miracle Centre before Kyazze split away and formed his own church.
The alleged kidnap follows another incident in which Kyazze’s assistant, Pastor Robert Kayiira, was arrested by the Police for allegedly trespassing on Kayanja’s property.
Kayanja at the press conference yesterday explained that Kayiira was arrested by his security officials when he was trying to sneak a laptop into the Miracle Centre. He was later handed over to the Police and charged with criminal trespass and possession of defamatory information.
“After being interrogated by the Police for over six hours, it was revealed that he had been sent by his boss to get information about a room in my church where they allege I sexually harass young boys,” Kayanja said.
Kyazze could not be reached for comment since he was out of the country. But one of his close associates, Pastor Solomon Male, said Kayiira was not arrested.
“He was kidnapped on Nabunya Road and dragged to Rubaga Miracle centre before the Police was called in,” he said.
According to Male, a man called Herbert Tumukunde had approached Pastor Kyazze making serious allegations against Kayanja.
Tumukunde allegedly claimed he had video evidence and needed a laptop to download the material.
“Kyazze asked him to pass on the video evidence. But since he had to fly out on Easter Monday, he asked Kayiira to handle the matter,” Mbale said, adding that he wants a parliamentary inquiry into the matter.
“It has nothing to do with rivalry. It is a matter of fighting the rot in our religious entities,” he stressed.
Dozens of churches have sprung up in Kampala and around the country in recent years.
Some pastors have been accused of enriching themselves by asking their followers to sow (donate money) in order to reap (have miracles performed).
Pentecostal pastors in particular have been embroiled in a bitter fight over followers, with some accusing others of witchcraft.
http://newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/679357
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Uganda: Pastor Kayanja to Renovate Old Kampala Police Barracks |All Africa March 12, 2009
Anthony Bugembe
12 March 2009
Kampala — PASTOR Robert Kayanja of Kampala Miracle Centre has offered to give Old Kampala Police barracks a face lift.
This will involve repairing the dilapidated structures, replacing the asbestos with iron sheets, planting grass on the compound and setting up a video hall.
"My team is coming here on Tuesday. We will start with one block and see how things progress," Kayanja said.
The pastor said the houses would be roofed, painted and that electrical installations and plumbing would be done.
"We have the experts to do the job. We urge you to join us because this is a communal effort," Kayanja said at the barracks on Tuesday.
"The Police are part of us. We run to them for protection, especially when we have big events like the New Year prayers," said Kayanja.
"We shall do everything in our means to help them. By the end of this year, this will be the best looking barracks in Kampala."
Last week, Police chief Kale Kayihura initiated the renovation of the barracks to improve the living conditions of the officers. He said the Police would rely on its meagre resources and the private sector to implement the programme.
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Augustine Kasangaki, the officer-in-charge of the station, said each block was designed to house only four families.
"The barracks is now home to 123 Police families. That means each block now houses between four to eight families," he said.
Police spokesperson Judith Nabakooba said: "We are grateful to people who appreciate our challenges and go out of their way to offer a hand."
Kayanja's team also offered groceries to the officers. The barracks was built in 1955.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200903130015.html
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Pastor Kayanja creates a tricky police situation | Daily Monitor March 29, 2009
"There is a difference in opinion among senior police officers over Pastor Robert Kayanja’s recent offerings to the Force. Recently, Pastor Kayanja offered material assistance to the families of police officers of Old Kamapala Police Station. He then promised to ensure that the dilapidated police quarters are rehabilitated. Although Police Chief Kale Kayihura accepted the offer, other officers have had second thoughts about it. The police say that it leaves them in a compromising position since the man was once the subject of an inquiry into suspected wine smuggling. A parallel Uganda Revenue Authority investigation faded quietly into the distance. It is because of this past that the Old Kampala offer has attracted attention."
http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/political_grapevine/What_next_for_IGG_Mwondha_printer.shtml
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STORY UPDATES - APRIL 28 2009
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Church wars: Pastor Kyazze denies Kayanja allegations
Alfred Nyongesa Wandera | April 28, 2009 | Daily Monitor
Kampala
Pastor Michael Kyazze of Omega Healing Centre yesterday quashed Pastor Robert Kayanja’s allegations that he is involved in a ploy to tarnish his name and church.
Pastor Kyazze’s response follows a Sunday press briefing held by pastor Kayanja and his personal aide, Mr Chris Muwonge at Miracle Centre, alleging he was kidnapped on April 18 by unknown gunmen who wanted him to testify that his boss was sodomising boys in his church.
“I have never been involved in any efforts to undermine or discredit any pastor or individuals at Rubaga Miracle Centre. I have no quarrel or anything personal against Pastor Kayanja or my brothers and sisters at Rubaga Miracle Centre,” Pastor Kyazze’s Press statement sent to Daily Monitor yesterday reads in part.
He added: “My struggle has been and will be to fight for the increasing number of victims of sodomy in our society. If this has been misinterpreted as being an effort to discredit Pastor Kayanja, then it is unfortunate and also dangerous and unfounded insinuation.”
Pastor Solomon Male, a close associate of Pastor Kyazze yesterday tore into Pastor Kayanja saying the alleged kidnapped of his aide was faked up to divert the society from accusations of sodomy against him.
“If it is true that Muwonge was kidnapped, then Pastor Kayanja must have done it himself because he has the capacity. He has security guards at his church and how would kidnap succeed when his guards were there? He is doing it to cover up what he did to Pastor Robert Kayiira,” Pastor Male said.
Pastor Kayiira is an assistant to pastor Kyazze who was allegedly arrested at Miracle Centre at Mid night on April 18 with a laptop. Pastor Kayanja told journalists on Sunday that Pastor Kayiira had intended to download homosexual materials to his church system so as to use it to tarnish his name. He was arrested and taken to Central Police Station on charges of criminal trespass.
http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/news/Church_wars_Pastor_Kyazze_denies_Kayanja_allegations_83945.shtml
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I’m not fighting Kayanja, says Pastor Kyazze
Monday, 27th April, 2009 | Anthony Bugembe | New Vision
PASTOR Michael Kyazze of Omega Healing Centre has denied accusations that he was involved in the kidnap of a personal aide to Pastor Robert Kayanja of the Rubaga Miracle Centre.
He also dismissed as ‘baseless’ allegations that he was behind a ploy to discredit Kayanja.
“I have never been engaged in as nefarious and criminal an act as kidnapping,” Kyazze said in a letter to The New Vision yesterday.
“My struggle has been and will continue to be the fight for the increasing number of victims of sodomy in our society. If it has been interpreted as an effort to discredit pastor Kayanja, then it is both unfortunate and a dangerous insinuation.”
Kayanja’s aide, Chris Muwonge, on Sunday narrated to journalists how he had been abducted at gunpoint and held for five days.
He said his kidnappers tried to force him into recording a statement implicating his boss in homosexual activities but he refused.
At Sunday’s press conference, Kayanja accused his rival, Pastor Kyazze, of trying to destroy his reputation. He said his security men had earlier arrested Kyazze’s aide, Pastor Richard Kayiira, who was trying to sneak a laptop into the Miracle Centre, presumably to download evidence.
“After being interrogated by the Police for over six hours, it was revealed that he had been sent by his boss to get information about a room in my church where they allege I sexually harass young boys,” Kayanja said.
Police spokesperson Judith Nabakooba said the CID was investigating the alleged kidnap.
http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/679475
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