How State House corrupted Ugandan Pentecostal pastors

Last year before the kick off of the presidential election campaign, Pastor Robert Kayanja of Rubaga Miracle Centre Cathedral came out and said God had shown him in a sign or vision the destiny of Uganda in 2006.

At that time there were six presidential candidates after the nominations --- the incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, the main challenger Dr. Kizza Besigye, the Mayor of Kampala John Sebaana Kizito, the former major of Kampala Nasser Ntege Sebaggala, the widow of the late President Milton Obote, Miria Kalule Obote, and a veterinarian and Pastor, Dr. Abed Bwanika.

Kayanja said that one of the candidates would drop out of the race, another would die before it was over, and the eventual winner would score 62 percent of the vote.

In this intelligence report, we show you the behind-the-scenes dealings between the Pentecostal movement in Uganda and State House and how it has brought disgrace and divisions among the born-again flock.

The same way Museveni has corrupted all institutions in Uganda, he has felt no shame in dealing with the evangelical churches.

The moves to use the influential Pentecostal pastors to sway their flock towards Museveni began in 2002.

A number of meetings were held between State House officials, the First Lady Janet Museveni, and one of those participants was Museveni's son-in-law, Odrek Rwabwogo, who married Patience Kokundeka Museveni.

Information secretly obtained from a State House insider showed minutes of meetings at which he was the coordinator.

It was agreed that certain Pastors be approached (maybe because they knew how much these pastors love money.)

They were to preach certain sermons in a certain way and they were instructed to influence their flock that God had shown them in visions or messages that Museveni was God's anointed leader for Uganda.

One of these men was Robert Kayanja, a brother of the recently enthroned Bishop of York in England, John Sentamu.

Before he became "born-again", Kayanja used to be a shady gold dealer in Kampala and his shady ways and character seem to be "a sturborn stain that the blood of Jesus has failed to wash away" as a concerned member of his flock commented.

His love for flashy materialism is well known, a tendency common among Pentecostals, especially the leaders. As they have become more established, the Pentecostals or "balokole" as they are commonly known seem to have cultivated a very high respect, or we could say lust, for money and material things ( "blessings" as some of them say). Perhaps to demonstrate Gods uncommon fondness of and "blessings" on him, Kayanja insists on flying First Class or where not available, Business.
At well over 5 million shillings, a return ticket to London could easily bankrupt most of his flock for life.

The Kampala staff and ticketing agents of his favourite airline, British Airways, privately express surprise and unease that while religious leaders like the Canadian Pastor Gary Skinner of Kampala Pentecostal Church fly British Airways in any class available, Kayanja who pastors a church of ordinary struggling Ugandans can splash large amounts of money on First Class travel.

State House reportedly paid out "facilitation" to the tune of 50 million shillings (about 27,000 dollars) to each of Pastor Kayanja, Pastor Simeon Kayiwa, and Pastor Joseph Serwadda the owner of Impact FM radio station in Kampala.

The three pastors gathered 1,000 Christian opinion leaders from all around Uganda and convinced them that God has instructed their people to vote Museveni. Radio Katwe could not by press time establish the venue of this meeting but it could have been Miracle Centre Cathedral or Namboole Stadium.

This is why the Pentecostal pastors in recent weeks and months had turned to preaching a lot about Ugandan politics and the election. They had been given money and the state helped then clear equipment they were importing at little or no cost, so they had to pay Caesar his dues.

You might recall from reading our news that Radio Katwe reported that Museveni, Salim Saleh, and the chairman of the Electoral Commission Badru Kiggundu agreed that the Commisison would announce a 63 percent win for Museveni, which was about the same as Kayanja had "prophesied."

Mrs. Museveni and Odrek Rwabwogo had settled for the figure of 62 percent and it seems Museveni and Saleh made a slight error and told Kiggundu to announce it as 63 percent.

When Radio Katwe got this tip off, it published details of this secret meeting, forcing State House to change the figure to 59 percent.

Further still, State House, as is common knowledge in Kampala, had paid Sebaggala 45 million shillings for his campaigns and knew that he would drop out of the race after some weeks.

Kayanja was briefed about this too and that is why he could confidently issue a "prophesy" saying one of the presidential candidates would pull out. According to some of our strict "balokole" friends, Kayanja has already established himself as a certified false prophet because all his prophecies did not come true as is required by the Christian faith.

That is how far the Museveni regime has gone in its effort to hold on to power at all costs.

Right now, there is a serious crisis within the Pentecostal churches, with many supporting Museveni based on these faked prophesies and many believers disillusioned with their leaders who have turned into false prophets.

State House knew that Pastor Skinner of Kampala Pentecostal Church could not be dragged into these bogus schemes and that is why he does not feature in any of the State House-staged "prophesies" and propaganda.