Monday, July 22, 2013
Pr Moses Solomon Male demands parliamentary inquiry into Police misconduct in sexual abuse cases
NCAHSAU
NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST HOMOSEXUALITY & SEXUAL ABUSES IN
UGANDA
P. O. Box 11902 Kampala, Uganda
Suite 309 Span House, Plot
1 Portal Avenue, Kampala
15th July 2013
The
Honorable Speaker of Parliament
The
Republic of Uganda,
Kampala.
Ref:
Need for a Parliamentary Inquiry into Police misconducts in sexual abuse cases
Thanks for your contributions toward nation-building and
desire that Uganda must be a better country to live in with effective systems
in place to check all sorts of power abuses.
On the subject, I bring to your attention deliberate and unprofessional Police misconducts which
are not only inducing great injustices and miscarriages of justice, but perpetually
eroding people’s trust in the justice systems and rule of law, and fast discouraging
victims and society at large from reporting offenders and compelling them to resort
to mob-justice.
These
misconducts include compromising with and protecting perpetrators, framing up,
intimidating and / or torture of victims / complainants and their good
Samaritans, fabricating evidence intended to incriminate, deliberately
withholding / destroying evidence, poor investigations and deliberate
non-investigation of complaints reported, among others.
A brief on sample cases below highlights not only need for
a Police audit but an open Parliamentary Inquiry where victims of such misconducts
can tell their stories for a lasting solution to be found.
1.
Lugazi Police
Station sodomy case SD 11/21/04/2013
Briefly, 27 year old Kasolo Sulaiman, a
mechanical engineer desperate to maintain his family applied for a job to
Abisha Steel Industry, Lugazi on 19/04/2013. On 20/04/2013, he was invited,
interviewed and there and then recruited as a mechanical engineer.
The same evening of 20/04/2013, he was invited by the factory
Engineer, Shabaz Muhammad, a Pakistani national into his house to purportedly discuss his salary. Therein, Shahbaz
Muhammad gave him bagiya and water which weakened and made him unconscious that
by the time he regained consciousness in the night in the early morning hours
of 21/04/2013, he had been sodomized and badly injured in the anal-rectal area.
Helped by a Good Samaritan boda-boda cyclist who dropped
him by the Lugazi Police Station, he on 21/04/2013 reported Sodomy case SD 11/21/04/13 and Shahbaz Muhammad was arrested.
In a surprise twist of events, on 22/4/2013, Shahbaz
Muhammad was released and Kasolo Sulaiman was charged of Giving False Information, case 59/22/4/2013, detained
for 7 days without any medical treatment even when the anal-rectal injuries
sustained during the forced sodomy intercourse continued to deteriorate. As a Police detainee, he was on
28/4/2013 admitted for treatment at Kawolo Hospital, where he was chained to
the hospital bed even if there was no way he could move on his own.
Surprising still, though he was being treated because of
injuries sustained during sodomy, medical surgeons made reports which indicated
he hadn’t been sodomized.
During those days, he couldn’t contact his family because
Police officers at the station had deliberately confiscated his mobile phone to
incapacitate his communication.
That same day, Pr Njuki saw him chained on the hospital
bed, heard his story, helped him communicate to his family and later complained
to Lugazi Police Station which culminated into his release the following day, April
29th 2013 on Police Bond (Annex 1).
After discharge from Kawolo Hospital on 29/4/2013, he was
rushed to Bugiri Hospital where he was admitted on 29/4/2013 and discharged on
9/5/2013 (see admission & discharge
note, Annex 2).
On 14/5/2013, after the intervention of the Regional Police
Commander, Lugazi, Kasolo’s case was revisited and he was referred to the
Police Surgeon and he was examined at Muyenga Dispensary by Dr Jackson Kakembo
who confirmed that he had been sodomized (See
PF 3A, Annex 3)
After that confirmation, Shahbaz Muhammad was re-arrested
but was released, reliably on the orders of the Director of CID, Grace Akullo,
and then the charge, Giving False
Information, case 59/22/4/2013 pursued against Kasolo. Kasolo was subsequently summoned to Kibuli CID
HQ for as a suspect. Fortunately for him, considering the pathetic condition he
was in at the time, the Deputy Director of CIID wisely decided to refer him to
Mulago Hospital for further examination to confirm which of the Police surgeons
were telling the truth.
As it so turned out, his condition warranted
hospitalization and he was admitted on 27/5/2013 and discharged on 7/6/2013 (see Mulago Hospital Inpatient discharge form No 548710,
annex 4)and he is till
now on medical treatment which he cannot afford because of inability to do any
work.
After the Mulago confirmatory report that Kasolo Sulaiman
was sodomized, Shahbaz Muhammad was re-arrested, taken to Mukono Chief
Magistrate court where the matter is due to be heard and is currently on remand.
Thanks to the Deputy Director of CIID Mr Musana whose
commitment to a thorough investigation of the matter compelled him to assign Mr
Barasa whose diligence, professionalism and honesty gave life to the case.
2.
Buganda Road
Holden at Mwanga 2 Road Court, Criminal Case No 949 of 2009
Briefly, this case arose after one Herbert Tukunde
approached Pr Michael David Kyazze with a complaint that he had been sodomized
by Pr Robert Kayanja of Rubaga Miracle Centre.
On 17/4/2009 as Pr Robert Kaira sought the Tumukunde
promised video where Pr Robert Kayanja was allegedly indulging in sodomy live
with him (Tumukunde), he was kidnapped from Nabunnya Road in Rubaga together
with a boda-boda rider he had gone with, taken to Rubaga Miracle Center with
Tumukunde who had already been arrested from within Miracle Center Church
facilities, and all were taken to Rubaga Miracle Center facilities.
He was then taken to CPS Kampala where tramped up Criminal Trespass & Possession of Defamation Information charges via OB No 04/18/4/09
were preferred against him.
Eventually, Pr Kaira Robert and Pr Michael David Kyazze
were prosecuted by State Attorney Betty
Agola in Mwanga 2 Court, with impunity, using fabricated evidence.
To beef up their tramped up charges, one of the
investigating officers, Leuben Matsiko who had initially drawn a sketch map of
the scene of crime (Annex 5) putting it at the Nabunnya Road
junction drew another (Annex 6) putting it at the Rubaga Miracle
Center Church gate to amount to a trespass. During cross-examination, he
admitted generating the two contradicting scene of crime reports.
Thought the accused were acquitted on conspiracy charges,
Pr Kaira was ordered to defend himself on trespass which he hasn’t yet done
because of appeals by the state which were quashed and right now, the State
seems not interested, or because Betty Agola was transferred and probably
waiting for opportunity to be taken to Mengo Chief Magistrate Court where
Mwanga 2 Court has been put so that she prosecutes the matter herself.
3.
Buganda Road
Court Criminal case No 1063 of 2010
This case arose because of Police CID bosses Edward Ochom,
Moses Sakira and the current boss Grace Akullo deliberate conspiracy with Pr
Robert Kayanja and action to kill all the sodomy cases that young men Samson
Mukisa, David Mukalazi, Ivan Akansiima, James Brian Ntwatwa and Mutebi Ronnie
had opened against Pr Robert Kayanja as follows:
Ø Akansiima Ivan CPS CRB 3966/2009
Ø Ntwatwa Brian CRB 3969/2009
Ø David Mukalazi CRB 3970/2009
Ø Mutebi Ronnie CRB 3968/2009
Ø Mukisa Samson CRB 3967/2009
In our presence, the IGP, General Kale Kayihura was used by
the Ochom - Sakira - Kayanja clique to rubber stamp the detention of
complainants under guise of witness protection.
Then Police turned on us, Good Samaritans: Pastors Moses
Solomon Male, Martin Sempa, Michael David Kyazze, Robert Kaira, Deborah Anita
Kyomuhendo and David Mukalazi who had
declined to retract his accusations against the pastor, framed and accused us
of conspiracy to injure Pr Robert Kayanja’s reputation and trade contrary to
section 392 b & d of the Penal Code Act.
All the cases reported against Pr Kayanja were summarily
closed and Police conspired with him to fabricate evidence and frame up charges
against us, using the young men whose retractions had been obtained through
coercion:
Ø Samson Mukisa was arrested and
detained under guise of witness protection with the involvement of notorious
Major Salambwa (now deceased).
Ø Similarly, Robson Matovu was also
arrested and detained under guise of witness protection. Surprisingly, time
later after testifying against the accused persons, he recorded a video and had
it delivered to the accused where he apologized for falsely testifying against
them and confirmed that Pr Robert Kayanja had bribed to have the case his way
and confirming his first complaint that indeed, he was sodomized by Pr Robert
Kayanja.
Ø Brian Ntwatwa refused to testify
till he was arrested and detained in Luzira for seven days.
Ø Johnson Mutumba testified but later
also recorded a video where he confirmed that Pr Robert Kayanja had actually
sodomized him.
Shameless and remorselessly, the current CIID boss, AIGP
Grace Akullo falsely testified against us and admitted in cross-examination
that she never bothered to investigate sodomy because the young men retracted.
Emotionally led, she is unfortunately today in charge of CIID.
Then later, after Matovu and Mutumba videos had featured on
You-tube, both featured in one video in which they claimed having been
kidnapped and put at gun point before cameras to allege that Pr Robert Kayanja
had sodomized them. Our efforts to have the
Police CIID investigate their claims of sodomy and kidnaps via letter to the IGP dated 26th September 2012 (copied and delivered
to you) proved vain.
On 3/Oct/2012, after thorough abuse of the court process,
we were convicted and sentenced to pay U Shs 1,000,000 and 100 hours of
community service each for a crime we never committed. Our appeal against the
conviction and sentence still stands.
- Old
Kampala Police Station Sodomy complaint SD 09/02/11/07
In November 2007 at Old Kampala Police Station, Juvenile Mukomeza filed sodomy complaint SD 09/02/11/07 against his employer, Joseph Basaliza, suspected to
be connected to or a member of one of the state security agencies. The Bombo
Road Police surgeon, after inquiring of the particulars of the person who had
sodomized him produced a report dated 12th November 2007, ruling out
sodomy (See annex 7). On the
contrary, the Kabalagala based Police surgeon report dated 27th
November 2007 proved a history of anal rectal intercourse (see annex 8).
- Kabalagala Police Station SD 29/28/09/08
When
David Arinaitwe reported sexual abuse by Pr Isaac Kyoobe Kiwewesi on case SD
29/28/09/08 at Kabalagala Police Station, in a
surprising twist in the case, he was subsequently accused of car theft and
detained at Luzira while his alleged abuser was declared innocent.
6.
Luwero Criminal
Cases 458 & 459 of 2010
When Kavuma Sadique Fahad, a teacher of Zakayo Musisi
Memorial Primary School, Luwero, sodomized 13 year old Nakibinge Dan Ssozi and
14 year old Dan Nkoyoyo, instead of charging him appropriately of aggravated
defilement in case 458 (Annex 9) and defilement in case 459 (Annex 10) where sentences are stronger according to Section 129 of
the Penal Code Act amended in 2007, Police charged him under Section 145 of the
Penal Code, getting a 3 year jail sentence on each count.
7.
Case files Natete
Police CRB 486/2013 and Mulago Police Post SD 15/3/6/2013
It all started when 22 year old Moses Muwanguzi reported a
sodomy and kidnap case CRB 486/2013 at Natete Police Station in which
he accused Pr Robert Kayanja of sodomizing him. In a twist of events, he was
accused of bribing a Mulago medical doctor with U Shs 500,000 to be issued with
a fake medical report indicating he had been sodomized and was arrested on
3-June-2013.
After detention for over
three weeks in Mulago, Wandegeya and CPS Police cells (3/6/2013 – 27-6-2013), he was produced in LDC court, charged
under Mulago Police Station CRB 171 2013, denied bail and remanded; produced
again in LDC Court on 11/7/2013, remanded again, then taken to Mwanga 2 Court
on 12/7/2013 for other charges which include giving Police false information,
denied bail too and remanded.
At the time of writing this brief, he is on remand in
Luzira facing charges in two different courts, LDC and Mwanga 2 Courts with
possibility of more charges opened up against him in other courts just to
torture and compel him to give up his pursuit for justice through the normal
justice system.
8.
Football guru
Chris Mubiru filmed sodomy acts:
Despite complaints of sexual abuses (sodomizing) of players
in the football fraternity against Chris Mubiru dating back to the 1980, Police
failed to investigate till his videos leaked to the media. Even then, many of
his victims fear to come out openly because of his high connections in
corridors of power. As a matter of fact, much if not all the Bombo UPDF
Barracks and infantry headquarters is located on his ancestral land.
Apparently, those who would dare accuse him of sodomizing
them would end up in police cells.
Use
and abuse of systems with impunity
From all indications, all cases cited highlight use and
abuse of systems with impunity. Victims of sexual abuses continue to face
injustices and further victimizations in their attempts to pursue justice.
Noteworthy is that sex related offenses are very difficult
to prove against perpetrators and the number of cases reported to Police is far
lower than the actual incidences. And the rate of conviction is far below the
number reported.
According to the 2009 Police crime report, of the 7,360
cases registered, only 4,433 suspects were arrested and taken to court, of whom
only 467 were convicted, a conviction rate of slightly above 10% of cases
prosecuted, just 6% of cases reported.
And for rape; of the 619 cases reported, only 240 suspects
were arrested and charged of whom only 12 were convicted, a conviction rate of
only 5% of cases prosecuted, just 2% of cases reported.
In subsequent crime reports, Police CIID has avoided giving
figures of convictions because they paint a very bad picture of the justice
system.
With
such a scenario, we believe there is need for a Parliamentary inquiry into
Police misconducts in sexual abuse and other cases if justice for the hurt is
to become a reality and people dissuaded from resorting to mob-justice.
I re-iterate my stand, ‘Mob justice is not a
deliberate attempt to flout the law, but an inner compulsion due to people’s
lack of trust in the judicial and entire law enforcement system based on any
previous attempts to get justice in vain.’
I also believe that Uganda’s problem is not
absence of good laws, but lack of the will to enforce the laws on the part of
the systems supposed to enforce the laws and ensure justice and redress to the
hurt. Laws without willing systems are just a waste and no law
can cause miracles to happen when the systems lack the will.
On the proposed Anti Homosexuality Bill 2009:
Rather than make a new law on
homosexuality, let Parliament under your guidance redefine Rape under section 123, indecent
assault under section 128, Procuration under section 131, and Procurement of defilement
of women by threats under section 132, all of the Penal Code Act, to include both men and women
(male and female) and sexual act redefined to include penetration of the
vagina, mouth and anus by a sexual organ or tool just like it was done in cases
of defilement under section 129 of the 2007 amendment to the Penal Code Act accented
to by H.E The President, copy attached (Annex 10) for your perusal.
It will save cost and promote
equal treatment of male and female sex offenders, and heterosexuals and
homosexuals for sexual offenses committed.
Finally, wisely, Edmund Burke (1729-97) said: ‘The only thing necessary
for the evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.’
We look forward to your favorable response and the onset of
the Parliamentary Inquiry to deal with
deliberate use and abuse of the systems with impunity.
Peace and blessings.
For
God and our Country.
Yours
sincerely,
For
and on behalf of NCAHSAU
Pr
Moses Solomon Male
-
Leader, National Coalition Against Homosexuality and Sexual Abuses in Uganda
-
Executive Director, Arising For Christ,
-
Publicity Secretary, National Committee on False Teaching Awareness
0772479386
/ 0702196511, msmalearch@gmail.com
C.c: H.E The
President of the Republic of Uganda
C.c: Secretary
General, IRCU
C.c: Hon
Minister of State, Ethics & Integrity
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Pr Solomon Male responds to Presiding Apostle Serwadda on Bishop Kiganda divorce & remarriage
Office:
suite 309 Span House, Plot 1 Portal Avenue near Workers House, Kampala
Commissioned to equip
God’s people for Freedom: come, we can accomplish this call together
24th May 2013
Presiding Apostle Dr Joseph Serwadda,
BAFFU
Dear Presiding Apostle Dr Serwadda,
Ref:
Teaching that Matthew 19.9 permits divorce & remarriage for adultery is
peddling lies
Thanks for your response to my letter to Bishop David Kiganda
(copied to among others you) in respect of the subject, wherein your raised a
number of issues and questions reminiscent of you getting it all wrong as usual,
prompting me to respond to you on its material content as follows:
1.
On Bishop David
Kiganda being your spiritual son
There is no doubt that you led Bishop David Kiganda to
Christ and therefore spiritually fathered him. I hope you are aware that a
child remains a child as long as a parent lives, even when he / she matures,
becomes independent or even more important than the parent. That being the case
then, being his spiritual father required you to oversee his spiritual
direction.
2.
On your assertion
‘It seems he divorced Hadija on the advice of his new leaders. I stand to be
corrected.’
It is unfortunate that you can even imagine so. Why not
investigate to ascertain yet you have capacity to do so! It is important to
understand that many times, parents fail to guide their children because of lack
of moral authority to do so. I feel that rather than influence of ‘his new leaders’ as you assert, it your own marital background and indulgence
in various issues like Imelda Namutebi’s snatching of Safina’s husband, Kula;
Pr Stephen Ssozi’s remarriage; Pr Patrick Makumbi’s adultery; and sodomy
accusations against Pastors Grace Kitaka, Isaac Kyobe Kiweweesi, Handle Lesley
and Robert Kayanja among other church leadership scandals which diminished your moral authority to scripturally / theologically direct
him.
3.
On your role in
David’s divorce and remarriage
It is surprising that you were aware of David’s intentions
to remarry, reached a clear agreement with him on how your involvement would be
achieved and that not only had David excitedly started on the process, but
given you Hadija's contact numbers and made specific appointments for the
initial meetings you demanded, and accorded you opportunities to meet Cindy, Hadija
and the children and compile a report which you have never released.
If true, you were ‘waiting to meet the Focus Church
ministers and elders and everything was going according to plan, when suddenly’
you ‘were interrupted by the decision of a fellow minister Mr Mpawulo’ working on
or not on his boss David’s orders, as a
leader, you should
have given the Biblical stand and guided all others whether or not the divorce
and remarriage was Biblically in order. The matter didn’t require playing safe:
it simply required taking a firm Biblical stand and, you chose to do the
former.
There is no evidence that beside you taking pride in what
you had done, you made any public statement indicating that David was
Biblically out of order to remarry.
The processes you talk of can in no way replace Biblical
direction unless you are using a different Bible.
Pr Stephen Senfuma and I featured so clearly even in
Saturday Vision Intimate Magazine of 2 March 2013 opposing the remarriage. I am
on record saying that any pastor who wants to divorce and remarry should
convert to Islam because unlike the Bible, the Quran permits Muslims to do so.
You talked of processes and a report. Should I say you ignorantly did so or
deliberately did so?
When you say, ‘As far
as I am concerned, that process was ONLY halted (cut short) and can be revived
and at that stage, after the whole full 39 yards are covered, will I be able to
ADVISE;’ I wonder if
you have hope that someday the conditions you laid down will ever be met when Biblical principles can be contravened with impunity!!
4.
On your
statement: ‘My contribution and assignment, as I understood, was NOT to return
Nassejje to David's life, NOR was it to hinder David from pursuing a new
relation, it was TO CAUSE ORDER in a disturbed environment and bring peace to
murky atmosphere.’
Thanks for your admission in this statement, if I have
understood you correctly, that come what may, David’s intention of notifying
you about his divorce and remarriage was not for you to oppose his decision,
but to endorse and give it credence even if it breached Biblical principles.
Sadly, in your e-mail response of Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:14:57 – 0800 to his dated Feb 15, 2013, at 1:42 PM, instead of invoking the Biblical stand on divorce and
remarriage, like the Pope who can make dispensations, you gave conditions which
had to be met. Have you assumed powers of
a pope!!
I wonder whether you really expected David to follow your conditions
which had no scriptural backing to compel him back on track, when he had
Matthew 19.9 interpreted to suit his interests and was in the media pushing his
agenda. Even if he has a different leader, as Presiding Apostle, unless the
title is just for a show, you should have given the scriptural stand on his
decisions for the believers to know that what he was doing was in error.
5.
On
‘You will notice that many old friends
were and still are totally silent on the matter. Don't you wonder why some
people, especially leaders, were AWOL at the wedding?’
To me, Christian leadership silence and / or AWOL with
silence amounts to connivance. Being AWOL at the wedding when totally silent as
Biblical Principles on marriage were being breached with all impunity amounted
to connivance to let the errors pass as truths. It is similar to the action of
the UN Blue Helmets peace keepers who turned their backs against the road to
Beirut and pointed guns down as heavily armed Israel Defense Forces passed to
attack the Palestine Liberation Army bases in Lebanon which culminated into driving
PLO out of Lebanon.
It is also similar to the UN troops’ stance in Rwanda which
culminated into the 1994 genocide.
I hope, as Presiding Apostle who needs to be foresighted,
you understand how Bishop Kiganda’s gross
misinterpretation of
Matthew 19.9 and subsequent pompous remarriage launched an assault on
Christian marriage in the country. Many are going to invoke his remarriage as a
precedent.
6.
When
you say, ‘I have reason to believe that
had we gone through the process, we would possibly, have seen an endorsement on
the new relation. Amazingly, it seems no amount of water washes, nor blanket
effectively covers a LEADERSHIP ERROR, mine or anybody else's; otherwise,
Paul's charges to Timothy and Titus would be in vain.’
To me, this means that your interest was not in David
Kiganda’s obedience to the scriptures, but in making you important by handling
matters your way, not any other person’s way.
You were about building a consensus which would make you
more important than all others! Your absence (AWOL) at his wedding was therefore
not about differences on Biblical interpretation on divorce and remarriage, but
about not being made more important over all others: sad.
7.
When
you say, ‘But that is history and David
HAD seemed to have gone through it without much ado, when you resurrected the
issue with a new twist, you are actually saying David broke the scriptures!
Wrestling the Scriptures is a cultic tendency and borders on FALSEHOOD and sin!
You are accusing David of being in SCRIPTURAL error!’
To each of the above assertions I emphatically say with all
certainty unless proven wrong, YES.
If
you don’t see what he did in the same perspective, I pray you revisit the
scriptures: you could be having a problem.
8.
On
your first set of questions, ‘You say
David did was wrong and turn around to congratulate him on finding the love of
his life! What are saying? Bitter and sweet waters coming from the same spring!’
True David is scripturally in the wrong and I can’t mince
words.
I congratulate him because he got his heart’s desire and if
you can tune his radio programs, he is now following your example (like father,
like son) and can hardly conclude a program without talking about his new found
love and queen, Cindy, just like you can hardly conclude a preaching without mentioning
your love, Freda Serwadda.
Bishop David is not my enemy and I wrote to him as a
brother in Christ and friend unless he denies this, to let him know that though
he had his way, and as you also clearly said, your role ‘was NOT to return Nassejje to David's life, NOR was it
to hinder David from pursuing a new relation, it was TO CAUSE ORDER in a
disturbed environment and bring peace to murky atmosphere,’ none could stop him, he still had
to know that he is Biblically in error.
Do I really have to labor to explain that bitter and sweet
can come from the same spring? If a child gets pregnant in pre-marital sex and
delivers, though she has done wrong, prudence dictates that you congratulate
her upon delivery of the new born then proceed to rebuke / counsel like I have
done. If you don’t, then you prove to be irrational.
9.
On
your second set of questions, ‘Because I
am amazed that you are making comments on an affair that has been closed, I
dare now ask: What is your objective? What would you gain if David woke up one
morning and said: I am sorry. I misinterpreted Matthew 19:19 and other portions
of Holy Scripture? What would that benefit him, his former wife, his new love
and the rest of the family? Help David see how this corrects the impression
that those like you have!
Ø To you and those like you, the
affair was closed, but to Christians like me, it has wide and lasting
implications on Christian marriage especially in Uganda. It is not as easy as
you think Doctor and Presiding Apostle and I wonder how a leader of your
caliber can dare insensitively say it was closed.
Ø It is not my personal objective, it
is the divine objective supported by Jeremiah 8.4-13 and Apostle Paul’s life
which was never ashamed of publically admitting the wrongs he had done. It also
conforms to King David’s open repentance as a lesson never to justify ourselves
when in the wrong, evident in 2 Samuel 11 & 12, and his inspirational composition
of Psalm 51. It was entrusted to me just like the divine entrusted you to pray
for those who want to prosper every Wednesday early morning at Victory Church
Ndeeba, unless it was your own concoction.
Ø If Bishop David Kiganda woke up one
morning and said: I am sorry. I
misinterpreted Matthew 19.9 and other portions of scripture; it would definitely not be in vain:
he will gain just, and the entire Body of Christ to which, unless I am
mistaken, you still belong, will gain; and to God definitely will return the
glory. It would also contribute to marriage stability unless marriage stability
is none of your priorities. I hope you remember Jesus’ great teaching on
repentance and its benefits in Luke 15. Even the Prodigal son story context.
Ø With you, an Apostle, pastor, Dr
and leader of the Born Again Faith Federation (BAFFE) religion, and David
Kiganda a Bishop, I don’t think I need to labor educating any of you about the
benefits of open confession for David because they are obvious for the truly
Spiritually filled and guided:
§ Foremost, two of the greatest
Biblical inspirers; King David and Apostle Paul are well known for open confessions
of their wrongs.
§ Secondly, the East African Revival
impacted society because of open confessions.
§ Thirdly, a true Mulokole / Savedee can’t
fear public confession. It wins for us trust.
§ Fourth, I hope you realize that
David erred. I have done my part and insist from the deepest of my conscience that
Biblically, he is in error.
Prove
me wrong if you can. If
you really love him you would be adding your voice to mine to enable him see
things in their true perspective and repent, not to write asking such questions
which do not help him at all. In-fact, such questions portray you as a strengthener
for people in error. You should have better written to David and asked for his
opinion about my letter to him.
You should be aware that he continues to roar on his radio,
93 Kingdom FM, justifying his remarriage and attacking those who opposed it;
and in the morning show of Sunday 19 May 2013, I personally heard him
denouncing me and praising Pr Robert Kayanja (against whom sodomy and sexual
abuse accusations still live despite his use of the Police, DPP and judiciary
to torment us and cover himself, 2009 – 2012) for his statement during the
funeral of Bishop Michael Mugerwa to the effect that: It takes God more than 30
years to train a greatly anointed leader, whom people can listen to; and that
He (God) just can’t shelve him even when he goes wrong.
He also used the analogy of Peter who returned to fishing
immediately Christ Jesus was crucified, but was reused after the resurrection;
and that it was wrong for the deceased (Mugerwa) to travel in a cheap car which
couldn’t protect him during the fatal accident; and that great anointing needs
protection!
I wonder what you think about God’s anointed trusting selves,
fellow men and great man-made fortifications for personal protection yet Psalm 127.1 says, “Except the
LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep
the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.”
Compare it with Psalm
20.7-8, “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we
will remember the name of the LORD our God. They are brought down and fallen:
but we are risen, and stand upright.”
As a Biblical scholar, Doctor, don’t you think such errors by
would-be icons of Christianity are destroying the core and fiber of
Christianity? Should we just keep quiet as leaders perpetually degenerate and peddle
lies!!
Finally on this, Bishop David Kiganda understands English
and has discernment. There is no reason why he cannot read behind the lines.
Since my letter is addressed to him, not to you, let him personally require me
to show him more benefits if he is interested.
10.
On
your question, ‘Why didn't you say the
same to your colleague, Pastor Michael Kyazze?’
My brother, I know the difference between Pr Michael Kyazze
and Bishop David Kiganda. A function was held at Omega Healing Center, fine. I
hope you understand that when God charged you to start the Wednesday early
morning prosperity services at Victory Church Ndeeba or the lucrative Namboole
Passover which you intensely advertize, He never told you to start them at Nateete
play ground, Nakivubo stadium, Namirembe Christian Fellowship or your good
friend Pr Robert Kayanja’s Miracle Center Cathedral. The call was specific: to
start one at Victory Church Ndeeba and the lucrative Passover at Namboole.
I hope you are well aware of 2 Samuel 11 & 12 that after King David had plotted and used his Commander Joab to have
Uriah Killed on the battlefield, Prophet
Nathan was sent to
rebuke the mastermind, King David, not Joab the lead
executor. I hope you are aware that being intent on killing Uriah, had Joab
declined, probably David would have plotted his death too and killed both.
In the case instant, even if Pr Kyazze had excluded
himself, it would have been of no consequence because Bishop David Kiganda’s
remarriage took place in Zimbabwe, far beyond his jurisdiction. In Uganda and
at Omega Healing Center in particular, it was just part of the festivities and
pomp: David had already breached the scriptures and remarried.
11.
On
your statement: ‘You would have done
better saying what you are saying now much before so that others consider your
point of view.’
I hope you believe
Ecclesiastes 3.1 – 8; “To everything there is a season, and a time to every
purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to
plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time
to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a
time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away
stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to
refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and
a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence,
and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a
time of peace.”
There is no way I could have said what I am saying before
its time. But even before, as I said earlier on, I at least opened my mouth and
spoke and I am on record in several media and in particular, Saturday Vision
Intimate Magazine of 2nd March 2013 (where Bishop Kiganda also
featured defending his divorce and remarriage), saying, though edited, ‘To all pastors who want to follow Pastor Kiganda’s
ways, they should convert to Islam where divorce and remarriage are accepted.’
But even then, Bukedde of 26 February 2013, page 2, quotes
me Biblically citing the error and advising pastors who want to remarry to
convert to Islam. I am certain many people must have read and understood my
stand.
The reason I never came up with such a statement before is
that I was never part of the mailing list and until I received the discussions
from ten of the people on your mailing list who were so concerned that a bad
precedent was come, I couldn’t make any move. I also had to get copies of the duly
signed Christianity Focus Centre and NFBAPC letters to Apostle Alex Mitala in
support of the remarriage. When I received them, I had to pray for guidance and
the Lord inspired me to write whatever I wrote. Anyone is free to disregard it.
On your part, Bukedde
of 26 February 2013
says about you, ‘Ye omusumba Joseph
Serwadda akulira BAF Uganda naye yawandiise ng’agamba nti ensonga eno yeetaaga
okusooka okwetegereza ennyo, wabula yagaanye okulaga w’asibidde.’ In simple English translation, ‘Pr Joseph Serwadda, leader of BAF also wrote saying that
this matter needs careful scrutiny, but declined to specify his stand.’
Was that not cowardice. How could you have failed to direct
the matter Biblically at such a time of need? Why bury your head in the sand as
things go wrong? Is that not treachery?
Finally on this point, you don’t just wake up and write
something that must make sense to others: you need to contemplate. It is sad
you don’t understand this principle.
My point is very clear: the
divorce and remarriage are both in error. You should have helped Bishop Kiganda to understand this
rather than ask such useless questions or try to muzzle me.
You should have also disproved my Biblical interpretation,
not merely argue about the timing of the letter. We cannot afford to have errors
taken as the truths. If we do, they become precedents for others to error. I
hope you understand this Presiding Apostle. If you don’t, your apostolic office
should at least help you to. Put heads together with all other Apostles and
Archbishops, Bishops, etc and see if you can over-rule my interpretation of
Matthew 19.9 in its true context. That is the substance of the matter; not the
timing of the document.
12.
On
your question, ‘Why didn't you advise the
team that flew to Harare and stopped them from breaking scripture?’
I believe my answer in 11 above suffices.
If it doesn’t suffice, can you answer why Prophet Nathan
never advised Joab against executing King David’s order contained in the letter
delivered by Uriah?
Can you also answer why Prophet Nathan never advised Uriah
not to deliver the written order to Joab, or to open and read its contents
before delivering it?
13.
On
your assertion, ‘Sorry mate, you come
late! The deed was done. The heroes and villains of the case in issue have
already been named. Your scriptural expose' has been overtaken by events. Olwatta
omwaami nnalumanya, tamalaako muyiiro! (Literally, when you fail to warn, don't
comment).’
Doctor, I think you are not only greatly mistaken, you have
missed the point. You forget the adage, ‘It
is never too late to learn’ and, ‘Better late than never.’ You
also forget the Biblical principle of God’s timing embedded in Ecclesiastes
3.1-8. If you haven’t learnt
anything from the scriptural expose, that is very unfortunate for you.
You need to understand that the scriptural expose is not for
history or Bishop David Kiganda alone; it is for the future direction of
Christian marriages which many pastors are no longer much bothered about
because of crave for power, pomp, popularity, possessions and privileges. Therefore, despite the events, the expose remains
valid for all the married and those intending to get married till the end shall
come or till scripture shall cease to be valid (if that can
happen since mine is just an interpretation of scripture), and you better teach
so.
If true as you assert that because of events, it is late
and no longer valid, then even the Bible which we cite is no longer valid!! I
hope, being a Biblical scholar at a Doctorate level, you are aware that all the
contexts in which every bit of it was written are long gone and just part of
history. Even the kraal where the Savior was born is no more. The Pharisees and
Scribes Jesus condemned in Matthew 23 are long dead. Theophilus for whom Dr Luke wrote the Gospel according
to Luke and Acts of
the Apostles is no
more. The Romans, Corinthians, Galatians,
Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus and Philemon to
whom Paul wrote epistles are no more. But isn’t what was written still valid?
You must be blinded to ignore the facts.
In 2 Samuel 12, Prophet Nathan would have just kept quiet,
after-all, Uriah had already been killed and his message to David would not
restore his (Uriah’s) life. But his action ignited David’s remorse and
repentance culminating into Psalm 51, a masterpiece of repentance; and gives us
direction in respect of snatching people’s spouses. We not only know how perilous
it is, but how God hates it.
Furthermore, in 1 Samuel 15, when King Saul disobeyed God’s
instructions to utterly destroy the Amalekites and their wealth, Prophet Samuel
went and rebuked him. Are you going to ask why God had to wait till Saul had
disobeyed to send Prophet Samuel to rebuke him? Would the rebuke undo the
damage of disobedience? I suggest, let that be your food for thought in the
case instant.
In fact, to the wise and Godly, my letter to Bishop Kiganda
makes sense; to fools and hypocrites, it makes no sense just as Salvation makes
no sense to them. Discern and choose where to belong.
Finally, Doctor, your Apostleship should have enabled you
to discern that I am not craving for heroism because as a matter of Christian principle,
in every situation for every Christian, Biblical Scriptural authority must
prevail. It cannot be replaced by mere spiritual inspirations no matter how
powerful the anointed may be. I hope you are aware that when any inspiration
contradicts scripture, scripture must prevail just as the constitution prevails
when any law contradicts any of its clauses.
I hope when you write again, you will labor to disprove or
educate me scripturally rather than wholly using your own Doctoral wisdom.
Again, thanks for your letter which has created for me this
precious opportunity to clarify.
Peace and blessings.
Humbly yours in defense of true Biblical principles,
Moses
Solomon Male
ARISING
FOR CHRIST
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