Pr Bugingo needs prayers - Kayanja

Kayanja says what Bugingo did is not right in the Christian faith and that the public needs tostrongly pray to get him back on track.

Pastor Kayanja also pleaded with his followers to put in prayer Teddy Naluswa Bugingo and her children. “They need your prayers. I am however disappointed in Church leaders who don’t practice what they preach. We should stick to the right path and according to what the bible teachings say” he said on a local television interview.

Both Pastors Kayanja and Bugingo have over the years had a not so friendly relationship, with Bugingo claiming Kayanja is the reason his church has been dragged in the mud over and over again .

After his function last week, the founder of House of Prayer Ministries International, Pastor Bugingo was re-summoned at Katwe police on charges of contracting a new marriage but was a no show at police and he wrote back to police asking for more time.

Bugingo is alleged to have written to the Police, saying he was not able to appear and asked for more time but wasn’t clear if he would reschedule meeting with police.

Teddy Naluswa the legal wife of Bugingo recorded a statement at Kawempe Police Station against him. Teddy accuses her husband of bigamy, the act of going through a marriage ceremony while already married to another person under section 153 of the Uganda’s Penal Code. 

This section states, “Any person who, having a husband or wife living, goes through a marriage ceremony which is void by reason of it taking place during the life of such husband or wife, commits a felony and is liable to imprisonment for five years.” 

The purpose of the summons, according to the source, was for Bugingo to explain to the Police the allegation against him and to aid in the investigations. 

Bugingo was on December 7 introduced by Suzan Makula Nantaba at Kawuku, Katabi town council in Wakiso district in a lavish introduction ceremony.

The Entebbe Chief Magistrates’ Court, has set December 22, for mention of a criminal case filed by city lawyer Male Mabirizi against Bugingo and Makula.

In an attempt by the Family Division of the High Court presided over by Dr Justice Joseph Murangira to reconcile the couple, Bugingo rejected the mediators. After several attempts to have this matter settled, Naluswa has not been successful. 

Court has since set January 25, 2022, to hear the divorce case at the Family Division of the High Court sitting in Makindye, Kampala.