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  Uganda: Police, Judiciary in the Dock over Kayanja Saga

allAfrica
May 23, 2009

http://allafrica.com/stories/200905220053.html

Kampala — PASTOR Robert Kayanja of Rubaga Miracle Centre has been accused by several youth of sexual assault. The pastor has denied the allegations; the Police have hauled in pastors Martin Sempa and Solomon Male for allegedly orchestrating the smear campaign against Kayanja and have taken statements from two youth who claim they were molested by the pastor.

In the mean time, the Police over the weekend cleared Kayanja of any wrongdoing and said his accusers had retracted their statements. One of the two accusers, Samson Mukisa, later said he had retracted his statement under duress, while the other denied ever retracting his.

The latest development is that in scenes cut straight out of a Kinigeria movie, the Police arrested Mukisa and had him make a confidential statement before a judge in the absence of his lawyer, an illegal manoeuver that is bound to raise eyebrows and could irreparably jeopardise any case involving Mukisa.

Everybody is innocent until proved guilty, but this whole saga is becoming a veritable circus with justice being delayed for the wronged, be they Kayanja or the defiled individuals.

But the public is watching and more than Kayanja, his rivals and accusers; it is the Police force and Judiciary that are in the dock.

Survey after survey has shown that the public has little faith in our Police force and Judicial system, many doubt their ability to enforce and uphold the law and have become the byword for corruption.

While not condoning their moral shortfalls, both departments are woefully understaffed and badly underpaid, compromising their ability to carry out their functions properly.

Their moral and material shortfalls not withstanding, the Police and Judiciary need to rise to the occasion and dispense justice in an open and fair manner, and in so doing will begin the long journey towards redemption of their battered images.

 
 

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