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	Uganda: Police Grill Kayanja Overnight By Herbert Ssempogo allAfrica May 28, 2009 http://allafrica.com/stories/200905290074.html Kampala — PASTOR Robert Kayanja was on Wednesday interrogated over claims that he sexually abused five teenagers, The New Vision has learnt. Kayanja, reportedly unaccompanied, went to a Police station in the city where he recorded a statement, an exercise that lasted up to late at night. In the statement, the Pastor of Rubaga Miracle Centre, reportedly denied involvement in the practice. Kayanja has persistently argued that the allegations are masterminded by his detractors to destroy him. Kayanja was yesterday set to return to the station for further interrogation and to record an extra statement, according to sources. Brian Akansiimwe, Samson Mukisa, Robson Matovu, James Ntwatwa and Ronnie Mutebi allege that Kayanja sodomised them when they were members of his church. They recorded statements with the Police. However, two of them, Matovu and Mukisa, have since retracted their allegations. This is the second statement Kayanja has recorded over the claims that have whipped up a storm in the born-again fraternity. He first appeared at the same Police station on April 29. Kayanja then vehemently refuted the reports and accused rival pastors Martin Ssempa of Makerere Community Church and Solomon Male of Arise for Christ Ministries of being behind a plot to discredit him. The two are outspoken anti-gay activists. The fresh statements came just five days after the Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen Kale Kayihura, met the pastors and their lawyers at the Police head office in Kampala. The meeting followed complaints that the Police were not impartial in their investigations. During the meeting, two of the accusers, Mukisa and Matovu, said they had been paid by Male to make false allegations. In a related development, Deborah Anita Kyomuhendo, the woman who reportedly took Kayanja's accusers to the Criminal Investigations Directorate in Kibuli on April 6, has also been questioned. Kyomuhendo was at the Police station on Wednesday from midday until dusk. The Police, sources said, wanted to know her involvement in the saga, in addition to claims that she promised the boys money if they framed Kayanja. State House on Monday denied that Kyomuhendo was their employee. Meanwhile, Pastor Michael Kyazze of Omega Healing Centre, who was wanted at CID, has returned to Uganda. Kyazze told The New Vision yesterday that he was ready to meet the Police if they summoned him. He added that he would consult his lawyer, Andrew Kasirye, on how to handle the matter. Senior pastors, according to sources, want Kayanja, Male and Ssempa to meet before a "council of elders".
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