By Leonard Kamugisha Akida,
KAMPALA:
“They (Prophet Sserubiri and his wife Namaganda) chopped off her head which they buried in Lake Wanyange and the headless body of Nakisuyi, 4yrs, was buried in a sugarcane plantation in Kakira,” Police findings.
Police are holding Pastor Buyinza Isreal Isma of Healing and Deliverance Centre in Nansana Kampala on allegations of luring a fellow pastor and his wife into ritualistic sacrifices.
Pastor Joseph Sserubiri and his wife Felista Namaganda were on Friday arrested for kidnapping and killing of a 4-yer-old infant girl Nakisuyi Trinity Nabirye Zabelle, a daughter to their Landlord a one John Muloodi.
The duo confessed to committing both crimes at their home Kakira market zone, Kakiira Town Council, in Jinja district on September 30.
They had rented Muloidi’s garage which they turned into a church, called Deliverance and Healing Ministries, Kakira.
According to police, the duo disclosed that they were lured into the acts by Pastor Buyinza of Deliverance and Healing Ministry, located at Ganda, Nansana.
Prophet Sserubiri had disappeared, after the incident of child kidnap but was tracked down and arrested.
Up on arrest, he together with his wife admitted to having murdered Nakisuyi in the garage turned church for spiritual prowess.
Police says that they slit the throat of the victim and chopped of her head, which they went and buried in the lake at Wanyange. And the headless body was buried in Kinyomo sugarcane plantation, in Kakira Town Council.
Police have recovered both the remains of the head and the headless body of Nakisuyi and subjected samples for DNA, to establish whether they match.
Other exhibits of a blood stained trouser, belonging to the self-styled Prophet and other blood samples from the garage turned church were recovered as well.
POLICE CALL FOR ACTION
Police urges Inter-religious Council of Uganda (IRC) to set up regulations on all places of worship in the country.
“We call upon the Inter-Religious Council and all other Faith-based Associations, to come up with stronger measures of profiling and auditing the activities of all places of worship. We believe this initiative will help guard against such rogue self -styled Prophets, who take advantage of people’s lives, in the search for miracles and divine healing powers.” Police said.
The police spokesperson CP Fred Enanga has commended the task team of investigators for their efforts, that led to the arrest of the suspects.
He pledged to continue monitoring the progress of the case in the courts of law, to ensure justice for Nakisuyi and her family.
Police says that despite the efforts made in the fight against Child Sacrifice, this tragic incident clearly shows that the threats are still in existence.
Parents and guardians have been advised to keep an eagles eye on their children because they are vulnerable to ritualistic sacrifices if not watched after closely.
