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Uganda: Police Hunt for City Pastor
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New Vision (Kampala)
11 May 2008
Posted to the web 12 May 2008
Eddie Ssejjoba
Kampala
THE Police are looking for Pastor William Muwanguzi of the Holy Fire Ministries in Namulanda, a church on Entebbe Road
Pastor Muwanguzi, popularly known as Kiwedde, is alleged to have disappeared with a Toyota Land Cruiser worth sh24m belonging to Michael Sango, alias Dai, of the East African Disco in Nyendo, Masaka town.
The Commander of Katwe Police Station, Godson Nsekanabo, yesterday confirmed that they had opened a file against Muwanguzi and declared him a wanted person.
The Police and other security organs searched his church and home in vain. Security sources said he was last seen moving in a saloon car with tinted windows.
"The Police declared the motor vehicle stolen and the pastor is the suspect in this case. He is on the run and must be arrested on sight. The motor vehicle must be impounded as soon as it is sighted," Nsekanabo said, adding that they had been looking for the pastor since Wednesday.
Mustafa Ssemanda, the car broker, said Pastor Muwanguzi approached him, saying he wanted to buy a car. He got him the Land Cruiser, which the pastor accepted to buy at sh24m, and he delivered it at his church on April 11.
"He asked us to park the car and promised to pay after three days. When we returned, the car was not at the church. Muwanguzi told us his wife had used it to go for a burial upcountry.
He asked us to return after four days, saying his wife had to sign the cheque."
After several fruitless attempts to get paid, they asked Muwanguzi to return the car.
"When we went looking for him, his armed guards, some in military uniform, threatened to shoot us, so we decided to go to the Police."
He said Muwanguzi had been telling people that he had gone on a crusade abroad. "I last heard from him when he called me and said he was at Entebbe Airport going to London," Ssemanda said.
"We have put a big prize on him and the car. We have also put several announcements on radio."
When the New Vision visited the church on Sunday evening, followers said Muwanguzi had briefly prayed with them. "But he was too tired after a long journey," one said.
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Pastor Katende, one of his ministers, confirmed Muwanguzi had left quietly after claiming to be tired. "Many other patients have been waiting to see him but he has left."
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