Friday, 17 October 2025

Neo-liberalism, Corruption and the Tribulations of Civil servants in Mulago Hospital: Lubanga Jamada v Attorney General and Another

 Lubanga Jamada v Attorney General and Another (Miscellaneous Cause 37 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCD 113 (28 July 2025)

https://ulii.org/en/akn/ug/judgment/ughccd/2025/113/eng@2025-07-28  


Mulago Technician Denied Salary, Declared Insane


Kampala — FOR Mr Jamada Lubanga, a medical instruments mechanical maintenance officer at Mulago National Referral Hospital, any one who tells him to fight corruption is like someone serving him poison in a golden glass.

"Corruption in Uganda is deeper than people say. I have tried to be a good citizen by exposing corruption but I have paid a heavy price," Mr Lubanga said.

BLACKMAIL

July 22 - 28, 2007

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4825978692017917326/4812017169522742458   

  • Workers, spouses use Butabika mental hospital to fix rivals
  • Mulago staff gives testimony

CHRIS OBORE
KAMPALA

Lying on the shores of Lake Victoria, east of Kampala is Butabika Mental Rehabilitation Hospital. It is home to between 500-700 patients, according to its director, Dr Fred Kigozi. But apparently Butabika is not exclusively a hospital for mental patients but also “patients of persecution”.

The hospital, which enjoys a cool breeze with well-groomed open spaces, clean wards and an enthralling ambience, is supposed to host people with mental impairment. But interestingly the facility has also been used to admit people of sound mind. How and why it's done, is a combination of treachery and outright criminality.

MENTALLY ILL? Mr Lubanga narrates his Butabika ordeal to Monitor. Photo by Uthman Kiyaga

We made an educated guess: Mulago boss Dr Dumba

If your spouse wants to divorce you, it's just a call away to the police and says you are mentally sick. Without, further delay, the police will bundle you out of the house to Butabika. Then the divorce petition will succeed on grounds of mental illness. When your relatives want to grab your property or want to deny you inheritance, they just do the same thing. A mere pronouncement that you are mentally ill is enough to earn you a booking at Butabika.

Many civil servants, whose termination from work is not an outright decision by their bosses, have been branded mentally ill and booked at Butabika, to get basis for dismissal from employment.

"We have seen several cases where some people are brought here [Butabika] because individuals want to take advantage of them. Mental illness is used as an escape route," Dr Kigozi said.

He told Sunday Monitor in his office on Monday that although some cases had been referred to Butabika by court, others were manoeuvres by individuals. On the way out after interviewing Dr Kigozi, Sunday Monitor met a civil servant who had been referred to Butabika on allegations that he was not of sound mind.

Mr Jamada Lubanga, a medical equipment technical officer at Mulago National Referral Hospital, was sent to Butabika by the ministry's Permanent Secretary for mental check up because his bosses at Mulago had insisted he was mentally ill. The senior staff at Butabika knew Mr Lubanga because he used to repair their medical equipment.

Mr Lubanga, who had lots of documents, sat down with Sunday Monitor and recounted his story: My problem started in 2004 when mortuary trolleys [used for keeping dead bodies] were taken for repair. The repairers wanted Shs6 million but some people in my department wanted to inflate repair costs. I refused. The repairers [B.C Engineering & Fabricators] insisted on me going to clear the bills and pick the trolleys but the bosses refused.

Later they had me transferred to Masaka Hospital. I moved to Masaka but they had already informed the bosses there that I was mentally ill. They tried to instigate Masaka Hospital against me but I stayed there. The hospital administrator in Masaka threatened to throw me out of the house I had been allocated.

(Sunday Monitor saw copies of documents indicating that several top leaders in Masaka were petitioned and they intervened to help Mr Lubanga. The CID officer and the Chief Magistrate wrote to the Resident District Commissioner to help Mr Lubanga).
Later the PS noticed the anomaly. She transferred me back to Mulago. When I reported to duty at Mulago, the management denied me access to the office. But I stayed on hoping their attitude would change.

Later I reported the matter to the ministry. The PS rang the director of Mulago Hospital Dr Robert Dumba asking him why they were not allowing me to access my office yet I am the only experienced mechanical engineer with 15 years of service at Mulago.
The director told the PS that I am mentally ill. The PS refused to buy his explanation because she was aware of my issue.

The PS asked Dr Dumba whether he had examined me and found me mentally ill.
She asked me to come to Butabika so that experts examine me and give a report.
When I arrived here, most of the workers know me because I used to repair their medical equipment. I was referred to Dr Tom Onen, a senior consultant psychiatrist. I have had talk with him and he says he will write a report to the PS. The whole plot is to get rid of me at Mulago.

But Dr Dumba disagrees.
“Mr Lubanga is mentally ill. He is just a technical person and junior; he is not persecuted. He has real problems and the ministry of health is handling his case.
“In civil service, there are procedures of complaining, he should not talk to the media.
“The gentleman is mentally disturbed.”

Asked how he concluded that Mr Lubanga is mentally ill when he is not a psychiatrist, Dr Dumba said: " We are also doctors, that is how we made an educated guess."
Asked whether guesswork was part of medical practice, he said: "That man is mad, that's why he was referred to Butabika."

Dr Dumba denied the allegations that some officials at Mulago wanted to get rid of Mr Lubanga, so as to gain access to equipment for use in private clinics.
He also denied knowledge of the case involving mortuary trolleys.
"Maybe it's known to him. He is a very low officer," Dr Dumba said.
But Dr Onen who received and interviewed Mr Lubanga at Butabika said he had examined him and did not find sufficient ground to show he is mentally sick.
He declined to divulge details.

“In psychiatry, you can only keep someone if they are neglecting themselves or are a threat to others. We get people brought here that they are mentally ill and we find they are not. We have had people come because there are squabbles in jobs. Either the bosses do not want their juniors or the subordinates too brand their superiors as funny.”
“In most cases we find no grounds to say the accused are mentally ill.

“For instance, a PS has sent here a person. They don't want the chap in the job.
“A lot of such cases are from the public service because it is very difficult to dismiss somebody from public service. In a week, I handle at least three cases of that nature – who are falsely branded mentally sick.

“Some of those referred here, we find they may have simple depression; they feel headache all the time. Some have lost their loved ones or are suffering from HIV/Aids. There are many people out there suffering. Giving them a simple rest from daily routine would help them. But instead they are declared mentally ill and brought here.”
Dr Kigozi says:

“We had a case where a woman attempted to divorce her husband by declaring him mentally abnormal but we found the man normal. “By law, if a case is referred here from court, we take 28 days to observe the person before writing a report.

“If it’s involuntary admission largely resulting from urgency orders, we observe the person for 10 days. Any story of concoction will be subjected to scientific assessment and in most cases they fail.

“To declare somebody mentally ill, a committee set up by the Director General of Health Services must sit and make an assessment. That committee must include a neurologist physician and a psychiatrist. “So people can escape being declared mentally ill by writing to the Director General of Health Services.”

He said there are also cases of patients who have recovered but their relatives have refused to take them back home. He said the hospital holds between 30- 50 such patients. There is also a 14-year-old boy, Charles Lwanga, a slow learner and lame but not mentally ill.

Moving with a hospital guide, Lwanga came running and embraced the nurse in the hospital yard. "Mummy... mummy... mummy... where is my sweet. Mummy you didn't see me yesterday," Lwanga said as he embraced the nurse.

This writer chatted with Lwanga and he had this to say: “I was brought here in 1997. I want to go home; I want to go to school. My father is Lt. Col. Lwanga Mutumba [now a Brigadier]. He works in Bombo as a soldier. He is a doctor. They don't want me at home. Mummy [stepmother] doesn’t want me.”
However, Brig. Lwanga on Friday said he took his son to Butabika because he was not alright. "I took him there sometime but not 1997.

“He has been chronically sick. I would prefer you leave him there. It was a painful decision. He has had a mental problem since birth. You can’t trust so much what he says. There is no stepmother at home.”

The young Lwanga was dressed in a striped hospital uniform which the hospital officials said is only worn by patients who pose no danger to themselves or others.
Police say malicious booking of people to Butabika is criminal.

“When somebody reports that their relative is mentally ill, the police acts and takes the person to Butabika. For us we genuinely think it’s a true report,” said Mr Asan Kasingye, the police spokesman. “The blame should be put on a person who gave police wrong information.”


 Judiciary Irked by Ddumba Arrest Fracas

22 July, 2009

https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1209119/judiciary-irked-ddumba-eur-arrest-fracas


Saturday, 11 October 2025

Pastor Robert Kayanja’s Persistent Fornication with Babylon USA: Pastor Paula White Cain to be hosted at Miracle centre cathedral from November 12-16, 2025

 


Robert Kayanja Ministries, November 12-16, 2025




November 12
 - November 16




Uganda with Robert Kayanja Ministries 

Conference dates:  November 12-16, 2025



Address: 
Miracle Center Cathedral,
Off Nabunya Road, Rubaga,
Kampala, Uganda

Website: www.kayanja.org

President Museveni told Pr. Kayanja to Host Donald Trump’s pastor, Paula White, at His Church

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoqJW6aExEE 

 

Megachurch Preacher Paula White Marries Rocker Jonathan Cain in Third Marriage

https://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2015/05/rotten-fruit-megachurch-preacher-paula.html 

 


The Evil Politics of Babylon USA: When African Pentecostal Pastors use American Televangelists to entrench American Backed neo-liberal dictatorships in Africa: Benny Hinn Prays for Museveni ahead of the 2026 General Elections: Benny Hinn and Kayanja keep quiet about Torture, Kidnaps and Killings of Opposition supporters in Uganda 

https://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-evil-politics-of-babylon-usa-when.html 


Counterfeit Revival: Holy Ghost Bartender Rodney Howard-Browne takes satanic holy laughter revival to Africa: Pastor Robert Kayanja Gets Drunk in the Spirit at Dr Rodney Howard Browne Nairobi Nyayo Stadium Meeting

 

https://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2023/09/counterfeit-revival-holy-ghost.html 

 


Pastor Robert Kayanja Gets Drunk in the Spirit | Dr Rodney Howard Browne Nairobi Nyayo Stadium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRRDiN9E_fw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNCxoJFKsQE

 

Ps Kayanja Anointed by BENNY HINN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckMxGqzdFa4 

 The Sorcery of Babylon USA the Great and the Woman(Pentecostalism) that rides the Beast(USA): Thousands of Ugandans flock Pastor Kayanja’s Miracle Centre Cathedral grounds as Benny Hinn Returns to Uganda in June 2025

 

https://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-sorcery-of-babylon-usa-great-and.html 


 

Monday, 29 September 2025

When Esau(Whites) uses Ham(Tutsi) to Kill and Loot Jacob(Congolese Bantu): Stooges of white corporations (M23 rebels) capture gold-rich Nzibira town in South Kivu

 

 M23 rebels address residents of Nzibira town

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When the White Edomite Serpent kills the Children of Israel by sponsoring the War in DR Congo between M23 and the DR Congo government: The White Devil is playing innocent and pretending to be an angel of light

https://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2025/02/when-white-edomite-serpent-kills.html 

 

DRC: M23 rebels capture gold-rich Nzibira town in South Kivu

https://observer.ug/news/drc-m23-rebels-capture-nzibira-town-in-south-kivu/  

On Friday, M23’s deputy commander of operations and intelligence, Gen Bernard Maheshe Byamungu, addressed residents who had remained in Nzibira despite the fighting.

The following day, the group’s political spokesperson, Lawrence Kanyuka, issued a statement confirming the takeover, accusing government forces of repeatedly violating ceasefire agreements by deploying drones and fighter jets in civilian-populated areas.

 

“The Kinshasa regime continues its deadly escalation in blatant violation of the ceasefire and the Doha peace process,” Kanyuka said.

“This regime is intensifying its campaign of ethnic cleansing and coordinating attacks on civilians from its headquarters in Uvira. The AFC/M23 remains determined to protect civilian populations and neutralise any threat at its source, as demonstrated in Nzibira.”

 Military officials from the 3rd Defence Zone had earlier warned of intensified attacks by the AFC/M23 coalition across North and South Kivu, underscoring the worsening security crisis.

Nzibira is a strategically significant town, rich in cassiterite and gold, and has long served as a critical base for FARDC operations against armed groups in the region. Its fall represents a major operational setback for government forces and opens a potential corridor for M23 to advance deeper into Shabunda territory, analysts say.

The seizure of Nzibira further undermines confidence in the Qatar-mediated peace talks, which were aimed at ending the insurgency that reignited in 2022.

M23 has maintained control of key areas across both Kivu provinces, while the DRC government continues to accuse Rwanda of backing the rebels, allegations denied by both Kigali and M23, which claims it is fighting corruption, xenophobia, and discrimination within the Congolese leadership.

 

 

 

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

From losing his wife and son to divorcing wife of re-marriage: Pastor John Mulinde of Seguku’s World Trumpet Mission needs our prayers

 PASTOR JOHN MULINDE: His Only Child Mothered By Adulterous Wife Died And  The Remaining Two Have Been Declared Illegitimate – mulengeranews.com

Embattled wife disowns city pastor

https://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2010/09/embattled-wife-disowns-city-pastor.html 

PASTOR JOHN MULINDE: His Only Child Mothered By Adulterous Wife Died And The Remaining Two Have Been Declared Illegitimate 

https://mulengeranews.com/pastor-john-mulinde-his-only-child-mothered-by-adulterous-wife-died-and-the-remaining-two-have-been-declared-illegitimate/  

24-09-2025

by WALAKIRA JOSHUA

By Stephen Akabway Jr 

Declaring illegitimate his two remaining children mothered by his promiscuous wife following the demise of his only son, has piled  more woes on Pastor John Mulinde of Seguku’s World Trumpet Mission.
 
A few years back, Pastor Mulinde lost his son under mysterious circumstances and the deceased was buried in Kyaggwe in Mukono district.
Earlier before in 2010, Pastor Mulinde  chanced upon her wife, Jasmine Mulinde and another man in bed.
 
The adulterous act occured merely six years after Pastor Mulinde and Jasmine Mulinde’s official marriage.
 
Later on, Pastor Mulinde was poisoned and he survived death by a whisker.
Fearing for his life, Pastor Mulinde filed for a separation from Jasmine who upon his husband commissioning a DNA on his children, conceded to the youngest one not being Mulinde’s biological child.
 
The DNA later on test returned negative partenity results in respect to the remaining children including the one Jasmine herself had initially removed from Pastor Mulinde’s partenity.
Devastated, Pastor Mulinde called his fellow Born Again pastors over the weekend and recounted his woes to them. The meeting took place in Lweza near Kajjansi along Kampala, Entebbe Highway.
 
The idea was for Pastor Mulinde to seek counseling and for prayers from his fellow pastors required to cause his healing from the psychological torture caused by his double loss of a wife and children who he all along believed were his biological children and whom he also loved and provided for without sparing a coin.
 
Fortunately enough, court granted a divorce to Pastor Mulinde in May and he was asked to provide a gratuity package worth Ushs35m to his promiscuous wife, Jasmine.
The illegitimate children, per judgement, were supposed to be introduced to their legitimate fathers by their mother.
 
While court ordered a name of Mulinde to be removed from the illegitimate children,  it is not clear whether Jasmine also was ordered to drop the same name.
 
As Pastor Mulinde aches, he needs our prayers and support to heal fast and to forget all what has happened to him and move on with his life.
 
 

Pastor Gideon Mulinde passes on a year after wedding

 https://www.mywedding.co.ug/real-stories/202109/pastor-gideon-mulinde-passes-on-a-year-after-wedding.html 

 September 29, 2021

How does one get over the tragedy of losing a spouse so soon after the wedding? This is a tribulation rarely addressed, and yet many have had to go through the excruciating pain of the loss  of a spouse so soon after the wedding.

Timothy Mwebe told his story of bouncing back after the death of his spouse. 

What does the vow ’till death do as part’ mean if death was only months away?

Such is the reality Faith Michelle Mulinde faces after her husband Gideon Mulinde’s abrupt passing.

The couple was wed last year in September. It is reported by Uganda Christian News that Gideon Mulinde and his wife had just celebrated their first year marriage anniversary last week, days prior to his death. 
 
 

The young pastor died on Thursday following abdominal complications.

“Gideon felt pain in the abdomen and was taken to Yesu Akwagala Hospital for diagnosis and the case worsened until he breathed his last at about 8 p.m on Thursday 25, September,” Pastor Bwire Godfrey of Kampala Trumpet Center retold.

Gideon was buried yesterday, Tuesday, September 28th in Kanganda village, Kabembe off Kayunga Road.

Pr Gideon Mulinde, 29 was a lawyer and son to Apostle John Mulinde of Trumpet Church Seguku (Prayer Mountain), where he was also co-pastoring.

He has been eulogized by many as a brother, friend, mentor, great worshipper and spiritual leader.

Apollo K Mirro wrote on Facebook,

In peace may you leave the shores

My brother, Mulinde Gideon

Rest in paradise my brother ???

Cleverton Vernex wrote,

At the moment I’m out of words, I’m broken. JUST LOST ANOTHER BEST FRIEND?? This is so sad. Rest In Glory brother, mentor, friend. You have always been a figure to measure up to. Gone too soon. My sincere condolences to Apostle John Mulinde, Lucas Boss Mulinde, Mulinde Angel Emmanuel Mulinde, and the newly wedded bride to now the late Mulinde Gideon. May God heal your souls from the pain and devastation that comes with this situation. I relate and it’s never easy. May you please take heart. GOD IS ON OUR SIDE.

Lucas Mulinde, brother to the deceased wrote
My brother… My sweet Gidi, My Best friend… I’m still lost for words.  In deep agony just thinking about you my brother. Please don’t go.
Many pastors attended the burial including Dr Joseph Serwadda, Pastor Robert Kayanja, Apostle John Bunjo, Pastor Sempa Martin, Bishop David Livingstone Kiganda, Apostle Alex Mitala, Pastor Imelda Namutebi among others.
May the deceased’s soul rest in peace.
Couple dances on their wedding day

Our heartfelt condolences to his wife, the Mulinde family, and friends.

Monday, 22 September 2025

BBC Documentary exposes Uganda’s Neo-liberal State for Selling its Citizens into Slavery : Uganda’s Neoliberal State Fools the world but claiming Ignorance

 

Deputy Speaker Tayebwa was perturbed by the BCC documentary on the abuse of Ugandan women in Dubai

BBC documentary on migrants sparks debate in Parliament

https://www.parliament.go.ug/news/4202/bbc-documentary-migrants-sparks-debate-parliament 

Posted On
Tuesday, 16th September 2025

Members of Parliament have called on government to negotiate better bi-lateral agreements on labour externalisation, following a recent British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) documentary that showcased Ugandan girls involved in sex slavery in the United Arab Emirates.

The "Death in Dubai" documentary, shows two Ugandan girls who died following episodes of perverse sexual assault, at the hands of an alleged trafficker, Charles Mwesigwa, also a Ugandan, who formerly worked as a bus driver in London, UK. 

In a spirited show of concern, MPs now want government to push for enforceable agreements which demand the host nations to ensure the safety of Ugandan migrant workers.

"The Minister of Foreign Affairs must come out and explain what is delaying signing of agreements where our nationals would be protected. There are so many Ugandans who are trafficked, and all can be improved if government negotiates and signs bilateral agreements that can be enforceable," said Hon. Muwada Nkunyingi, the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, who raised the matter, proposed that government should emulate other governments that negotiate a minimum pay for migrant workers, saying it will reduce manipulation of the poor and young migrant workers.

MPs were moved by the BBC documentary that exposed the mistreatment of female migrants workers in the United Arab Emirates 

"Most governments negotiate terms of employment on behalf of workers such as setting a minimum salary, but for Uganda, workers are left on their own.  We need to revisit the plight of migrant workers. Government should take keen interest in the case of two girls who died till its conclusion," Tayebwa said while chairing the plenary sitting on Tuesday, 16 September 2025.

Tororo District Woman MP, Hon. Sarah Opendi, urged Parliament to fast-track the Employment (Amendment) Bill, 2023, returned by the President, and the Sexual Offences Bill, 2024, saying they entail provisions that handle sexual assault and manipulation through employment.

Opendi also asked government to prosecute the sex trafficker, saying, "the man has been saying he is the embassy, he is the Police - otherwise it is becoming a big issue for people who go abroad to work and then call us [ MPS] for bail out," she said.

The Workers MP, Hon. Abdulhu Byakatonda, said that he had made progress on a new Bill aimed at cracking down illegal practices in labour externalisation.

"I have worked on the Labour Externalisation and Management Bill, 2024. We have done research, consulted widely including the Attorney General and now what it requires is the permission of Parliament," said Byakatonda.

Hon. Muwada Nkunyingi called for bilateral agreements that be be enforceable 

Deputy Speaker Tayebwa directed that the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development liaise with all necessary government institutions prior to presenting a comprehensive report on migrant issues on Wednesday, 18 September 2025.

Hon. Ibrahim Ssemujju (PFF, Kiira Municipality) drew the House’s attention to Ugandans who have been detained for long without trial such as NUP's Eddie Mutwe and former Forum for Democratic Change Party member, Sam Mugumya. He prayed that government should prioritise cases in its jurisdiction.

Saturday, 16 August 2025

Wife of Apostle Michael Kimuli dies after attending Pastor Bugembe’s Blasphemous Concert

 


Pastor Bugembe Wilson Holds blasphemous concert at Serena Hotel: In his Song ‘’What will happen at the doors of heaven’’ a Muslim, a catholic (Bobi wine), Jose Chameleon(Occultist) and Non-Christian(Museveni) all entered Heaven

https://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2025/08/pastor-bugembe-wilson-holds-blasphemous.html  

Church, government pay tribute to Pastor Sarah Kimuli


Samson Waswa

12 August 2025
A vigil was held at the CDMI church in Kololo on the night of her passing, drawing a large number of mourners from both the religious and public spheres. 

The born-again faith in Uganda is reeling from the shocking death of Pastor Sarah Kimuli, wife of Apostle Michael Kimuli of Christian Discipleship Ministries International (CDMI) in Kololo.

Sarah passed away on August 11, 2025, following a sudden health complication. 

The news of her death was announced by her husband, Apostle Michael Kimuli, on Monday.

A vigil was held at the CDMI church in Kololo on the night of her passing, drawing a large number of mourners from both the religious and public spheres. 



A Legacy of Love and Compassion

At the vigil, several speakers offered emotional accounts of Pastor Sarah Kimuli's kindness and compassion. 

Pastor Wilson Bugembe delivered a particularly poignant tribute, recounting how he was a street child who had just attempted suicide when he was taken in by Pastor Sarah and her husband. 

"Sarah became my mother," he said, recalling how he lived in their home while he attended school.

 Bugembe spoke of her constant encouragement and revealed that she was the first person to listen to his songs as he composed them. 

He also shared that just the Saturday before her passing, she and her children had attended his 20th anniversary concert at the Kampala Serena Hotel, buying a table for three million shillings and celebrating his success. 

Other speakers, like Alex Mitala, expressed disbelief at her sudden passing, noting they had recently been with her at a party.

Tributes from Public and Government Figures

Jolly Kaguhangire, the former CEO of the Uganda Investment Authority, questioned the suddenness of her death, saying, "This landed like a shell, and I wondered if God wants us to get scared."


She questioned why a good person would be taken in such a manner, urging the community to remain strong. 

Colonel Edith Nakalema, the head of the State House Investor Protection Unit shared a personal story about her relationship with Pastor Sarah. 

"I met Sarah when I had just joined the army. She was full of life, love, and compassion," Nakalema said. 

She credited Pastor Sarah with offering her guidance on courtship and marriage and even praying for her to find a husband. 

Nakalema concluded her tribute by calling for prayers for Apostle Kimuli and his family, noting that the entire church and country have been hit by the loss of such a "powerful and loving woman." 

An official vigil is scheduled for August 12 at CDMI Mulawa-Kira, followed by a farewell service on August 13. 

Her burial will take place on Thursday, August 14, in Kikwabanga-Muduuma, Mpigi District.