By Mulengera Reporters
Museveni a few days ago met with Masaka catholic bishop Serverus Jjumba whose delegation members pleaded to him to forgive and order the unconditional release of Fr Deusdedit Ssekabira.
He was arrested last month and charged with engagement in money laundering activities. His trial is yet to commence.
Museveni told bishop Jjumba that before he can be convinced to offer such blanket and unconditional forgiveness, there was need for Fr Ssekabira to admit wrongdoing, reveal to him the entire conspiracy he was planning with NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi, their fallen funders among the gay community and their overall objective in consistently using Kyagulanyi to meddle into the governance and management of the Ugandan society.
Museveni also wants Fr. Ssekabira to apologize to him, denounce what he did and also promise never to engage in such treacherous activities against the country.
The two leaders parted without finding common ground on anything as yet. Bishop Jjumba is supposed to consult and get back to the president and see how to work together to solve the Fr Deusdedit Ssekabira problem once and for all.
Bishop Jjumba had previously become very critical of the government and its security forces to the extent of likening the enforced disappearance of his priest Fr. Ssekabira to what prominent catholic church clerics suffered during the days of Idi Amin’s state research bureau in the 1970s.
The meeting with Museveni helped to put out the fires and as of voting day, the anti-NRM rhetoric had reduced among his priests in Masaka as many of them got scared after seeing what happened to Ssekabira, who is alleged to have been the conduit through whom a lot of pro-Kyagulanyi campaign funding was being channeled.
During the Kampala meeting, Museveni insisted to bishop Jjumba that Kyagulanyi and Ssekabira had serious plans to use foreign money to disorganize the country during elections time and after.
