MartinSsempa PhD

Statement concerning conspiracy against Pastor Kayanja's accusers

2010-12-30T12:04:00.001-08:00

Dear Ssempa friends,

Happy New Year greetings. I am sure many of you have read today's stories and the ones in the last few days with keen interest concerning my wellbeing. Many of you have called wondering if I am okay, as it was reported that I went missing from Police which wanted to arrest me on Chritmas Eve! I am indeed okay having had a most distressing pre christmas season. I along with a few pastors have been highlighted to be charged by the police and DPP for allegedly conspiring to injure the reputation of Pr Kayanja! Today's monitor publication run the story as DPP approved conspiracy charges against Pr. Kayanja's accusers. This accusation is baseless and most unfortunate.

I was just doing my job as a pastor when a Robson came to me for counselling. He was afraid and kept saying how dangerous it was for him. I want you to read what he essentially told me which he later wrote in an affidavit. You decide if this was some story he made up. I know for sure working with victims of sexual abuse and trafficking is a very dangerous job and our experience is no difference. It is claimed that I promised to pay him Sh 160,000 to make this up. Is this a story that can be woven for a fee of $70. Could it actually be true and that the law enforcement is unable or unwilling to deal with it?

Asides this, I am very embarrassed that now pastors are in the news for all issues..Sodomy! I really wish this was not so. I am also troubled because it all does not make sense to me and my wife! It would have made sense for the police to go after me if; Smuggled wines were found in my home, or Iwas found to be driving a stolen vehicle by intepol. It would make sense if I made failed prophecies about the death of some opposition politicians or if my associate pastors were involved in husband snatching or in court for sodomy! If I was in court on why I carried several passports or why I was moving around with small group of armed men with AK-47s. Maybe if my generosity of painting and giving to the police had caused parliament to make a statement telling me to stop it would have made sense. But all this does not make sense..so I ask that we pray and ask some hard questions.

For now I am scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday morning. If the preaching of truth and helping the victims of abuse leads me through some valleys of hardship then I will go through it. My prayer is that I will be a history maker for the glory of God. Happy new year 2011

Have safe holidays and remember to give to those in need.

Martin Ssempa

Another story ... Pastor Robert Kayanja's “Image” and the Arrest of Pastor Solomon Male

2010-12-30T11:38:00.000-08:00

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Kato Mivule | December 22, 2010

www.yesumulungi.com

Those who have been following Uganda's Evangelical Church news in Uganda could not fail to realize that Pastor Robert Kayanja of Rubaga Miracle Center has been on a Media blitz trying to “restore his reputation and image”.
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From the holding of a Prayer Breakfast for Uganda's top politicians and press coverage of his wife's “Girl Power” conference, and rubbing shoulders with the Archbishop of York, Ssentamu, Pastor Robert Kayanja has undoubtedly been on a media blitz, doing PR to repair his image rather than that of Jesus Christ with whom there seems to be a large and widening contrast.

A few years ago a group of Ugandan Pastors reported to the Ugandan Police cases of boys who claimed they had been sexually molested by some of Uganda's mega church Pastors including Pastor Robert Kayanja. One of the Pastors, Grace Kitaka resigned, others, including Pastor Robert Kayanja vehemently denied the allegations.

The Ugandan Police claimed to have carried out investigations but made a turning surprise when they received large donation for housing renovations for the Police department from Pastor Robert Kayanja. The Police then accused the victims of sexual abuse of making false allegations and tainting the “image” of Pastor Robert Kayanja.

The young boys who had reported to their local Pastors that they were sexually abused, were instead hunted by police and arrested. The Pastors who had obeyed Ugandan laws by reporting the allegations of sexual abuse to police were in turn arrested, others are still fighting court cases in Ugandan courts of law. As of Ugandan media reports Pastor Solomon Male together with his lawyer were arrested by Ugandan Police personnel and accused of making false allegations against the “reputation” of Robert Kayanja.

What these Pastors, headed by Pastor Male had simply done was to bring the concerns and serious allegations of sexual abuse to Ugandan Authorities. Instead corruption and injustice ruled the day and the abused became the accused. This is one reason why the Ugandan Anti Homosexual Bill was strongly supported by Pastor Solomon Male and others who saw no way of escape and justice but rather blamed the Gay community for all the child sexual abuse cases in Uganda as a consequence and thus derailed their fight against Child Abuse and Sexual Molestation that continues to plague Uganda.

Yet this turn of events by Ugandan authorities arresting Pastor Male for simply reporting that young boys are being sexually molested is not only wrong and unjust but plain evil. Further still, arresting his lawyer only shows that justice in Uganda belongs to the select few, the powerful

Notes
[1] “New Vision Online : Sodomy case: Pastor Male arrested, Sempa flees.” [Online]. Available: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/741917. [Accessed: 23-Dec-2010].

[2] “Daily Monitor: - National |Pastor and advocate detained for implicating Kayanja in sodomy case.” [Online]. Available: http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1077294/-/cjw8roz/-/index.html. [Accessed: 23-Dec-2010].

[3] “New Vision Online : Oil a blessing to Uganda – Kuteesa.” [Online]. Available: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/19/741737. [Accessed: 23-Dec-2010].

[4] “allAfrica.com: Uganda: Kayanja Promises Greatest of All Crusades.” [Online]. Available: http://allafrica.com/stories/201012130054.html. [Accessed: 23-Dec-2010].

[5] “Robert Kayanja - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.” [Online]. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kayanja. [Accessed: 23-Dec-2010].

[6] “List of Christian evangelist scandals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.” [Online]. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_evangelist_scandals. [Accessed: 23-Dec-2010].

[7] “New Vision Online : Police criticised over Kayanja offer.” [Online]. Available: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/678328. [Accessed: 23-Dec-2010].

[8] “New Vision Online : Police clear Pastor Kayanja of sodomy.” [Online]. Available: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/681656. [Accessed: 23-Dec-2010].
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[9] “New Vision Online : Police arrest Kayanja sodomy accuser.” [Online]. Available: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/681968. [Accessed: 23-Dec-2010].

[10] “New Vision Online : Police backtrack on Pastors sodomy case.” [Online]. Available: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/10/10/682120. [Accessed: 23-Dec-2010].

[11] “New Vision Online : Kyazze quizzed over sodomy allegations.” [Online]. Available: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/683410. [Accessed: 23-Dec-2010].

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politicians in unholy matrimony with the clergy.

Uganda's Police painted a picture that it is not in their interest to protect the weak in society but rather their mission seems to be the protection of the powerful and well connected, no wonder Uganda still has to fight the “image” of being a banana republic.

Interesting and ironic is that the same government of Uganda that finds resources to protect the “image” of a powerful evangelical preacher is at the same time working hard to pass bills for the execution of gays in Uganda.

Ugandan authorities should have allowed for due process for those who alleged that Robert Kayanja sexually abused them. According to Ugandan Media reports, The Police claim that they could not find any evidence of anal penetration on the victims of sexual abuse and thus cleared Robert Kayanja on any wrong doing. Such claims are not only laughable but show how inept the Ugandan Police are.

Thousands of sexually abused victims do not necessarily have evidence of anal penetration. To look at anal penetration as the only evidence of sexual abuse shows total ignorance, ineptitude, naivety, and absurdity on part of the Ugandan Police. The sexual abuse allegations should have been taken more seriously and experts allowed into the investigation.

Yet even the arrest of Pastor Solomon Male's Lawyer, accusing him of filing a false affidavit on behalf of the sexually abused victims shows that the Police were bent of clearing Robert Kayanja's name and refurbishing his “image” at all costs.

Pastor Robert Kayanja might have momentarily succeeded in repainting his “image” but that image of Jesus Christ in the lives of many has been totally damaged...Pastor Robert Kayanja was more interested in his own “Image” than that of Jesus Christ. Even a local Church commission of inquiry into that matter could have shown some respect for the sexually abused victims and due process – at least according to New Testament teachings.

The “image” we have of Pastor Robert Kayanga now is one of an autocratic Pastor, friend of the powerful and corrupt African politicians, well connected and one with power to thwart justice at any cost.

The story of the fall of mega church preachers continues, from TBN's Paul Crouch, Bishop Eddie Long, Ted Haggard, DayStar's Marcus Lamb, among others, all with money and power...but scandals they cannot prevent.

Pastor Kayanja should have gone the route of Pastor Simon Kayiwa, who after being accused of witchcraft, human sacrifice, and devil worship submitted to a Church commission of inquiry into that matter, the commission later disagreed on the final report but cleared Pastor Kayiwa...instead Pastor Robert Kayanja has set his own precedent...and like the blind leading the blind, the ditch is not far away.

Happy New Year 2011

2010-12-26T03:46:00.000-08:00

Oundo Video- Baptism

2010-03-15T19:01:00.000-07:00

Someone sang a song...pray for the fish. Sometime the waters of baptism carry away so much pollution from the soul and spirit that musicians made a song..pray for the fish.

Here is Oundos story just before I baptized him at the university swimming pool.

I am sure the battle for his soul continues every day as ex lovers covet him to return to his life of sin and promiscuity. But may God grant George and others a chance to repent and be saved.

I sometime think that it "it takes more faith to make a change of putting a black man as the president in the white house because you have to overcome many many years of racism and history. But it takes less faith for a man who is been sexually perveted to turn away and live in a normal and sexually pure lifestyle for the glory of God."

Here is the videos:

A Prayer for George Oundo-determined to leave sodomy for salvation

2010-03-12T21:35:00.000-08:00

Out of Sodomy one footstep at a time. Today I am remembering George Oundo whose story of transformation reveals not only Georges moving story from childhood molestation but also give insight into how we have got to where we are today.
There are many lessons to learn from this story as told to my assitant Allen M.

I am Oundo George, 26.
I am a fresh creation, a chosen and appointed son of God. I have new loose masculine clothes, very humble and honest new friends. I belong to a more accepting family. Plus, I am a member of a church whose vision I am proud to associate with. I couldn’t have said the same during the past ten years.
Gender identity issues, ounded by Childhood molestation!
Raised in an extended family, I had both brothers and sisters but found myself closer to my sisters and other girls in the neighborhood. I loved babysitting, cooking, cleaning and singing; anything that girls liked too. I also had a number of dolls growing up. But then again, I didn’t like the girls in primary school and as Class Monitor, I canned the girls and spared the boys.
Still in Primary school, I had a good friend called Patrick who I slept with often and cuddled but don’t remember having any feelings for him. I was also caught in the school wash rooms with another boy and this is what raised my parents’ eye brows. However nothing much was done.

Early in my secondary life, I was molested by my dad’s accountant who I shared a bed with; an innocent plan made by my parents as Patrick (the accountant) was a visitor. Wanting me to become a Catholic Priest, my father took me to Jinja College, an all-boys high school. This was my firmest stepping stone. My obsession for cleanliness and neatness continued and I became known for making everyone’s bed in my dormitory. I also encountered other homosexuals and would escape from school with them every Saturday to meet older mentors at Speke Hotel, Kampala.

Mentored at the Night Clubs and a priest!
Homosexuality became my identity. By Senior Four, I had slept with several men, including Father X who later introduced me to Nick, my first white boyfriend. My name changed to Georgina and I had long painted nails, plaited hair, a bleached body and feminine clothes to go with it. My relationship with Nick didn’t last long though I had moved in with him. We cheated on each other and realizing it wasn’t going to work, Nick asked me to leave and he replaced me.

Repeat after me: The brain conditioning.
It was then that I went to Nairobi and enrolled in Human Rights along with Bible and Homosexuality certificate courses. These were to prepare me for the responsibilities I was to carry out. I started SMUG- Sexual Minorities Uganda, an umbrella organization incorporating all LGBTs – Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender and Inter sex persons- in Uganda Other LGBTs included Spectrum Uganda, Freedom and Rome Uganda (FARUG), Ice Breakers Uganda, Integrated Fellowship Uganda led by Bishop Ssenyonjo. SMUG aimed at advocating for gay human rights and letting the public aware that homosexuality if African and a human right.

Building the Story-upwards: Recruit kids into homosexuality.
Here is OUNDO'S Video interview on NTV News

In 2005, we realized the need for a gay youth organization which we worked on forming with Sam. This was meant to further educate the youth about gay rights, gay dating and safe sex- using condoms and lubricants. Under Queer Youth Uganda, we scheduled a school outreach programme where all members had to go back to their former High Schools and spread the knowledge on gay rights, encouraging more young boys to join us. I knew that our programme would not be welcome in these schools so we used underground means. But positive results were noted. We also formed solidarity groups meant to get to the entire nation. Strategies were laid to make this happen.

By this time, the gay community in Uganda had become more out spoken and radical. The likes of Ps. Martin Ssempa and Hon. Nsaba Buturo left us no option. We knew that if we were to beat them, we had to get to their level and then surpass them. I was chosen to represent Uganda at the World Social Forum in Nairobi, 2007. This was a big step for me. But amidst all these activities, I wasn’t in touch with my family. I felt it had neglected me because of my sexuality.
2007 was a very busy year. I had a number of encounters with Ps. Martin Ssempa, our biggest rival. It hurt deeply to hear him say convicting remarks to us. Like most Africans he despised homosexuality and what we did so we held many meetings to devise means of his downfall. We approached different embassies and the government asking for help to shut down all Anti-Gay organizations because of their discriminatory tendencies. We crafted a plan to attack Ps. Martin as an individual against human rights and a Pastor whose message is of hatred, discrimination and bitterness. Of course we read the Bible so much and scrutinized it to know how to retaliate anytime he hit on us.

The fake it court case which was built on Solid Lies!

We also had a court case (LGBT Vs Government) and we accused the Kamuli C LC1 Chairman- Kireka, John Lubega of discrimination and misuse of office because he had arrested some gay members. I went ahead to get false witnesses to testify against him. Ps. Ssempa was here too and we saw it as a chance to show him how authoritative we were.

LET US MAKE SODOMY THE COMMONWEALTH OF CHOGM:
That same year, we sought for participation during CHOGM and got the support of the British Council and the Common Wealth NGO Forum. We were then invited for a talk on homosexuality by the Amakula Film Festival after it screened a Nigerian movie on homosexuality. I thought I moved the audience with my sensational talk about gender identity and sexual orientation.
Meanwhile, Ps. Martin was holding a rally against homosexuality at Kololo Airstrip. We sent our spies to disguise themselves as journalists and cover the event.

We spent a sleepless nights preparing a presentation to Prince Charles who was coming for the People’s Space at Hotel Africana the following day. We addressed the issue of same sex marriages being discriminated in Uganda and were appealing to Her Majesty the Queen to take the Penal Code, Sections 140- 148 (that were penalizing homosexuality) back to England. We agitated for the same rights as the gays in Britain have and for the event, we made placards that had comments like “Am gay, Mr. Straight Please Forgive Me”, “You Think Am Gay, So What?”and “SMUG Embraces CHOGM” However, our plans were frustrated by Ps. Ssempa’s presence again! We were not given chance to air out our views.

SLOWLY WAKING UP-BEING GAY IS A NIGHTMARE
At the beginning of this year, I got a strong feeling of sorrow, loneliness and discomfort about my life. I knew that despite all the money that the gay society offered me, all the knowledge on gay rights and the fulfilling work that I did, something was lacking. I also began to have a series of nightmares. In one dream I was dead and was surrounded by mourners. In another, there was a strong force pulling up and down and I woke up so tired and weakened, like I has been at war. These went on for a while and I was compelled to share my desire to go to church with a gay friend. He comforted me but was also disappointed at my desire to go to church.

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So stressed, I came to the White House with hopes of meeting Ps. Martin but I bounced and wasn’t able to get his mobile contact. So I went to Hon. Nsaba Buturo, the Minister of Ethics and Integrity and explained to him what I was going through. He is the one who called Ps. Martin and connected me to him. I must admit I felt very humbled and embarrassed to face the man I had confronted bitterly so many times, to apologize and ask for help. But I barely had to. Talking to him calmly for the first time, he embraced me, gave me shelter as I had nowhere else to go, clothing, food and a welcome that I hadn’t anticipated. Ps. Martin has a yearning to place everyone in his care exactly where God wants them to be. And that, he has done for me. I haven’t met a gentleman so loving. Even in the past, whenever he met us, he would want a handshake and would invite us to his church. I never saw it coming.
I have been gladly welcomed by Makerere Community Church; I already have mentors taking me through deliverance and believe that my future shines brighter now. I am learning how to pray and read the Bible, viewing it in the right perspective.

REMORSE AT THE LOST YEARS. MAYBE SOMEDAY..
However, I can’t help but feel like I’ve given away too much of life to doing wrong and I’ve lost so much. My family, a good education, respect from society and its going to be a challenge to start over. I had even thrown away my dream to babysit my own babies as I loved babies growing up. I now long to be a family man, a preacher of the gospel and a living example to all homosexuals still tied up in bondage.

THE DREAM...
A couple of nights ago, I dream't that I was standing before a huge crowd with Ps. Martin by my side, and I was telling a story. The crowd was so silent, listening to me. I believe I was testifying. And when the time is right, I am going to tell everyone of God’s delivering hand that picked me from a hole so deep.

Interview with Dr. Michael Brown 101

2010-03-11T13:03:00.000-08:00

Just had an American and African dialogue with Dr. Michael Browns on his show...was a great time of discussing clearly what are the key issues concerning the debate I am posting here the summary of the interview highlighting the key issues. The show is available here.

1. Who are you?
Shared about my 24 years of expertise on fronline of Uganda's HIV/AIDS success. My education was also shared. Bachelors in Sociology, Masters of science in counseling, and a PhD in public health and service for my globally successful work on HIV/AIDS in Uganda.

2. What is the difference between American and Africa-
I shared our 5000 years of history as a civilization with Kingdoms and strong cultures handed down from father to son through families, clans, tribes and kingdoms. The youngest kingdom in Uganda is older than the American Republic. But we are opposed to homosexuality because
a. Because it breaks the LAW of our CULTURES and the teaching of our ancestors. It is a taboo.
b. It breaks the Law of our FAITH teaching..whether Christian or Moslem's.
c. It breaks it breaks the Law of NATURE where male goes with female.
d. It breaks the LAW of Uganda..penal code and constitution.

This is global clash of cultures..it is clash where the west is saying this is a human right, and African says it is A HUMAN VICE.

3. Why does Uganda need bill now.

a. International groups which are coersing homosexuality down our throats ie France and Netherlands at the UN.
b. Lack of protection for the boy child from homosexual rape.
c. Lack of protection for the girls and women in the current law. Only focus on male homosexuality.
d. Lack of legislation against promotion and conspiracies to promote homosexuality.

Note: We have learnt that now the Penal Code was amended to cater for the gender imbalance in b above.

4. What about the death penalty and aggravated defilement?

We do understand this to be about statutory rape of minors and the handicapped.
We have written as Uganda Joint Christian council to make sure that the death penalty is removed and sentences made less harsh.
Asked for inclusion of rehabilitation.
Recommend that aggravated defilement focuses on the defilement of minors or statury rape.
Give confidentiality to care providers.
The bill is really in draft stage and comments are being taken from all.

5. What don't you have a copy of the bill on your website?
First I am not the parliament..You can get a copy thru the parliament of Uganda.
Uganda's Internet has been very very hard and slow. I have just started having access to the
internet over the last couple of weeks due to new fiber-optic service connected to Uganda.
The bill with the parliament where you can get a copy through their website.
Not having much access in the past to internet..but I will upload a pdf version and our Uganda Joint Christian Council recommendations over the next couple of days.

6. Do you hate homosexuals? What would you do if they came to your church?

The deliberate spin of some pro-homosexual media is to try and make one hateful and monstrous.
On the countrary I think my church is the safest place for homosexuals to go and many come and are changed. In my worship team, my ushers and leaders I have former lesbians and homosexuals.

I have Paul Kagaba the former spokesperson for homosexuals in Uganda who is in my church. We are caring for Sandra a former lesbian who was thrown out by lesbians cause she got pregnant and they threw her out. We are also caring for another girl who got pregnant out of wedlock and no one would care for her and her baby.
You see I believe the church is like a school where we teach, a hospital where we treat the wounded, a temple were we worship and celebrate God, and finally it is also the fortress for soldiers of the Lord.

7. What about the four Americans who came to Uganda. Are they responsible for the bill?

Really that is an exaggeration intended to attack and make American Christians look bad. They came to teach on the gay agenda, counselling homosexual etc. I actually never even went to the conference. Bahati never attended his meetings at all.

No this is an African, home grown effort for Ugandans by Ugandans. This is democracy where leaders make laws for the people based on the will of the Ugandan people.

Finally this clash is a global clash of culture and ideology. Uganda is battle ground for the global clash on HIV/AIDS policies as well as the issue of homosexuality. The west including Obama\Hilarly Clinton\George Soros say it is a human right. But Africans say, it is a HUMAN VICE. This is not only in Uganda, it is in Kenya, in Malawi, in Senegal, in Nigeria etc. Dont blame the Rick Warren or Scott Lively. That is just divisive.

8. What words do you have for the American Church?

The major networks don't really tell the truth on the issue of homosexuality. They and the homosexual bloggers will seek to label the bill and Ugandans as extremists so as to scare off support and debate.

The hysterical response at the least more than hypocritical. In all of Uganda's history we dont have a homosexual who has ever been arrested and killed because of homosexuality. On the other hand every day more than 3000 babies are murdered with American peoples money in the abortion clinics which are in their backyards. The babies are punished not for what they have done, but JUST FOR WHO THEY ARE.

I do ask that God will use Uganda and what was called the dark continent to bring a re-awakening to the true teaching of the Bible on the issue of life and sexual purity. We can preach the message of God save the sinners without legitimating the life of sin and sexual anarchy.

8. Now that you are famous or infamous from Nightline show and this anti-homosexuality bill give a 30 second closing message to the Pastors.

The truth is more of my time is spent in church planting, preventing HIV/AIDS and helping the poor. However Nightline is not really interested in that side of the story.

I will however say that, "if the price for contending for the truth of the word of God is being wrongly misrepresented on Nightline, then I will gladly carry that cross. I would rather stand for God, my African culture and my family and be despised on Nightline, than win the favor of Larry King of CNN. Jesus warned us about not loving the world at the expense of His truth".

Anti-Homosexual Bill In Uganda Causes Global Uproar ABC NEWS

2010-03-10T10:43:00.000-08:00

Anti-Homosexual Bill In Uganda Causes Global Uproar

The Proposed Bill Could Punish Homosexuals Who Marry With Life In Prison

By DAN HARRIS and KATIE HINMAN

March 10, 2010—

Standing onstage in black velvet robes, despite the stifling heat in the open-air church, Pastor Martin Ssempa's face is a mask of disgust.

"Anal licking!," he shouts, directing the crowd's attention to the images of hardcore gay pornography that he's projecting via his laptop. "That is what they are doing in the privacy of their bedrooms."

"Everything having to do with eating of poop&heterosexuals do not eat poop," Ssempa said. "And if they do, they are misguided, they are not real heterosexuals. We don't practice, that's an abomination. It's like sex with a dog, sex with a cow; it's evil."

SORRY NO ROSY QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT EYE PROPAGANDA HERE!

Homophobia In Uganda

Ssempa's animated style has made him one of the most popular preachers in the African nation of Uganda. But it's his virulent homophobia that's put him at the center of an international uproar. The pornographic images, which reduced some of the churchgoers to tears, were meant to whip up support for a bill under consideration in Uganda that would make some gays and lesbians eligible for the death penalty.

COMMENT: YES PEOPLE WEPT OUT TO GOD TO SAVE US FROM THE GREAT PUNISHMENT COMING ON THE EARTH WHEN THE SINS OF SODOM ARE PRACTICED. WE ARE BAFFLED HOW ANYONE CAN DEFEND THE ABOMINABLE? EZEKIEL 8.10 ..and He said to me "go and see the wicked abominations they are doing there"

The bill was introduced several months after a visit by several American evangelicals, who spoke at a conference called the "Seminar on Exposing the Homosexual Agenda."

One of them was Scott Lively, a pastor from Temecula, Calif., who believes that countries like Uganda can still protect themselves from what he sees as the scourge of the gay agenda.

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"These are good Christians; better Christians than there are here in the states," says Lively. "They care about each other. And I think the reason they're pushing so hard on this law is that they don't want to see what happened to our country happen over there."

He told the conference's audience, made up of teachers, social workers, and politicians that "even though the majority of homosexuals are not oriented towards young people, there's a significant number who are. And when they see a child from a broken home, it's like they have a flashing neon sign over their head."

Lively, who is the president of Defend the Family, is also the author of a book called "The Pink Swastika", which argues that the Nazi Party was a homosexual movement.

Uganda to Consider Passage of The Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009

"If you deny and reject the design of your own body," he told the conference, "and you engage in conduct that is self-evidentiary wrong and harmful to you, then you're going to receive in your body the penalty which is appropriate. Can anyone say AIDS?"

Also at the seminar were two American men who claim gays and lesbians can be healed, including Caleb Brundidge, a minister who says he lived as a gay man for ten years.

"I say that no one is born gay and anyone who wants to change can," said Brundidge, who works for the International Healing Foundation in Bowie, Md. "No one that has same sex attraction, they didn't choose to have that. I'm living proof. Change is possible. I changed from that lifestyle to the one I'm in now. That's not a gay lifestyle, it's a straight lifestyle."

Brundidge was joined by Don Schmierer, who serves on the board of Exodus International, another group that works with people who want to reverse their homosexual attractions. Schmierer declined to be interviewed by ABC News.

While there, the three American Christians also met with members of the Ugandan parliament.

NOTE: DONT BLAME THESE GUYS..THEY DONT EVEN KNOW WHO DAVID BAHATI IS. SO HILARY AND BILL CLINTON CAME TO UGANDA..DO WE BLAME THEM TOO?

Months later, a bill was introduced called The Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009.

The bill creates a new category of crime called "Aggravated Homosexuality," which calls for death by hanging for gays or lesbians who have sex with anyone under 18 and for so-called "serial offenders."

NOTE;HERE COMES THE SCARE THE MOTHERS! I AM ON RECORD TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS AND CARE GIVERS SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO REPORT. I SUPPORT ASPECTS OF MANDATORY REPORTING ESPECIALLY IN CASES OF CHILD ABUSE.

The bill also calls for seven years in prison for "attempt to commit homosexuality," five years for landlords who knowingly house gays, three years for anyone, including parents, who fail to hand gay children over to the police within 24 hours and the extradition of gay Ugandans living abroad.

The bill's sponsor, David Bahati, now insists the death penalty only applies to homosexual pedophiles.

"The whole thing has been distorted, " he said. "And we know that some copies of the bill have been circulated on the Internet, which are incorrect."

Bahati defends the bill's stringency. "Well it can sound tough to some people but it's acceptable to our community here. Remember that here in Uganda, 95 percent of our population does not support homosexuality."

"But also we know that we live in a global family where in America they accept homosexuality as a human right. In Uganda we don't. In America, it is illegal to be a polygamist. Here in Uganda, it is cherished in some cultures. So that is the nature of the global family," he said.

"So things that are acceptable in some societies are not acceptable in others. But we have mutual respect. But this bill was proposed by Ugandans for Ugandans. We think it is good for us, we think it is good for Uganda."

VAL KALENDE AND HER FRIENDS ARE THE LEADING PARTY ANIMAL IN TOWN. THIS IS ALL POSTURING TO DRUM UP SYMPATHY.

Gay Ugandans Speak Out

Val Kalende, a lesbian, said it's dangerous just to walk down the street. "Just the other day a colleague of mine was detained and questioned by police," she said. "Every time you come back home safe, you thank God you are safe. But then you don't know what's going to happen the next day."

Kalende said that while Uganda has always been a homophobic country, things got worse after the conference the American evangelicals spoke at.

"So those guys should be held accountable for what is happening to us," she said. "And I hope that the people in America can hold these guys accountable for what is going to happen to us if this bill ever passes."

DONT BLAME AMERICANS..ITS AN AFRICAN THING!

Gay-rights groups and governments all over the world are up in arms over the proposed bill. President Obama has called it "odious", and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a call to the Ugandan president urging him to table it.

The American evangelicals who spoke at that event in Uganda back in March are now rushing to distance themselves from the bill.

"I do not agree with that bill at all," said Brundidge. "That's not why I went there at all."

Lively also claims he had no idea the bill was coming, and denies any responsibility for it, despite the fact that he compared his visit to Uganda to a nuclear bomb exploding.

"I'm proud of that, and I hope that the nuclear bomb spreads across the whole world, against the gay movement " he said. "Against this attempt to overthrow the family-based society and replace it with sexual anarchy. That's harmful to everyone. That doesn't mean I hate homosexuals. That doesn't mean I want everyone to be thrown in jail."

And he repudiated the notion that he empowered the Ugandan parliament to introduce the legislation. "Do you think that these people did not already have an opinion, a strong opinion, on homosexuality?" he asked. "It's a very racist perspective. It's the colonial mind-set all over again."

That's an argument echoed by the main proponents of the bill in Uganda.

"It's offensive to me," said Ssempa. "It's offensive to me that every time a black man does something good, you have to say that a white man told us to do it. That's really offensive to me. We feel that even those Americans who came here, they are wimps. And they have been blamed for this law. They've all screamed no, we have nothing to do with it. Why don't we accept that Africans can make an anti-homosexuality law? Why do you have to blame somebody else?"

The Blame Game

Among those caught in the blame game: American evangelical megastar Rick Warren, who was once a friend of Ssempa's, and who invited him to California to speak at his Saddleback Church.

Warren has since ended his relationship with Ssempa, and has also repudiated the bill, delivering this message to Ugandan pastors on YouTube.

"It is my role to correct lies, errors, and false reports when others associate my name with a law that I had nothing to do with, completely oppose and vigorously condemn," he said.

"I think that Rick Warren is misguided," said Ssempa. "I think he is typical of some American Christians who are petrified of homosexuals in America."

But the outrage in the West may mean the bill gets watered down or even killed. The Ugandan parliament will hold hearings on it later this month.

As for Lively, he says if they drop the death penalty, he'll actually endorse it. Whether the bill passes or not, the culture wars both at home and abroad promise to continue raging on.

America learns about Africa-ABC's Nightline presents or misrepresents the struggle!

2010-03-09T17:12:00.000-08:00

The struggle against the colonial imposition of sodomy of in Africa by western powers will be shown tommorrow on ABC's Nightline programme. I just got this word from ABC producers.

" Pastor Ssempa -- I just wanted to let you know our story for ABC News is set to air tomorrow on Nightline. I will be sure to send you both a link so you can watch it online, and also a DVD copy. Unfortunately, ABC News policy will not allow me to send you any of our raw footage, but you may of course use the story as a whole, and there is a lot of footage from the rally in Jinja there. Again, thank you for your graciousness during our visit to Uganda. All the best to you and your family."

Well that is a bummer. They promised to give me a copy of the footage and they were yes yes all the time. Now..they are claiming our policy! Were they baiting me or lying to me? Secondly wonder however what is the remote possibility that this struggle will be factually and objectively covered. I must admit that I really did not like Dan Harris..we just did not connect or rather he just did not like Africa/Uganda's culture which unlike New York does not recognize sodomy as a human right. Yes he was in the midst of a population to whom sodomy is a human vice and great sin before God. No wonder after inteviewing me, we gave him a couple of keepsake buttons which said "Uganda Stands against Sodomy" he wrote posted it on his twitter saying "Souvenir from the most homophobic place I've ever been." Ah that is a bit discouraging because he apparently finds our pro family position objectionable calling it "homophobic". Apparently if Dan would have his way, he would take all of Africans to a "school of diversity" based in New York where we would all be told to repeat after him...sodomy is good, Africas Christian religion and culture are bad! I will keep my fingers crossed because journalists are supposed to be objective and factual even if their "beliefs" conflict with the story they are covering.

Dont show or tell us about ex homosexuals-
At the meetings there was two ex homosexuals. Paul Kagaba ex spokesperson for homosexuals in Uganda and Sandra who all great stories of transformation. Dan did not seem to care about their stories how rich western guys like George Soros were pouring thousands of dollars into pro sodomy campaigns. The matereal facts of the lives changes through the power of Jesus Christ did not seem to interest him. That bothered me.

They promised to be factual!
February 4, 2010 4:12:26 PM PST

When I first heard from ABC this is the letter they sent me:

Hello Pastor Ssempa –

I’m a producer for the American television news broadcast ABC News Nightline. I understand you’ve spoken with Ben about being a part of a story we’re doing about homosexuality in Uganda. We really appreciate your cooperation, and I think you’ll find that the format of our show gives you an excellent platform for presenting yourself and your church to an American audience. Our award-winning broadcast airs every night at 11:35pm eastern standard time, for an audience of about four million people. Our stories are in the six to ten minute range, which gives us much more time to explore topics in-depth than most news shows can.

What we’d like to do, ideally, is spend part of Sunday with you and your congregation, filming. Then we would join you again on Wednesday, the day of the rally, as you prepare for that event and then attend it. Our hope is that spending so much time together will really give us a chance to build a profile of you for our show, and we’ll be able to discuss a lot of the issues that have bubbled up around this pending legislation.

Please do let me know if you have any questions for me. I’ll be traveling to Uganda along with my colleagues Almin, who is also a producer, and Dan Harris, who is the on-camera correspondent for the story. We’re all looking forward to our trip to Uganda, and meeting you and the members of your church. All best, Katie, Producer
ABC News Nightline

Drag Rick Warren in somehow!

It is now an old story, but template reporting demands that there must be a good guy and a bad guy. Usually you want to link the African to some "rich American" evangelical right winger who is funding or paying them to do the legislation. While we as Africans are very dissappointed in Pr. Rick Warren who like Peter in time of pressure betrayed Jesus, Rick Warren has also betrayed our friendship and the biblical teaching on homosexuality. The urban legend on Ugandas bill is to claim that it was designed in America by the likes of Rick Warren and some speakers who visited Uganda for five days for an ex homosexuality conference. The truth is that this IS NOT in any way funded or developed by Rick Warren , Scott Lively et al. It is a homogrown effort by Ugandans for Ugandans. On the 1st of March I got this letter asking if I had a video of Rick Warren..meaning that Rick will be featured somehow.

DO YOU HAVE RICK WARRENS PHOTOS?
Hello Dr. Ssempa – I hope you are well. We are back in the States, working on the story, which hopefully will be airing in the next few weeks. I will make sure I let you know the date once we have settled on one. In the meantime, I am wondering if you have any photos of yourself from your visits to Saddleback Church, or with Mr. Warren or his wife. If you have a few that you could email to me, that would be very helpful. I hope you and your family are well. Thank you for being so kind to us during our visit to your beautiful country. I look forward to returning someday. All the best, Katie

Sorry No photos of Rick Warren BUT WE ARE PRAYING FOR PR. RICK WARREN.

I said sorry no video or photos. However Pr. Rick is best remembered less a purpose driven pastor, but more as a pressure driven pastor! He supported proposition 8, Californias effort to define marriage as man and woman at the polls, then turned and claimed he did not support it when he was on Larry King Live. A great video on this has been made, "will the real Rick Warren please stand up at the good people at good fight ministries. After watching this video, I would rather remain true to what God says in Bible and earn the scorn of the homosexuals and the perveted mind of the world. "I am not trying to please man, but I am trying to please God".
LET US PRAY FOR AMERICA AND AFRICA

I ask that you all join me in prayer that somehow those who are lost in the city of modern day sodom and gomorrah will somehow find the truth of God and turn away from their wickedness. Maybe having used ABC as the method of fighting HIV/AIDS God, can use the witness of Africa to remind fallen Western world including Barack Obama the ABC of sex and the family. Indeed marriage of man and woman is the CHANGE AMERICA NEEDS AND AMERICA WANTS. This is the audacity of my hope through Jesus Christ.
DONT BE FOOLED-THIS IS MUCH BIGGER THAN UGANDA.

See this Video.
This issue is much bigger than Uganda and Rick Warren. What is happening is that a global culture clash is taking place as western forces of human rights, and their local agents are trying to impose homosexuality on Africa. Africans are bothered by the effort of Pre. Barack Obamas adminstration of putting "sodomy" on top of his foreign policy agenda. This is now taking place in Kenya, Malawi and other nations. Will ABC tell the real ABC of the global clash?

Jim Burrows turtle told to listen before it speaks Uganda and sodomy

2010-03-09T11:31:00.000-08:00

Here is a post I just sent to Mr. Jim of the boxturtle which seems to have rewritten history diproportionately crediting a few Americans including Scott Lively et al as the Christopher Columbus who discovered the naive Africans and taught us that Sodomy is wrong and that we should make a law about it all in a period of five days! Jim has inflamed the American homosexual audience with exaggerations claiming that the bill and all who support it are in for a genocide. After making an error of posting a LIE that I was going to speak in NC and then recognizing that it was wrong he posted an apology here. I wrote to him a letter thanking him for the apology but also pointed out a string of other mistakes where he has spoken without listening or even asking. Now he writes to repeat the same lies at this post and here is my post.

THE TURTLE CONTINUES TO DEFEND STATUTORY RAPE

Jesus said..they have eyes but they dont see..they have ears but they dont hear..

Jim..I am sorry your partner has HIV/AIDS and you are afraid that if you lived in Uganda he would be arrested if he infected you with HIV/AIDS. My brother and Sister died from HIV/AIDS and we did take care of them till they passed. I am now treating a brother who has HIV who thankfully is still ok. SO I am no stranger to pain and closeness with HIV/AIDS in the last 24 years.

However on the issue of the capital punishment (death penalty in the Ugandas anti homosexuaity bill..I would like to state from my reading that there are
a. Offenders and
b. Victims.
Please re-read it again as below.

3. Aggravated homosexuality.
(1) A person commits the offense of aggravated homosexuality where the

(a) person against whom the offence is committed is below the age of 18 years;

(b) offender is a person living with HIV;

(c) offender is a parent or guardian of the person against whom the offence is committed;

(d) offender is a person in authority over the person against whom the offence is committed;

(e) victim of the offence is a person with disability;

(f) offender is a serial offender, or

(g) offender applies, administers or causes to be used by any man or woman any drug, matter or thing with intent to stupefy overpower him or her so as to there by enable any person to have unlawful carnal connection with any person of the same sex,

(2) A person who commits the offence of aggravated homosexuality shall be liable on conviction to suffer death.

(3) Where a person is charged with the offence under this section, that person shall undergo a medical examination to ascertain his or her HIV status.

You actually have the right draft and when I do see it I focus on the section a)Victim is below 18 and
b) A handicapped person

Indeed the offenders may vary and their status may vary but the focus should be focused on the victim. DO YOU SEE ANY OTHER VICTIMS OR PERSONS AGAINST WHOM THE CRIME IS COMMITTED.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU ARE FOCUSING ON THE OFFENDER AND IN THE PROCESS YOU ARE DEFENDING A PAEDOPHILE AND RAPIST.

I would like to ask what punishment in your view is acceptable for rape of a minor and the handicapped?

We have written to the committee as Uganda Joint Christian Council to make sure that this is clearly an issue of statutory rape and that the death penalty is removed. If you want that document I can send that to you.

Finally you associate aggravated homosexuality and related crimes and put them under one. I agree that equating punishment is harsh and did indeed recommend that it be substantially reduced.

Nevertheless you should not be decieved that this is the work of three Americans who came and told Africans to detest homosexuality. No this is a tradition for more than 5000 years. You would have to travell back to the acient civilizations of Timbuktu, Ghana, Ethiopea to understand where are coming from.

Of course you would like to make us look extremists so you can stirr up the fear of your readers. You continue to INSIST that we want to round up homosexuals in Uganda ..but that is just not true. We are happy with the current punishment of 12 years as a deterent for all those who practice sodomy becuase it is an unnatural act.

I know of no known case where a homosexual has been arrested and hanged for sodomy in Uganda. Yet every day in America using tax payers money more than 3,000 babies are killed (see photos) not for WHAT THEY have done, but for WHO THEY ARE!

Abortion Kills More Black Americans Than the Seven Leading Causes of Death Combined, Says CDC Data

I wonder why your box has no room for the rights of these little ones for whom there is no one who will dare stand up for them.

May God open your eyes to see his truth. May He give you conviction to turn and be saved. That is the CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN, THE CHANGE WE NEED.

Martin Ssempa PHD

martinssempa.blogspot.com

2010-03-09T00:32:00.000-08:00

Human Sacrifice for riches in Uganda comes to American television.

I am grateful for ABC television finally coming to Uganda and filming the grotesque and pagan practice of human sacrifice of children in the bid to gain wealth from the devil. This demonic practice has been promoted in Uganda over the last two years but it has taken much root in 2009. ABC story and news clip is seen here.

What is human sacrifice? It is when a human being is offered to the demonic powers as a compesation for the promise of supernatural intervention. This includes financial gain, favour in employment, influence of court decisions and the ground breaking for large construction or industrial complexes. For many years the sophisticated elites dismissed them as superstitions which dont exisit or urban/rural legends. The truth is that they have grown and continue to destry the lives of many children.

Yet I fear that while there is willingness to expose the great evil, there is a great reluctance for the powers that be to really take action on this monster. The case of Godfrey Kato Kajubi a rich tycoon who hired a couple to execute his orders of sacrificing three children with a payment of 12 million $4000 highlights the trouble of fighting for the rights of the victims. Ugandan Tycoon named in ritual murder.

Kajubi is rich and the victims are not!

The rich and influential people are the ones who are guilty of these atrocities. The police and law enforcement across the region is corrupt and will not touch them. In fact reports have indicated that the people behind these gross crimes against children are in the corridors of power..the army, police, business, and government! It is difficult therefore for the police to investigate and prosecute people who have financial clout and are close to the seat of power. The case of Kajubi which is up for hearing again this Thursday shows the ups and downs of access to justice. The police seems to have bungled the case and it is now most likely that what was clearly a classic case for the state to prove its zero tolerance for human sacrifice is not going the right way! God help all Uganda's children.

Things are not getting better:

We are told that with US aid, there are more than 2000 offices who have been trained in dealing with human sacrifice, but things just seem to get worse. Read below: "The state minister for internal affairs, Matia Kasaija, regretted that there was a 600% increase in ritual murder, from the three reported in 2007, up to 18 cases last year."

We need FAITH and Gods power!
This is an issue of demonic worship and must be attacked at the root with faith. Police will also need officers with faith who cannot be afraid of dealing with high levell sorcerers. The Europeans think of them as issues of Harry Porter and others. But these are real life issue which the Africans experiences on a daily basis.

We need to stop the promotion of these witchdoctors on the radios.
Every day on the radio stations witchdoctors advertise themselves and their ultimate advise is really a high form of human sacrifice. I have written to broadcasting council asking them to stop them and a feeble newspaper advertisement has been made. But they still continue on BeatFM, on Super FM and many others. They hide under the guise of herbalists, and traditional healers. I want to ask how do we differentiate between good witchdoctors and bad ones? Are they from South Africa as IGG Kayihura tells us, or could even our own Maama Fina provide the information for us!

This case of Kajubi keeps me awake at night. I pray God will move in our land to stop the madness.

Martin

Media appearence-ABC nightline and Dr. Michael Brown's Line of Fire

2010-03-06T18:57:00.000-08:00

Media appearence alert. This week I will have a long distance interview with Dr. Brown as below. A pre recorded 10 minute documentary on Ugandas freedom train will most likely feature on ABC's Nightline show. Details below and more on ABC later.

"Ugandan Pastor Martin Ssempa will be appearing on Dr. Michael Brown’s live radio program, The Line of Fire, on Thursday, March 11th, from 3:00-4:00 PM, EST, discussing the Ugandan ‘anti-homosexuality’ bill. Dr. Brown will be taking calls during the program at 866-348-7884. Listeners will be able to listen live online by clicking HERE. The program will be available to download shortly after it airs.

Dr. Michael Brown is the director of the Coalition of Conscience and president of the FIRE School of Ministry in Concord, North Carolina. He holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures from New York University and is the author of 20 books. He has spoken throughout America and in more than 25 nations, he is the host of the Line of Fire radio program and the Think It Thru TV show, and he has served as visiting professor at a number of leading seminaries.

Million men demo comes to Mbarara

2010-03-05T14:44:00.000-08:00

The freedom bus comes to Mbarara tonight.

Mbarara is abuzz tonight with the plans for the largest anti-sodomy demo to rock the region. There has been extensive inter religious planning for the demonstration which is intended to give the people a chance to share their democratic right to show how they feel about Sodomy! So those who are willing to travell please come and join us.

We will be marching from the Independence area to Mailo 2 covering area of about 5 kilometers in the march. There will be statements by various inter religious leaders from the Catholic, Anglican, Pentecostal and Moslem faiths. Already film crews from the French, Netherlands, BBC and Reuters are gearing up for the next stop for the freedom from Sodomy March. Hon David Bahati and other members of parliament, local government, the mayor, education and city council leaders will be marching.

Democracy means that politicians must make and vote in the will of the people. Africans may have many differences but we are united on some basics which like gravity hold us together. We obey the traditions of our God and our fathers who have handed to us a history of more than 5000 years teaching us that sex and marriage is only between a man and a woman. Even if Obama says sodomy is a human right, Africans say No it is a human Vice. Mbarara shows its feelings this Saturday. Come join us all who can.

Now Ugandas Parliamentarians vow to pass anti-sodomy bill

2010-03-04T16:43:00.000-08:00

"This article was written by Hon Member of parliament for Jinja Hon Fredrick Mbaga Mkayi Fredrick Mbagadhi Nkayi . It was published in the local daily the Observer. It is heartening to hear how the more pressure put on the parliament, the greater the resolve to pass legislation. Here goes:
"Listening to the widely revered Bishop of York, Dr. John Ssentamu on BBC radio[commenting on] David Bahati’s anti-homosexuality bill only reinforced my belief that the Day of Judgment has closed in.

Joined by some of our own clergy, leading opposition fanatics have jumped into the fray to oppose the anti-gay bill, allegedly aimed at them. My analysis ofthe touts of homosexuality world over points to the fact that they have always cloaked their arguments in the guise of sexual orientation theory, and homosexuality immutability paradigms.

More than often, gay activists have argued that homosexuality is innate, just like eating, breathing, etc., and that therefore homosexuals desire equal treatment as a minority group.

Homosexuality is a set of sexual actions.

None the less, even if we are to disregard God’s good intentions in creating the institution of marriage, most of the literature points to the fact that homosexuality is a behaviour, a habit learnt just like bestiality, pedophilia,smoking, or theft.

Moreover, this is reinforced by the absence on earth of any conclusive empirical study that points to homosexual immutability.

Granted, rights of minority groups have to be protected. However, it’s also imperative to note that these rights are not absolute and therefore their observance has to be within the tenets of the law of the land and societal ethos.

In addition, Uganda is among the few countries where society has an inherent right to regulate sexual conduct (regardless of sexual orientation) which threatens public health. On this account, our penal code regards homosexuality a criminal act.

Moreover, Hon. Bahati’s anti-homosexuality bill is just a reinforcement of the same and is about filling up any gaps within the existing law, given the level of sexual perversion.

The bill is about protecting the endangered natural African race and family, now at the mercy of the wealthy West, selfishly sounding drums of cutting off aid if Uganda cannot practise sodomy. Pegging aid to acts of homosexuality is in itself a societal evil.

Remember when we did talk about a presentation on this?

Uganda, the pearl of Africa and a blessed country, was exemplary in passing the anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) bill into law.

Regardless of the arguments that the proponents of FGM fronted in the guise of human rights, enough was enough. The daughters of Uganda can now walk with their heads high, liberated from such de-humanising and traumatising ordeal.

Fellow Ugandans, no one owes us a living; We must guard the dignity of the natural family for the future of our children and grand children.

How will history judge us if we fail to appreciate the holiness of the human body, a divine creation of man in the image of the omnipotent Lord!

Every part of the body was carefully designed for a specific purpose; the eye, the limbs, head, ears, mouth, nose, plus the anus, specifically for faecal disposal.

Throughout history, Jewish and Christian scholars singled out the sin surrounding God’s destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah as homosexual behaviour (New Testament, Rom. 1:26, 1 Cor. 6:9 and the holy Quran al- jawaab al-kaafi (P.106)).

If the price to pay for our own action is for donors to close their taps plus death threats, so let it be. No level of intimidation what so ever should deter us from condemning and fighting such evil behaviour.

Salutation to those Ugandans – Bishop Henry Luke Orombi, MP Bahati, and Dr.
James Nsaba Buturo for being among the innumerable that have stood up for what
Ugandans deserve. I have no apologies for Uganda being anti-gay.

"For the American and European homosexualists a little democracy 101..in Uganda if you are pro sodomy, you DONT GET ELECTED. If you are ANTI-SODOMY you get elected! If you have a problem with that, you can always go to another country!"

The Lancet: HIV rates among homosexuals are 10 times higher than among the general male population.

2010-03-03T17:18:00.000-08:00

The Lancet: HIV rates among homosexuals are 10 times higher than among the general male population. (This is the genocide)

Anyone who cares about stopping HIV/AIDS in Africa-especially Uganda, must stop and examine the statistical finding of these absolutely suicidal rates of HIV/AIDS in male homosexuals across Africa. Oxford University researchers indicate that for every one normal African man who has HIV/AIDS, there are ten homosexuals with HIV/AIDS all things being equal!

It really means that we need a state of emergency response to avert this self inflicted genocide by coitus. Will someone have the scientific courage to announce the obvious? Homosexual activity puts you at a 100 per cent greater risk of getting HIV/AIDS!

What is it that makes sodomy such an effective means of disease transfer? Are the answers rooted in the inherent weakness of the anal lining to offer effective detterent of disease transfer? In her acticle "anyone can get it" Janice Shaw wrote;

‘Just as 80 percent of lung cancers are related to using tobacco, the vast majority of HIV/AIDS victims are homosexual men. It is their behavior –– anal intercourse ..that puts them at risk. To be blunt, the rectal lining, unlike the vaginal lining, is a relatively porous barrier that is only one cell thick (the lower intestine is designed to absorb fluids — that is the very essence of its function); thus, it is quite easy for the HIV virus to transit through the intestinal wall into the blood stream and target cells. Some experts estimate that it only takes about 10 minutes for the virus to break through the barriers to infect the victim.
In regards to women’s vulnerability to HIV, to be blunt again, the HIV virus can burrow through natural barriers, enter the blood stream, gain access to deeper tissues and reproduce much more easily in the rectum than in the vagina. Thus, women are better protected against the virus. The healthy vagina, however, has a strong lining that is infection resistant, and under normal circumstances, its tremendous elasticity minimizes the risk of tears and abrasions so that the HIV virus, barring a weakening of the system, has great difficulty breeching its natural barriers. Thus, according to Dr. Grossman, some researchers contend that vaginal transmission is very rare."

Lets all blame someone else!

Typical of the usual refusal to give comprehensive knowledge to the homosexuals why their sexual activities-including barebacking, inability of condoms to give adequate protection, alcohol and drug abuse, put them at greater risk for the deadly diseases, the Oxford University researchers shift the blame to someone else “the rates are driven by the cultural, religious and political unwillingness to accept ‘sodomy practitioners’ as equal members of society”! Ha ha ha! This is philosophically untenable in similar public health occurences. We would have to blame society’s rejection of smoking as the cause to why smokers are 80 times more likely to have lung cancer than non smokers! We would blame society for cultural, religious and political unwillingness to accept drug abuse, which has driven it underground causing the related self destructive negative outcomes. It is this campaign of keeping comprehensive knowledge on sodomy and its attendant negative outcomes that is driving the genocide.

From my experience in HIV/AIDS in Uganda:
Having been at the frontline of the worlds most succesful global HIV/AIDS effort, from 86-90 we worked to give people the power to make personal choices for their survival. We were blunt, we told them that HIV/AIDS is spread primarily through promiscuity. We launched a national campaign which targetted real behaviour change! Abstain and be Faithul in marriage! And for those foolish enough to have sex outside marriage, they were told not to be so foolish as not to use a condom at it would substantially “reduce” their risk, but not take it away completely. The condom was never pushed as the magic bullet, rather it was abstinence and mutual faithfulness! We were able to break the back of the epidemic.

Are married heterosexuals more likely to have HIV/AIDS than homosexuals?

Today sadly, our programs have been hijacked by western bureacrats and get rich quick politicians at the Uganda AIDS commission. Now they have billboards saying “Married people are more like to have HIV!” Sure? Where is the evidence? And Compared to who? To prostitutes or homosexuals? Shock, this new information we actually should have a billboard that says the truth “Homosexuals are 10 times more likely to have HIV/AIDS- Stay safe, abstain from Sodomy” I am sure that is why Bahati and Uganda’s parliament are on the verge of making the anti-homosexuality bill 2009.

A letter to Pams House of homosexualists friends.

2010-03-01T22:10:00.000-08:00

Hey, I just left a letter to Maura who seems to be surprised that I am online now. The news is that Uganda just got connected to the fiber optic and we now have can access some internet. The cool thing is we can stop the one way discussion and now have a real debate...Here is my letter to Maura at Pams House blend.

Dear Maura and friends,
I thank you for discussing my blog and the news that I am available online. It turns out we have just got connected to fiberoptic internet..for the first time in History ..and the good news is that we can now talk. I regret that I have been misrepresented but I do hope we can learn more from each other.

Indeed it is true that I finally do have a blog! And Rick warren did not write it for me. I write my blog. Please do advise your Pam House blend friends not to be racist to always look for a white man to credit every time a black man does something good.

First, I did respond to your posting on my blog. I hope you got it..The negative birth rates in Western nations shoud concern all of us. For us in Africa, dying without giving birth to a child when it was in your power to produce is a curse. It is a betrayal of the ancestors because we the living are the link to the descendants. That in a sense why homosexuality is deemed as a curse and an abomination. Even before Christianity, our culture abhors anything that does not produce life.

Secondly, the anti homosexuality bill is a Ugandan effort, by Ugandans for Ugandans. A lot has been spoken about the death penalty creating hysteria among some of you that we propose to run around and round up anyone who practices sodomy. No such thing..The death penalty is specifically proposed in cases of aggravated defilement which is the equivalent of statutory rape of minor or a handicapped person against their wish. I do not support or will not support any bill which seeks the death penalty for homosexuals. On the other hand we will not be deterred from making the bill which is intended to protect our children from recruitment and propaganda. Hey now with internet we can talk more on this.

Finally kindly tell your fellow blogger to mind their manners when they are discussing. Continue to challenge their racial bigotry which makes it look like an African cant have a PhD or be able to blog! Some of these comments are vulgar, obscene and totally lacking objectivity with which costructive debate can be engaged in. Please do not forget to give a link to my blog..martinssempa.blogspot.com, twitter, and facebook. All at martinssempa

Hope you don't mind me joining this great debate.

Why we need to fight HOMOPHOBIA without legitimizing Sodomy.

2010-03-01T14:01:00.000-08:00

Fellow world changers following the freedom caravan, here is a quick update I just sent out to a group of young American homosexuals who are surprised that an African can actually blog, write and even have a PhD! Sad to say but its true cause every time a black man does something good, they want to look for a white man ie Rick Warren to credit for our work. Any way here is a brief post I just left for discussion while announcing the upcoming global conference as below. If they are concerned about truth not finding a way to hide under misrepresentations. MS PhD.

Dear Wayne and friends,

Thank you for posting my press statement on website.I would like to make sure that we fight HOMOPHOBIA all over the world by giving people comprehensive and accurate information on homosexuality. I agree we must never make any legislation based on people, rather we must legislate actions. It is actions which constitute social deviance, a social and spirtual debt and harm society.

My question is this, is there any part of the listed sexual acts which are not true? I agree with you unnatural acts whether homo or hetero are still unnatural and must be equally treated as deviant. Having worked as a case worker with people with HIV/AIDS both in the US and Africa for more than 23 years you could imagine I have a little information.

Finally we are scheduling an international conference on a post Copenhagen"Global Sexual Climate Change and its implications on population sustainability" in Kampala Uganda November 2010. We are looking for papers and scholars. Anyone interested please shoot me an email with your credentials at familypolicycenter@gmail.com.

We are interested why homosexuals in Africa have 10 times more HIV/AIDS than normal people? Why are nations such as European Union which have legalised homosexuality having a crisis in population sustainability? What are the implications of the global culture clash between western views of Sodomy as a human right, and the African view of Sodomy as a human vice. Does globalisation mean Sodomisation!

This and much more..coming up for Nov 2010

Statement asking the Speaker of Uganda's parliament to throw Gideon Byamugisha and his Sodomy gang out of parliament!

2010-03-01T02:16:00.000-08:00

Cannon Gideon Byamugisha is a man who became famous because he acquired HIV/AIDS and announced it publicly! Since I was there from early 1987, I know him to be a recent entrant into the work, but he spends most of his time speaking to foreign pro sodomy conferences who love to use him as their shrill! He started ANAL-Lela in Mukono 2003 which in has about 17 religious leaders somehow acquired HIV/AIDS. He is one of those who has been using HIV/AIDS as a means to further his personal and the agenda of Sodomy.
Today he is coming to parliament with a group of pro-sodomy gangsters. They come with an alleged petition of “500,000” (half a million) ghost signatures of foreigners who want our parliament to throw the anti-homosexuality bill out of parliament because sodomy to them is a “human right”! Mr. Speaker sir, to us as Africans, Sodomy is NOT human right but a HUMAN VICE! We kindly ask that you throw Gideon and his petition out of parliament so he can go back and see if he can bring 500,000 Ugandan signatures. We guarantee he cannot even get 500 signatures of Ugandans! We the Ugandan voters who elected our MPs are the ones who are demanding that you make a law to protect our children from Sodomy. The majority of Ugandans are united on one thing, Sodomy is not a human right but a human vice and we need the bill to protect our children!

As a campaign we are working on getting 10 million signatures of voters who are signing up demanding that you continue with the democratic process. Do not allow Gideon and his sodomy gangstas to mislead you or deter you on the anti-homosexuality legislation.

While we may recommend varying punishments on those who undertake statutory rape (aggravated defilement/homosexuality) of minors and the handicapped, we all agree that homosexuality is a global problem like HIV/AIDS and swine flu which needs emergency legislative efforts. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 is a much welcome relief to meet the challenges of our people who are being compromised by money or promises of gain.

Gideon is no longer respected in our HIV/AIDS circles because he has been the chief agent of criticizing our our successful message of ABC. At the 15th International AIDS conference in Bangkok Thailand, Gideon Byamugisha sadly publicly attacked president Museveni when HE spoke about the importance of ABC! Gideon has instead been advocating for some non tested and never proved plan called “SHAVED” As family policy center and the National task force against homosexuality in Uganda do recommend that Gideon and his gangsters be treated as imperialistic agents of Sodomy who should be sent to Kyankwanzi cadre school and taught a lesson Patriotism! For God and my country.. Martin Ssempa PhD

The million voters march

2010-02-28T18:29:00.001-08:00

Democracy is government of the people by the people for the people. African dont want Sodomy. So they are making a law to further protect their children from the plans of those who want to covertly legitimate it as a human right, sexual right, minority right, gender right, womens right, HIV/AIDS right. They are using many fronts, but the goal is the same..legitimation of the illegal, decriminalizing the criminal. Sodomy is not a human right, but a HUMAN VICE!

Here thousands in Jinja March calling homosexuals to repent! Parliament dont be intimidated and Obama-Sodomy is not the change we want!

The million voters march

2010-02-28T18:29:00.000-08:00

Democracy is government of the people by the people for the people. Thi

Ugandans wail and weep because of the evil of Sodomy!

2010-02-28T16:13:00.000-08:00

Okay folks here is a photo of the most recent demonstration of Africans united against Sodomy. Moslems, Christians, youth and old...they gathered and made a very special statement. Barack Obama..Sodomy IS NOT THE CHANGE WE WANT! Not only that but they wept and wailed to God on behalf of the children who are being pulled into this abominable lifestyle. For more than 5 minutes we wept as Africans do, Woowe, Woowe Woowe crying out to God to save us!

As the parliament discusses the bill, and homosexuals have recruited the services of the political leaders of the western government Barack Obama, Gordom Brown, Hilary Clinto to harrass our leaders with phone calls and blackmail threats telling our president ..not to allow the parliament to make a law protecting our children from Sodomy! Ugandans took to the streets and have come out massively to GIVE SODOMY THE RED CARD!

ABC news, Reuters, BBC, German news and so many others national and international were there! He he he..the homosexual were busy drinking at a party in Kampala knowing that Police had denied us permission for the demo in Kampala when they heard that we were now all over the news in Jinja! Ah you really cannot fight God! Western homosexuals and their local sidekicks must be frightened by this! The power of the people must scare them! But more so it is power of God.

This is not about Ssempa vs the few homosexuals in Uganda. No this is a clash of civilisations..a clash of cultures. When the entire machinery of the western civilisation which has been taken hostage by leaders whose number one foreign policy is the export of Sodomy meets the African people and its leaders who find sodomy to be an abomination, an evil which is decreed as un natural both by our God, our ancestors and our laws! The anti homosexuality bill is controversial not because it presribes the death penalty to paedophiles and rapists (as in statutory rape of minors and the handicapped), but that it criminalizes the sodomy recruitment propopaganda! Secondly it declares any treaty or declaration ie CEDAW, Yogyakarta principles to automatically be unbinding as long as they are incosistent with our position on sodomy and homosexuality. The plot of France and Netherlands at UN to force nations into Sodomy by legislative coersion will not be accepted by the African people.

He he The homos are furious their secrets are revealed!

2010-02-27T01:30:00.000-08:00

Ha ha ha..the homos are scared to death that we have hard evidence of WHAT they do. They are mortally ashamed of the public knowing the totally deviant sexual activities which include the most unnatural, unhealthy and disease prone sexual activities..fisting, anal licking, scat (fecal) games, brown and yellow showers, etc all these are the acts they want to keep secrets. See fisting (R)and the complete deviants dictionary (R) of WHAT they really do. So they now plant stories to bemoan that I am showing "gay porn" to "little children". That now my members in church are wanting to try out being homos! ha ha ha..

Now they panick to run stories of self righteous moaning that we have shown porn in the church!But it must be false cause my church members have never seen it! Eh ButI thought that porn is defined as intended for the purpose of sexual stimulation. This was the complete opposite. Are the liberals now becoming the free speech police! Hypocrites!
Secondly it was for education purposes..as we consider making legislation we need to know what are the acts to be legislated otherwise we are being ignorant! Kati Now the Observer is the local outlet which seems to have become the local sodomy agents of propaganda! They are so ashamed they dont even give a name on who wrote the story..Porn comes to a church near you! This is as cooked up a story as you can get.
First we held an anti homosexual bill workshop in many places including the one at Christianity Focus Center. In all workshops we have held the presentation, children have been asked to leave.
Secondly it has NEVER BEEN SHOWN IN MY CHURCH OF MCC so many of these are stories made up as they go!
Thirdly the question "IS THIS TRUE" Do homosexuals practice this? In their range of rainbow alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, etc do some or many of them really perform these unnatural acts?
Fourth if they dont, then let them inform our taskforce on legislation WHAT they really do!

Fifth if what they do was really good, then they should really thank me for promoting them.

Apparently education on their diversity fights homophobia. But really they dont care for the straight eye or even the church, mosque and parliaments eye to know what the queers really do.
Worse still we have ex homos like Paul Kagaba who are telling us the real data. Bakakana due to the truth!

They are scattering to keep the secrets by becoming the new anti pornography activists of the time. Ah too late, where were you when I was fighting Red Pepper in court? Where have you been when I have held so many demos agaist porn in Uganda.

Actually for Observer to run that story is only at the request of foreign homos who have probably paid them to run the silly story! Remember their last one on how president Museveni and Hon. Bahati and all the parliament are members of a cult called "the family" which was really behind the anti homo bill! What a lie! Then that makes 95% per cent of all Ugandan members of a cult since steadman in Nov 2008 showed that more than 95% of Ugandans are opposed to homosexuality!

Observer ...how you have fallen from the highs of being a great paper of analysis and factual research..you are now worse than the tabloids of Bukedde and Onion! Tuswadde Nyo!

Okay here is the facebook video you must see.

Martin Ssempa PhD

R-rated content.

Statement on “alleged screening of gay porn to children in church” and the homosexualist campaign to keep Africans ignorant of Sodomy.

2010-02-19T11:20:00.001-08:00

“Inspite of its very ghastly nature, recently the Uganda parliament watched a power point on the what female genital mutilation is, and how it affects womens reproductive parts. Equipping them with this information helped the legislators in quickly making a law to ban FGM inspite of many people in Sebei and Kapchorwa who considered it their human right. Showing adult Ugandans what homosexuals do was in no way different, for it is important that all legislation and debate be rooted in facts”.

On Wednesday 17 of March, about 300 Ugandans from all tribes, and religions gathered at for an anti sodomy workshop at Christianity Focus Center in Kisenyi Kampala. The workshop was for some of the religious, and tribal leaders who had planned to attend the one million men march which was postponed for security reasons. The workshop was addressed by Hon. David Bahati who educated the people on the contents of the draft anti homosexuality bill. He clarified that the bill was NOT seeking the death penalty for all gays as alleged by president Barack Obama but rather death for paedophiles and those who raped the handicapped. Many people asked questions, and a team of Moslems and Christians prayed for him as he was leading the charge against the evil of sodomy in Uganda.

In response to a the queston of “Why should what two consenting adults do in the privacy of their bedroom be of any ones business?” Dr. Martin Ssempa who is the executive director of the family policy and human rights center gave a researched presentation on “What” are the homosexual acts, and what are their consequence on the human body. It was very important that the proposed legislation would not be homophobic ie designed in ignorance and fear, but solid and objective information on the acts which the bill seeks to legislate. Since the presentation was for mature audience, ALL the children and youth were asked to leave the room.

The research presentation showed the secret but deviant acts of sodomy which included “fisting, anal and fecal licking”. Paul Kagaba of ex gay Uganda, the former spokeperson for “intergrity Uganda” (a homosexual organisation) confirmed the research and shared about the ongoing recruitment of young people into sodomy as funded by European and American organisations which bribe young people into sodomy with offers of money, ipod and laptops under the guise of “sexual and reproductive” rights seminars. Many people openly wept and cried out to God for mercy.

Four (4) reasons why it is vital for those debating anti-homosexuality legislation to know about “what homosexuals do”

1. The legislators to focus their legislation NOT on people, but rather acts. They therefore need to know what are these acts they are seeking to regulate. Homosexuals must never be defined on who they are rather WHAT they DO. The question for all concerned is to ask is which if these acts dont they do, and what do they actually do. See deviants dictionary.

2. It is hypocritical for those who often say the church is too quiet on sex, to suddenly scream condemnation when we actually get to talk about it. The bible says in Ephesians 5.10-11, “Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather EXPOSE them”. We have a madate as a group of believers in an age appropriate way to bring the light on these shameful deeds of darkness. Many who are now complaining and distorting what happened are simply bothered that we now know their deviant secrets.

3. In Africa we have strong traditions of community. “I am because we are” and whatever takes place in the bedroom affects the clan and tribal community as well as the spirit world. Sodomy is an offense to our ancestors because it denies tribal and clan continuity through the birth and nurture of children. No wonder God destroyed the nations of Sodom and Gomorrah!

4. Finally, it is a gross blindness for President Barack Obama’s adminstration to be obsessed with protesting Uganda’s proposed legislation calling it odious and unconcianable. While sodomy has been illegal in Uganda for more than 50 years, not a single homosexual has ever been arrested and killed for their deviant acts. Yet, every year more than 1.3 million American babies are murdered through abortions which are funded by Pres. Obamas adminstration.

Jesus says in Matthew 7:4 “How can you think of saying to your friend,‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.”

Finally we ask that all those with information to help us get to know more WHAT homosexuals do which can help our parliament to send us that information so we can be better informed.

Martin Ssempa PhD
Family Policy and Human Rights Center.

Statement on “alleged screening of gay porn to children in church” and the homosexualist campaign to keep Africans ignorant of Sodomy.

2010-02-19T11:20:00.000-08:00

Statement on “alleged screening of gay porn to children in church” and the homosexualist campaign to keep Africans ignorant of Sodomy.

“Inspite of its very ghastly nature, recently the Uganda parliament watched a power point on the what female genital mutilation is, and how it affects womens reproductive parts. Equipping them with this information helped the legislators in quickly making a law to ban FGM inspite of many people in Sebei and Kapchorwa who considered it their human right. Showing adult Ugandans what homosexuals do was in no way different, for it is important that all legislation and debate be rooted in facts”.

On Wednesday 17 of March, about 300 Ugandans from all tribes, and religions gathered at for an anti sodomy workshop at Christianity Focus Center in Kisenyi Kampala. The workshop was for some of the religious, and tribal leaders who had planned to attend the one million men march which was postponed for security reasons. The workshop was addressed by Hon. David Bahati who educated the people on the contents of the draft anti homosexuality bill. He clarified that the bill was NOT seeking the death penalty for all gays as alleged by president Barack Obama but rather death for paedophiles and those who raped the handicapped. Many people asked questions, and a team of Moslems and Christians prayed for him as he was leading the charge against the evil of sodomy in Uganda.

In response to a the queston of “Why should what two consenting adults do in the privacy of their bedroom be of any ones business?” Dr. Martin Ssempa who is the executive director of the family policy and human rights center gave a researched presentation on “What” are the homosexual acts, and what are their consequence on the human body. It was very important that the proposed legislation would not be designed in ignorance and fear, but solid information on the acts which the bill seeks to legislate. Since the presentation was for mature audience, ALL the children and youth were asked to leave the room.

The research presentation showed the secret but deviant acts of sodomy which included “fisting, anal and fecal licking”. Paul Kagaba of ex gay Uganda, the former spokeperson for “intergrity Uganda” (a homosexual organisation) confirmed the research and shared about the ongoing recruitment of young people into sodomy as funded by European and American organisations which bribe young people into sodomy with offers of money, ipod and laptops under the guise of “sexual and reproductive” rights seminars. Many people openly wept and cried out to God for mercy.

4 Reasons why it is vital for those debating anti-homosexuality legislation to know about “what homosexuals do”

The legislators to focus their legislation NOT on people, but rather acts. They therefore need to know what are these acts they are seeking to regulate. Homosexuals must never be defined on who they are rather WHAT they DO. The question for all concerned is to ask is which if these acts dont they do, and what do they actually do. See deviants dictionary.

It is hypocritical for those who often say the church is too quiet on sex, to suddenly scream condemnation when we actually get to talk about it. The bible says in Ephesians 5.10-11, “Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather EXPOSE them”. We have a madate as a group of believers in an age appropriate way to bring the light on these shameful deeds of darkness. Many who are now complaining and distorting what happened are simply bothered that we now know their deviant secrets.

In Africa we have strong traditions of community. “I am because we are” and whatever takes place in the bedroom affects the clan and tribal community as well as the spirit world. Sodomy is an offense to our ancestors because it denies tribal and clan continuity through the birth and nurture of children. No wonder God destroyed the nations of Sodom and Gomorrah!

Finally, it is a gross blindness for President Barack Obama’s adminstration to be obsessed with protesting Uganda’s proposed legislation calling it odious and unconcianable. While sodomy has been illegal in Uganda for more than 50 years, not a single homosexual has ever been arrested and killed for their deviant acts. Yet, every year more than 1.3 million American babies are murdered through abortions which are funded by Pres. Obamas adminstration.

Jesus says in Matthew 7:4 “How can you think of saying to your friend,‘Let me help you
get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite!
First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck
in your friend’s eye.”

Martin Ssempa PhD
Family Policy and Human Rights Center.

2008-07-30T11:10:00.000-07:00

Just before the upcoming AIDS conference scheduled for early August in Mexico, we launched a movie documentary called Miss HIV last week on the 23rd July, it is a hollywood piece made by ethnographic media.

It was launched at Cineplex cinema at garden city, in the heart of Kampala. The guest of honour was none other than our maama and also a colleague in the fight against HIV/AIDS, the first lady of uganda, Mrs. Janet Museveni.

Week in Pictures (14th - 20th July 2008)

2008-07-30T07:03:00.000-07:00

Hullo.
I am back and reloaded.

Confronting the barons of AIDS

2007-05-15T03:37:00.000-07:00

Why this madness? At this gathering to map out the future plan of Uganda's AIDS Plan, I was deeply dissappointed at the utter scorn and disdain the head of UAC Dr. Kihumuro Apuuli had abstinence and being faithful as priorities and strategies in the new NSP. From his hostile response to my input, I can tell the battle is fierce. There will most likely be no more ABC plus but now we are being forced to swallow "Universal Access" ; a strategy which has not been tested anywhere or produced results compared to ABC.

I am in this battle and will post you some more. This is my first postiong from the frontlines