By Spy Uganda Reporter
Prophet Elvis Allan Mbonye is being persecuted by government because of his firm stand against the new religious policy, members of his Prophet Zoe Fellowship Ministries have revealed.
This revelation was presented by Collins Tugumisirize and Namaganda, both members of Zoe Ministrirs, at Serena Kampala Hotel, on Monday December 23, 2019. The two members, who represented a larger community of Christians, said that as business people they were being affected by the persecutions of Prophet Elvis Allan Mbonye.
They said the persecutions are affecting employment, business, economy and social patterns due to bias they infringe on Prophet Mbonye Ministries.
“The public may think that what is being portrayed about Prophet Mbonye is true and regard him as evil, yet it is untrue,” Tugumisirize told the press.
Tugumisirize addded that through his lawyers of C/O Walyemera & Co. Advocates, he submitted an affidavit in support of a motion in the High Court of Uganda at Kampala, which affirms and states that he is an adult male Ugandan of sound mind, and a member of Zoe Fellowship Ministries, which is led by Prophet Elvis Allan Mbonye.
That Mbonye is a law abiding citizen, who is being persecuted by the respondents ( AIGP Grace Akullo, Ag. Commissioner Henry Mugumya and Attorney General and consequently, the subject matter of this application, and he swore this affidavit in that capacity.
Tugumisirize, through the affidavit, affirms that trouble began when Zoe Fellowship Ministries and other Church Organisations associated with it, took a stand against the Religious and Faith Organisation Policy that government is touting as a solution to fake spiritual leaders in the country.
That Zoe Fellowship Ministries, and other ministries associated with it, have insisted that there are enough laws in place to deal with the mischief the Religious and Faith Organizations Policy intends to cure if it is passed into law.
The affidavit affirms again that if the policy is passed into law it will muzzle a section of the body of Christ in Uganda, and it will determine how they will conduct their operations; especially in regard to their faith and beliefs.
Yet the Bill of Rights canvassed under chapter 4 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995, did not permit the respondents to abuse the powers entrusted to the public offices that they hold, or to violate the human rights of citizens with diverse views about government policies.
Surprisingly, police investigations into this otherwise straight forward matter, are unreasonably and deliberately being delayed, further violating our spiritual father’s fundamental and non-derogable right to fair hearing.
Members of Zoe Fellowship Ministries say that it is quite absurd that while Prophet Elvis Allan Mbonye’s Facebook communication channels are widely known; the investigating officers deliberately and strategically choose to be ‘mistaken’ concerning his identity.
Tugumisirize and other members of Zoe Ministries thus demand that Prophet Elvis Allan Mbonye’s continued appearances on police bond be closed, and the purported “Mugisha Elvis Allan” be brought to police to face the charges which were erroneously lodged against Prophet.
Tugumisirize called upon all Christians to join hands in this struggle against a fake Religious Policy.
He said the perpetrators targeted popular leaders of certain religious communities and that is why Prophet Mbonye is facing this endless persecution, because he is against the exploitative policy why government want to implement.
