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VIDEO: ‘Jesus Christ' tells believers he lied to them, asks for forgiveness
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"I advise all of you to go back to your respective areas and embark development programmes. It is true that many of you believed in the message I always told you which was misleading,” Ssemakula confessed
NAKASEKE.
A self-styled cult leader, Jonathan Ssemakula who has been claiming to be Jesus Christ in Nakaseke District has dropped the claim and disbanded his cult shortly after being granted Court bail by Nakaseke Grade I Magistrate.
Jonathan Ssemakula, who appeared before Nakaseke Grade I Magistrate Nasur Magomu on Wednesday, was granted bail after presenting sureties and will report for hearing of the case at the same Court in Kiwoko Town on August 10.
Prosecution had earlier told Court that Ssemakula Jonathan Solomon while at Togo village in Kapeeka Subcounty between the Months of May and June 2016 belonged to an unlawful society contrary to section 56 (1) and 2 (a) of the Penal code Act while at the same time managing an unlawful Society contrary to section 57 of the Penal Code Act.
Ssemakula who addressed his followers outside Court after he had been granted bail begged for forgiveness because he was the reason as to why they were in prison and at court and not Jesus Christ the Messiah.
“I denounce the title of Jesus Christ because I am not the Messiah. I have made up my mind because I have now realized that there is only one Jesus Christ whom we should all expect anytime,” Mr Semakula declared.
“I advise all of you to go back to your respective areas and embark development programmes. It is true that many of you believed in the message I always told you which was misleading,” Ssemakula confessed.
Some cult members later also claimed that they now believe that Ssemakula was not the real Jesus Christ and that he had simply misled and wasted their time and resources.
Mr Godfrey Bamundaga (30) claimed that he had been misled into believing that Ssemakula was Jesus Christ after attending his preaching at a rented premise in Togo village, Kapeeka Subcounty.
“We gave in our time and resources believing that Ssemakula was Jesus Christ but his actions now confirm that he is not different from us. We have suffered under his pretense hoping that a miracle would happen,” Bamundaga claimed.
Other members of the cult include; Nakimera Ruth (28), Clement Kayimbye(30), Frederick Mwebe(38),Jonani Ndikumwami(38), Milly Mukamusoni, Sayuni Kalyesubula and Margaret Namagembe.
Authorities in Kapeeka Subcounty , Nakaseke District claim Ssemakula Jonathan is part of a cult which was disbanded by Police in 2010 when they camped in the area. The group according to Kapeeka Subcounty LCIII Chairperson Mr Moses Ssenfuma mobilized against immunization programmes and discouraged members from enrolling their respective children in school.
