Four suspects, including a pastor, were arrested by Mityana police for sabotage of this year’s national population census at Naama Central, Busimbi division, Mityana municipality in Mityana district.
The incident happened yesterday, Thursday, May 16, 2024, when an enumerator went to Pastor Samuel Kalibbala’s church. The enumerator was stopped from counting the pastor and others.
Regional Police Spokesperson Rachael Kawala confirmed the incident.
Kawala says that the pastor and others locked themselves in the church in protest of the exercise, causing the arrests.
Days ago, Police in Wobulenzi Town Council, Luwero District arrested a self-proclaimed messiah named Jesus and his followers for refusing to be enumerated in the ongoing National Housing and Population Census (NHPC).
Daniel Kikonyogo, the area Local Council 1 chairperson says the man who identifies himself as Jesus Navas Vera, the King of Star Glopper Eden Church and his followers went into hiding when enumerators showed up at their premises.
His followers say they do not believe in the exercise.
John Ojokuna, the Luwero District Police Commander says the self-styled Jesus insisted that he did not want to be counted and would face charges of defying the government programme as stipulated in the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) Act.
Over 100 families in Kamira Sub County in Luwero who subscribe to Enjiri cult have also refused to be counted insisting that the exercise is Satanic.
Jesus Navas Vera was charged in court on Thursday.
