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MBALE - Authorities here are holding a
born-again pastor who gave false information to security agents to claim
an informer�s reward.
The leader
of Naboa local church of Christ in Pallisa district, Pastor Jackson
Kato, is to be charged with providing the Internal Security Organisation
and State House intelligence operatives with false leads on the Lord�s
Resistance Army recruitment drive in Mbale.
�I was told
when you become brave and go to the President with information about
Kony rebels, you can be paid some money and other material benefits,�
Kato said when he was paraded before the press at Mbale Central Police
Station yesterday.
�I knew I
was going to lie and make some money,� he added.
Kato had
reportedly told ISO operatives that another pastor, one �Bishop� Isaac
Buyi, was drumming up support for LRA rebels at his Independent Liberty
Baptist Church in Busamaga ward, Wanale Division in Mbale municipality.
According
to the police, Kato wanted President Museveni to give him a mobile
phone, an appointment letter, a tape recorder, transport and an e-mail
address.
Police said
that both churches would be closed down as they are investigated.
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