{"id":1038,"date":"2026-05-21T17:50:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignssenyongas-promised-video-fails-to-play-in-kayanja-case\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T17:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:50:28","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignssenyongas-promised-video-fails-to-play-in-kayanja-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignssenyongas-promised-video-fails-to-play-in-kayanja-case\/","title":{"rendered":"SSenyonga’s Promised Video Fails To Play in Kayanja Case | Voice of Bugerere"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlmost everyday, as he preached he mobilised his followers to attend the court session. He promised them that an earth shuttering video will be shown before court.
\nCome d-day and what was promised was simply hot air. Pastor Sseyonga as usual had promised much but delivered nothing.
\nRobert Ojambo and Humprey Tumwesigye the lawyers of Ssenyonga who he had hired to defend the suspects tried their level best to squeeze a damning statement from Enock Kanene, a police foresincs expert who was under cross examination but it was simply like trying to squeeze water from a rock.
\nKanene stated that he had retrieved a video that had been sent from a number belonging to Pastor Robert Kayanja to one of the accused Reagan Ssentongo. He claimed that t had been deleted but that he had retrieved it. He also claimed that the video had been deleted by the sender; Kayanja.
\nWhen Court asked him to play the video he showed blurry meaningless images that would make one think it was a plot simply to make people think that a video existed.
\nWhen the prosecuter Jomanathan Muwaganya sought leave to re-open cross examination and it was granted he pinned him till he scratched his head like he was clueless before admitting that there was no message deleted because the whatsapp doesn\u2019t provide that database trace.
\nHow it played out in court
\nThe State Prosecutor Jonathan Muwaganya stood up, holding a stack of papers, his expression stern.
\n\u201cYour Honor,\u201d the prosecutor began, his voice echoing off the concrete walls. \u201cA6 was released in front of the defense during the last session, but the defense didn\u2019t even bother to ask the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) for formal documents regarding where exactly he can be found. Kagolo was seen in the compound of these courts last time, but then he vanished. My sources have gathered that he had a heated argument with his colleagues about the per-session allowance given to them.\u201d
\nThe prosecutor paused, glancing toward the defense bench. \u201cWhen we asked about his whereabouts, they refused to disclose it. Furthermore, while his main job is actually as a hawker, they simply claimed that Kagolo owns a shop, which is entirely untrue. When this court issued strict orders in the last session, that is the only reason A6 has returned to court today, sneaking back in under the company of counsel Humphrey.\u201d
\nTurning fully to the Magistrate, the prosecutor raised his hand defensively. \u201cYour Honor, any purported arrest by the KCCA without a supporting document should not be permitted, and we pray that the court cancels his bail. The excuses provided by Kagolo are entirely unsupported by evidence.\u201d
\nDefense counsel sprang to his feet. \u201cThe claim that the accused receives incentives to appear is not made in good faith! This is not a civil case, Your Honor, it is criminal.\u201d
\nHumphrey, co-counsel for the defense, stepped forward to smooth things over, adopting a more pragmatic, street-wise tone. \u201cAbout the KCCA requiring a formal release\u2026 Your Honor, that is a joke. An enforcement officer can arrest you, you negotiate backdoor, and you are released. He has not been arrested as per the court order today; rather, he has produced himself. Canceling his bail would be incredibly harsh. It is our humble prayer that since the accused has appeared by himself, and this is his very first time missing a session, his reason holds water. That is my submission.\u201d
\nThe Magistrate sighed, rubbing his temples, and knocked his gavel lightly to preempt a shouting match.
\n\u201cLet us remain professional and handle this in the best civil way,\u201d the Magistrate ruled calmly. \u201cWith the assistance of your lawyers, you should respect the court schedules. Since he has produced himself today, the court will extend its mercy and maintain his bail. Let us proceed with the cross-examination.\u201d
\nThe Expert Under Fire
\nThe focus shifted to the witness stand, where Mr. Kanene, a forensic expert witness, adjusted his glasses. The defense began a aggressive line of questioning, attempting to poke holes in the integrity of Kanene\u2019s forensic report.
\n\u201cWhat was the participation of Israel in your report?\u201d the defense counsel demanded.
\n\u201cHe did not participate in anything,\u201d the expert replied flatly.
\n\u201cYou were asked about the boardroom. Why didn\u2019t you use it to conduct your business?\u201d
\n\u201cIt was not necessary because of the urgency of the matter,\u201d Kanene countered.
\n\u201cWhile contacting Israel, which phone number did you use?\u201d
\n\u201cI used the one gazetted to me by the Uganda Police, since it is the official number.\u201d
\nThe State Prosecutor immediately jumped up. \u201cYour Honor, I object! If we never cross-examined certain things like a gazetted number during the main examination, let us not go there now.\u201d
\nThe Magistrate nodded in agreement, but the defense quickly pivoted to another vulnerability in the paperwork.
\n\u201cIn your report on page eight, you said you corrected it by hand. Why?\u201d
\n\u201cYour Honor,\u201d Kanene said, addressing the bench. \u201cI found it fit to correct it by hand, and it is perfectly normal because the hand does not change the findings. You are supposed to summon and meet people from there while handling their matter, since the room is under 24\/7 surveillance.\u201d
\n\u201cAre you allowed to provide services to private individuals?\u201d the defense pressed, hinting at moonlighting.
\nThe State Prosecutor interrupted loudly. \u201cYour Honor, my questions during the cross examination was about the laboratory, not the individual person of Kanene! The defense should stop making this personal, I beg.\u201d
\nThe defense counsel ignored the flare-up and looked back at the witness. \u201cMr. Kanene, is the laboratory allowed to handle private business?\u201d
\n\u201cYes,\u201d the expert explained. \u201cAnd it has to be paid for through the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA). But in this specific case, the request came from the court, which is also government. Therefore, the Director guided that we should carry on without them paying.\u201d
\nThe State Prosecutor saw an opening and stood up, holding a grievance of his own. \u201cYour Honor, the witness failed to bring his official laboratory procedure documents as ordered. He should be stopped from saying another word about them.\u201d
\nThe Magistrate pointed a finger at the witness. \u201cThat\u2019s right. He was given ample time to submit them, so he shouldn\u2019t head into the procedures part at all. I tasked him to bring those procedures and he failed. It even forced me to adjourn last time.\u201d The Magistrate looked over at the defense bench. \u201cHumphrey, you were not around when that happened.\u201d
\nThe Hidden Forensic Database
\nAs the defense continued its re-examination, the State Prosecutor repeatedly grew restless, leaping up to object.
\n\u201cYour Honor, they can only re-examine from what is already on the record,\u201d the prosecutor argued. \u201cThey are simply throwing in general questions, yet I was highly specific.\u201d
\n\u201cRe-examination is very restricted,\u201d the Magistrate warned the defense. \u201cLet us be guided strictly by the record. Only focus on the State\u2019s questions, not the witness\u2019s general answers.\u201d
\nDespite the warning, the defense pushed forward, walking a thin line with leading questions, trying to draw out a critical piece of tech evidence.
\n\u201cYou said you found videos on the handset which were sent but deleted from the number \u2018Mzee.\u2019 Do you have them?\u201d the defense lawyer asked.
\n\u201cYes,\u201d Kanene said proudly. \u201cI managed to extract them, and I can play them.\u201d
\nThe courtroom buzzed. The State Prosecutor looked blindsided. \u201cWith this trend, we are going to have to reopen cross-examination because they are simply bringing up brand new evidence!\u201d
\nThe core dilemma of the case had just landed on the table: the expert was claiming he could retrieve videos that Pastor Kayanja had allegedly sent and then deleted. However, the files were heavily blurred.
\n\u201cThese videos were deleted by the sender,\u201d the expert asserted.
\nThe defense counsel leaned in. \u201cYou were asked about the WhatsApp group which had a message saying that the next destination is Kavule. Who are the members of that group?\u201d
\nKanene looked down at his notes. \u201cThe numbers are 0751406503 labeled Mzee, 0776520015 labeled Enock 2, and 0772019987 labeled Fredo.\u201d
\n\u201cClarify for the court, whose numbers are those?\u201d
\nKanene hesitated, looking up. \u201cYour Honor, assist me with the report\u2026 First number is Robert Kayanja, Highway of Holiness Evangelical International Foundation Miracle Centre Cathedral Unlimited, and Frederick Kisitu.\u201d
\nThe defense counsel smiled, satisfied. \u201cThe defense team has nothing more to add.\u201d
\nThe Trap Snaps Shut
\nThe State Prosecutor was already on his feet, eyes blazing.
\n\u201cYour Honor, we have two urgent prayers in the interest of justice,\u201d the prosecutor stated firmly. \u201cThe first is in relation to a new matter\u2014specifically, the verbal facts introduced just now by the witness during re-examination. He stated that the specific videos he retrieved from the accused\u2019s phone could not open because they were deleted by the sender. However, this information is not found anywhere in his written report! Secondly, the issue of *who* deleted them never arose during our cross-examination. We are seeking leave of court to put one major, further question to the witness, so that he can demonstrate to this court exactly how he established who deleted those videos.\u201d
\n\u201cWe reject the prayer!\u201d the defense shouted back. \u201cWhen a new matter raises, you don\u2019t wait for cross-examination to end to pray. Reopening this examination process will just be a back-and-forth, hence incredibly time-consuming. We pray that we close this and let this witness go.\u201d
\nThe Magistrate struck his gavel. \u201cThe State\u2019s prayer seeking leave of court over a new matter to reopen cross-examination has been objected to by the defense team. However, the court rules that the State is granted leave for only that particular matter of deleted shared information by the sender. Proceed.\u201d
\nThe prosecutor stepped up to the witness stand, locking eyes with Kanene.
\n\u201cDo you reflect on any of those deleted videos in your written report?\u201d
\n\u201cI mention information was deleted, but not videos,\u201d Kanene admitted, his confidence dipping.
\nProsecutor ;\u201dDo you mention *who* deleted them?\u201d
\nKanene;\u201dNo, I don\u2019t.\u201d
\nProsecutor; \u201cOn the fourth unnumbered page, did you also indicate deleted videos?\u201d
\nKanene\u201dYes.\u201d
\nProsecutor; \u201cDo you mention any information there about Kayanja?\u201d
\nKanene; \u201cNo.\u201d
\nProsecutor; \u201cIn respect of what you listed in this report, all the videos received and deleted were from a user named Small Pin. Can you confirm that none came from Pastor Kayanja by your extraction report?\u201d
\nKanene; \u201cNo,\u201d
\nProsecutor; \u201cIs it that the deleted videos you were talking about were shared on the WhatsApp group?\u201d
\nKanene; \u201cYes.\u201d
\nProsecutor;\u201dIf they are in a WhatsApp group chat, take us there right now and show us,\u201d the prosecutor demanded, pointing at the forensic forensic machine.
\nKanene ( shifted uncomfortably); \u201cThe videos were thrown in the group.\u201d
\nProsecutor; \u201cSo the videos were not sent to a particular person?\u201d
\nKanene \u201cNo, they were sent to all of them in the group.\u201d
\nProsecutor;\u201dDid you find any videos sent by Mzee in that group that were deleted?\u201d
\nKanene; \u201cNo.\u201d
\nProsecutor; \u201cYou said you found videos on the gadget sent by Mzee. Let us go through them from the first to the very last one.\u201d
\nKanene( tapping on a his screen); \u201cThey were forwarded videos\u2026 not the original.\u201d
\nThe prosecutor stepped closer, delivering the final blow. \u201cNow, show to this court right now that Mzee deleted that video which is failing to play.\u201d
\nSilence fell over the courtroom. Kanene scrolled frantically on his device. He scratched his head endlessly, his face breaking out into a sweat. The minutes ticked by painfully.
\nFinally, Kanene looked up, defeated. \u201cIt\u2026 it shows it was not deleted by the sender, because the app doesn\u2019t provide that database trace.\u201d
\n\u00a0A Question of Integrity
\nThe prosecutor didn\u2019t smile; he just drove the point home.
\n\u201cYour Honor, our second prayer before the witness steps down. Arising during cross-examination, the witness was categorical about what he is allowed and not allowed to do in regards to external communication with third parties. We sought to examine him on the actual professional codes of his laboratory, and he failed to avail them to court. Yet, during re-examination, he was led to justify his actions of external communication as standard conduct.\u201d
\nThe prosecutor turned to face the entire courtroom. \u201cThe witness on the stand, Your Honor, is an expert witness whose weight of evidence has everything to do with not just his personal integrity, but also the integrity of the process. That duo of integrity is at the very core of assessing the credibility of this report. And the credibility of the report rests on whether it was done with standard laboratory protocols and strict observance of ethical conduct.\u201d
\nHe turned back to the Magistrate. \u201cThis court, at the close of this case, will be determined by two conflicting reports. What the witness has stated here could only be verifiable if the laboratory code of conduct standards were availed. So, there is nothing other than his bare words for this court to tell whether the witness told the truth or not.\u201d
\n\u201cIn addition,\u201d the prosecutor continued, \u201cby his own standards, he also claimed he was authorized by his supervisor to engage a third party. For this court to justly resolve the contestation of whether there was a breach of integrity, the testimony of the supervisor is desperately needed to clear the air about this external communication authorization. Can court summon and hear from Mr. Angulo, the Head of Cyber, to confirm the words of Mr. Kanene? We pray that he should be called at the close of the defense.\u201d
\nThe Magistrate took down the final notes, the heavy wooden clock on the wall showing the late hour. He looked at both legal teams.
\n\u201cCase adjourned to the 30th of June,\u201d the Magistrate announced firmly. \u201cI will give a formal ruling about this matter on that day, and then we will proceed directly to the next witness.\u201d
\nFurthermore, it should be recalled that in 2022, Reagan Ssentongo and Khalifa Labib, both former workers at Pastor Kayanja\u2019s farm in Kiryandongo, were sentenced to six years for aggravated robbery and assault. They are currently seeking bail at the Masindi High Court before Judge Issa Sserunkuuma.
\nIt should be recalled that on May 6, 2025, the other accused, Moses Tumwine, also vanished. His mother, Tracy Namugga, who had stood surety for him, was subsequently remanded to Luzira Prison.
\nTumwine is co-accused alongside Peter Serugo, Reagan Ssentongo, Khalifa Labeeb, Alex Wakamala, Martins Kagolo, Israel Wasswa, Jamil Mwanda, and Aggrey Kinene. They are facing charges of conspiring to defame Pastor Robert Kayanja and trespassing at Rubaga Miracle Centre Cathedral.
\nFurthermore, in 2022, Reagan Ssentongo and Khalifa Labib both former workers at Pastor Kayanja\u2019s farm in Kiryandongo were sentenced to six years for aggravated robbery and assault. They are currently seeking bail at the Masindi High Court before Judge Issa Sserunkuuma.<\/p>\n\n
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