Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries posted 03/01/02

Ndawula / Uganda

Ndawula "Cult" Leaders Charged in Uganda  

Following a police raid on his camps, Ndawula cult leader John Musoke Ssemanda [sic], two of his priests, and a priestess, have been charged with managing an unlawful society, while eighty-eight of their followers have been cleared of criminal liability and released. Authorities fear that the group may go the way of Joseph Kibwetere's Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God [more than 800 people in that millennial group died, apparently murdered, in 2000.] Ndawula has said that people are attracted to his spiritual powers. Some come to him when they are mad [crazy], he said, "and I heal them." Follower Godfrey Ssebakijje, one of those arrested, said: "Nobody forces us to go to Ndawula. We go for spiritual healing."

Ssemanda, 42, who claims that he is possessed by the spirit of an 18th century Buganda king, Kabaka Ndawula, looked very thin as he stood in the dock and denied the charges. Priestess Mary Nakalema, 26, and priests Geoffrey Wassajja and Godfrey Kizito, all residents of Buwaali Village, also denied the charges. Ndawula followers jammed the courtroom, and when Ssemanda left the court, on bail, supporters pumped their fists and hugged him.

Police said that the cult has around 6,000 followers, from different tribes, some from as far away as Tanzania, and that some members of the provincial government have been "going to the cult." (New Vision, Kampala, Uganda, 12/21 and 22/01, Internet)

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News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries posted 03/01/02

Ndawula / Uganda

Ndawula "Cult" Leaders Charged in Uganda  

Following a police raid on his camps, Ndawula cult leader John Musoke Ssemanda [sic], two of his priests, and a priestess, have been charged with managing an unlawful society, while eighty-eight of their followers have been cleared of criminal liability and released. Authorities fear that the group may go the way of Joseph Kibwetere's Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God [more than 800 people in that millennial group died, apparently murdered, in 2000.] Ndawula has said that people are attracted to his spiritual powers. Some come to him when they are mad [crazy], he said, "and I heal them." Follower Godfrey Ssebakijje, one of those arrested, said: "Nobody forces us to go to Ndawula. We go for spiritual healing."

Ssemanda, 42, who claims that he is possessed by the spirit of an 18th century Buganda king, Kabaka Ndawula, looked very thin as he stood in the dock and denied the charges. Priestess Mary Nakalema, 26, and priests Geoffrey Wassajja and Godfrey Kizito, all residents of Buwaali Village, also denied the charges. Ndawula followers jammed the courtroom, and when Ssemanda left the court, on bail, supporters pumped their fists and hugged him.

Police said that the cult has around 6,000 followers, from different tribes, some from as far away as Tanzania, and that some members of the provincial government have been "going to the cult." (New Vision, Kampala, Uganda, 12/21 and 22/01, Internet)

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News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries posted 03/01/02

Ndawula / Uganda

Ndawula "Cult" Leaders Charged in Uganda  

Following a police raid on his camps, Ndawula cult leader John Musoke Ssemanda [sic], two of his priests, and a priestess, have been charged with managing an unlawful society, while eighty-eight of their followers have been cleared of criminal liability and released. Authorities fear that the group may go the way of Joseph Kibwetere's Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God [more than 800 people in that millennial group died, apparently murdered, in 2000.] Ndawula has said that people are attracted to his spiritual powers. Some come to him when they are mad [crazy], he said, "and I heal them." Follower Godfrey Ssebakijje, one of those arrested, said: "Nobody forces us to go to Ndawula. We go for spiritual healing."

Ssemanda, 42, who claims that he is possessed by the spirit of an 18th century Buganda king, Kabaka Ndawula, looked very thin as he stood in the dock and denied the charges. Priestess Mary Nakalema, 26, and priests Geoffrey Wassajja and Godfrey Kizito, all residents of Buwaali Village, also denied the charges. Ndawula followers jammed the courtroom, and when Ssemanda left the court, on bail, supporters pumped their fists and hugged him.

Police said that the cult has around 6,000 followers, from different tribes, some from as far away as Tanzania, and that some members of the provincial government have been "going to the cult." (New Vision, Kampala, Uganda, 12/21 and 22/01, Internet)

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News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries posted 03/01/02

Ndawula / Uganda

Ndawula "Cult" Leaders Charged in Uganda  

Following a police raid on his camps, Ndawula cult leader John Musoke Ssemanda [sic], two of his priests, and a priestess, have been charged with managing an unlawful society, while eighty-eight of their followers have been cleared of criminal liability and released. Authorities fear that the group may go the way of Joseph Kibwetere's Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God [more than 800 people in that millennial group died, apparently murdered, in 2000.] Ndawula has said that people are attracted to his spiritual powers. Some come to him when they are mad [crazy], he said, "and I heal them." Follower Godfrey Ssebakijje, one of those arrested, said: "Nobody forces us to go to Ndawula. We go for spiritual healing."

Ssemanda, 42, who claims that he is possessed by the spirit of an 18th century Buganda king, Kabaka Ndawula, looked very thin as he stood in the dock and denied the charges. Priestess Mary Nakalema, 26, and priests Geoffrey Wassajja and Godfrey Kizito, all residents of Buwaali Village, also denied the charges. Ndawula followers jammed the courtroom, and when Ssemanda left the court, on bail, supporters pumped their fists and hugged him.

Police said that the cult has around 6,000 followers, from different tribes, some from as far away as Tanzania, and that some members of the provincial government have been "going to the cult." (New Vision, Kampala, Uganda, 12/21 and 22/01, Internet)

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News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries posted 03/01/02

Ndawula / Uganda

Ndawula "Cult" Leaders Charged in Uganda  

Following a police raid on his camps, Ndawula cult leader John Musoke Ssemanda [sic], two of his priests, and a priestess, have been charged with managing an unlawful society, while eighty-eight of their followers have been cleared of criminal liability and released. Authorities fear that the group may go the way of Joseph Kibwetere's Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God [more than 800 people in that millennial group died, apparently murdered, in 2000.] Ndawula has said that people are attracted to his spiritual powers. Some come to him when they are mad [crazy], he said, "and I heal them." Follower Godfrey Ssebakijje, one of those arrested, said: "Nobody forces us to go to Ndawula. We go for spiritual healing."

Ssemanda, 42, who claims that he is possessed by the spirit of an 18th century Buganda king, Kabaka Ndawula, looked very thin as he stood in the dock and denied the charges. Priestess Mary Nakalema, 26, and priests Geoffrey Wassajja and Godfrey Kizito, all residents of Buwaali Village, also denied the charges. Ndawula followers jammed the courtroom, and when Ssemanda left the court, on bail, supporters pumped their fists and hugged him.

Police said that the cult has around 6,000 followers, from different tribes, some from as far away as Tanzania, and that some members of the provincial government have been "going to the cult." (New Vision, Kampala, Uganda, 12/21 and 22/01, Internet)

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News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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