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	Kamuli Pastor Arrested over Defilement By Tom Gwebayanga and Doreen Musingo The New Vision August 6, 2008 http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/17/643306 POLICE in Kamuli have arrested a pastor over alleged defilement of a mentally challenged 13-year-old girl, a member of his church. Yona Malinzi, 30, of the Full Gospel Church in Miseru, Kidera sub-county in Kamuli, was arrested recently and is being detained at Kamuli Central Police Station. The district Police commander, Frank Abalawuwe, said Malinzi was arrested while leading a church service and transferred to Kamuli for interrogation. He said the arrest was prompted by the mother of the victim who alleged that Malinzi had made the girl pregnant. "We are yet to establish the truth if the pastor did this to a young girl who is mentally disturbed and can hardly speak," Abalawuwe said. Investigations were still going on and Malinzi would be brought to court when they are completed," he said. A medical examination confirmed that the girl was six months pregnant. The mother told the Police that the girl’s father died and Malinzi had offered to look after her. "He has been rude to me and anyone who tried to take the girl from him. He has always kept indoors with her, who then could have defiled her?" Nalubega said. However, Malinzi denies the allegations which he said are aimed at tarnishing his reputation. "The mother is envious of me since I declined to marry her after her husband passed away. I couldn’t marry a woman God had not chosen for me," Malinzi said from the cells.
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