{"id":8238,"date":"2023-02-11T09:19:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T09:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=8238"},"modified":"2023-02-11T09:19:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T09:19:23","slug":"police-and-nda-raid-pastor-kayanjas-church-over-fake-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/police-and-nda-raid-pastor-kayanjas-church-over-fake-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Police And NDA Raid Pastor Kayanja\u2019s Church Over Fake Drugs<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Our Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastor Robert Kayanja of Miracle Center Cathedral<\/a> is under investigation for  allegedly  producing a very dangerous  acaricide drug for crops and animals . The said drug was found to contain banned  chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Drug Authority (NDA<\/a>) officials found a Tick-off drug that is being said to have been distributed by Pastor Kayanja to kill ticks containing chemicals that were banned because there are harmful to humans when consumed and cause cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe product which has been distributed in districts of Kiruhura, Lyantonde, Sembabule, Gomba, Isingiro, and parts of Karamoja is laced with diazinon, a highly concentrated fumigant used to kill bedbugs, bats, and termites,\u201d said Mr. Abiaz Rwamwiri, NDA\u2019s Public Relations Officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that the drug is found to be contaminated with chemicals like Fipronil, Diazinon, and Benalaxyl which were banned because they cause cancer .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A  statement issued by NDA revealed that the dangerous chemicals are mixed with animal feeds and silverfish and packaged without an expiry date, ingredient information, or warning. \u201cWe received a tip-off about the product after the pastor started advertising the anti-tick drug during services at his church claiming that the product kills ticks instantly,\u201d said Mr. Rwamwiri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police and NDA came to know about the drug during a telecast program of Pastor Kayanja on his Television Channel 44 where he said the drug was organic and kills ticks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have cows? Stand up. You are struggling with ticks? You do? God is great. In this church, we have people who have come up with a solution. You will see no ticks on your farm\u2026 We are currently testing it on our farm. It is organic, it is incredible. Tomorrow come early, and we will give you something to take so that you can apply for free. We want you to keep the data, you will not struggle again. God is great,\u201d Pastor Kayanja said duringa church service .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police have since impounded over 100 samples from his church stores and taken them to both NDA and Government Chemist Laboratories.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIts unfortunate that some of these church leaders use their big following to lure unsuspecting Ugandans to indulge in dangerous activities to gain money ,\u201d a security officials who declined to be named stated .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Our Reporter Pastor Robert Kayanja of Miracle Center Cathedral is under investigation for  allegedly  producing a very dangerous  acaricide drug<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kk.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7290,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/nda-closes-9-pharmacies-arrests-13-in-major-operation-against-illegal-drug-outlets\/","url_meta":{"origin":8238,"position":0},"title":"NDA closes 9 pharmacies , arrests 13 in major operation against illegal drug outlets \u00a0","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"November 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The National Drug Authority (NDA) together with police have closed 9 illegally operated pharmacies and arrested 13 individuals in a major operation carried out in eastern Uganda. he operation was carried out in the districts of Pallisa, Busia, Tororo, Bududa, Kapchorwa, and Mbale city. 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