Betrayed abroad; ‘he bought Church land with my sweat’ how a ‘KADAAMA’ lost UGX 10.7M to the Pastor she trusted.
Pr. Benson Matovu BY PETER SSUUNA A pastor wept openly in court after being found guilty of defrauding a former congregant of UGX 10.7 million money she sent home from Saudi Arabia to buy land, only to return and find nothing. Benson Matovu, lead pastor of Ambassadors of Life Church International in Matugga, Mabanda, broke down at Nateete Lubaga Court in Mengo as Magistrate Adams Byarugaba convicted him of obtaining money by false pretenses. The complainant, 32-year-old Cossey Namutebi of Kanyanya, told court she entrusted the pastor with over UGX 40 million while working as a domestic worker in Saudi Arabia between 2021 and 2024. She said she trusted him because he was her spiritual leader. “I was sending him money to buy me land so I could build a small house when I returned,” Namutebi testified. “When I came back, he had no land to show me. When I asked for my money back, there was nothing.” Instead, court heard, Pastor Matovu used the funds to purchase land for his c...