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I am not a devil worshipper  says Kadaga.

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Reason. Ms Kadaga says she went to Nhyenda Hill in Nakigo Sub-county in Iganga District to inform her ancestors of her triumph in retaining the post of Speaker of Parliament.

        The Speaker of Parliament, Ms Rebecca Kadaga, has denied accusations that she practices syncretism and devil worshipping.

“I have been severally accused of practicing witchcraft, worshipping evil spirits, syncretism… Nothing could be further from truth,” Ms Kadaga wrote in a statement on Friday afternoon.
The statement was precipitated by reactions to a video that showed her visiting the cultural site on Nhyenda Hill in Nakigo Sub-county in Iganga District.

After the visit, she said on camera that she had gone there to inform her ancestors of her triumph in retaining the post of Speaker of Parliament.
After the video went viral with sections of society accusing her of practicing witchcraft, Ms Kadaga later said she was promoting cultural tourism.
However, last Thursday, the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Stanley Ntagali, said the Speaker’s paying homage to her ancestors to whom she attributed her victory was “confusing” for a leader of her calibre and “it might cause others to stumble”.

With this latest criticism from the Church of Uganda, the Speaker penned a defence.
“I do not think that those who practice witchcraft or indulge in acts of devil worshipping would do so in broad daylight and under the full glare of television and still cameras. I also don’t think they would go to do so in the company of such big numbers of people as I was on the said day,” she added.
Ms Kadaga explained that her father, the late Wilson Madani Kadaga, had been a preacher in the Church of Uganda and that he had also built a church in Kiige village in Balawoli Sub-county in Kamuli District.
She said three close family members: Rev Nelson Kisambira, Rev Andrew Kisubi and Rev Nantamu are priests in the Church of Uganda.

The Speaker, however, hastened to add that despite such a Christian- leaning and standing, she recognises that she is a Musoga and is proud of her culture.
Ms Kadaga wondered why her visit to her ancestry is causing an uproar. “I know that clans in neighbouring Buganda often make pilgrimages to the biggwas (shrines) of their clans. Not once have I heard anyone condemning them for celebrating their ancestry or culture. I find it intriguing if not extremely interesting that I am being singled out for criticism for doing what all others do,” she said.
Ms Kadaga says her position as a Member of Parliament and Speaker of the Legislature do not make her less of a Musoga or a Ugandan.