The High Court in Kampala, Uganda has sentenced a self proclaimed prophet to 40 years in prison for defiling a 16-year-old girl, impregnating and infecting her with HIV.

Elijah James Kimera of All Faith Centre Church of All Nations in Lusanya, Wakiso District is accused of committing the heinous act with impunity.

During the court ruling on Monday, March 18, 2024, Justice Margaret Mutonyi stated that the self proclaimed prophet defiled the innocent 16-year-old girl, and infected her with HIV.

“The convict exhibited himself as a false prophet the bible talks about in Matthew 7:15, ‘watch out for the false prophets. They will come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly, they are ferocious wolves. By their fruits you will recognize them’,” said Justice Mutonyi.

During the hearing of the case, the court was told that Kimera defiled the girl in a car within the church compound.

“His sexual immorality right within the church premises was a true manifestation of his ferociousness as a false prophet turning the mother and daughter into a relationship akin to co-wives,” stated Justice Mutonyi.

“But again as it is written in the Holy Book, which the convict was playing around with, in Luke 12: 2-3 to wit: ‘there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed or hidden that will not be made known, what you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roof’,” she added.

According to the Daily Monitor, the self proclaimed prophet met with the mother of the girl during a prayer session in his church.

He then fathered a child with the mother of the victim before turning to her daughter and infecting her with HIV. 

The 16-year-old girl was a member of the church choir before she was defiled by the prophet, who is the overall leader of the church.

Two sisters to the victim are also members of the same church choir after their mother introduced them to the ‘man of God’.