Police medical officer Dr Phenehas Bwambale has reaffirmed before Mwanga II Court in Mengo that two of the nine young men accused in the Pastor Robert Kayanja case returned positive results when he examined them, adding fresh weight to the medical evidence at the centre of the long-running case, where the accused claim that they were sodomized by the pastor.
Dr Bwambale made the clarification on Thursday while responding to questions from defence lawyers before Magistrate Adams Byarugaba, after State Attorney Jonathan Muwaganya had completed questioning him.
The doctor was specifically asked to respond to suggestions that his observations and report following the examination of the accused men were influenced by bias.
Bwambale rejected the suggestion and maintained that his findings were based on the medical examinations he conducted.
He further told court that among the accused persons he examined, two had results which came out positive, immediately triggering a fresh clash between the prosecution and defence over what exactly the findings established.
Muwaganya challenged the defence’s interpretation of the evidence, arguing that the doctor’s testimony pointed to acts of sodomy involving the two accused persons.
The defence disagreed with that interpretation, leading to a heated exchange over the meaning of the medical evidence.
Magistrate Byarugaba intervened and reminded both sides that they were entitled to make their respective submissions on the doctor’s statement, before directing Bwambale to proceed with his testimony.
The police doctor also clarified that the request he received to examine the accused men was not a referral from another doctor, meaning he was not simply relying on another medical practitioner’s findings.
After answering the defence questions, Bwambale completed his evidence and was allowed to leave the witness box and also discharged by court.
The medical evidence has remained one of the key battlegrounds in the case, with the nine accused men fighting allegations arising from claims that they trespassed at Miracle Centre Cathedral and accused Pastor Kayanja of homosexual acts.
The prosecution maintains that the accusations were part of a scheme intended to damage the pastor, while the defence has continued challenging the evidence being used against the young men.
Immediately after Bwambale left the witness box, the defence opened another battle over audio and video recordings connected to the case.
Defence lawyer Ojambo told court that his team had struggled to obtain corrected versions of recordings from Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC).
He said the defence first approached UBC on April 4, 2026, and later submitted another request on September 10. After being asked to pay for the work, the lawyers said they complied and UBC eventually supplied the amended recordings on September 30.
Ojambo said the defence attempted to serve the corrected material on the prosecution, but the State refused to receive it and instead directed them to formally apply to court.
He asked Magistrate Byarugaba to allow the prosecution to receive the material so that the defence could complete the evidence of the witness connected to the recordings.
Muwaganya strongly opposed the application, arguing that the defence could not introduce a new witness at such an advanced stage of the case.
He maintained that the prosecution had already received the earlier recordings on July 17, 2025, and argued that the defence had failed to follow the proper procedure.
The prosecutor asked court to reject the application, insisting that if evidence from Makerere University was required, another person from the relevant office could testify.
Magistrate Byarugaba deferred his ruling on the application to October 5, 2026, when he will communicate his decision by email.
The case will return to court on October 7, as the nine accused men continue their fight to have the disputed evidence fully examined before the court determines the case.
