By the time famous pastor, Augustine Yiga was confirmed dead by his own ABS TV, succumbing to kidney related complications and intestinal ulcers, he has also been suffering from extreme depression.
Yiga’s soft heart and tolerance supposedly led him into trouble, he was let down by friends he trusted so much.
The source close to Yiga told theGrapevine that Yiga’s woes deepened when a projected big pastoral mission in S. Africa failed, after he was defrauded by a close friend.
Since that failed pastoral mission, Pastor Yiga has since been choking on big debts he took before going to S. Africa, to complete a failed deal. A close friend to Yiga told theGrapevine that Yiga came back from South Africa a penniless man, it was the famous herbalist Kojja Kimbowa who even had to send him money to help him return home.
Upon his return to Uganda, Yiga was leveled down to ground zero, and had to start afresh.
He started trading off his property selling off his property to pay his debtors and sustain his livelihood which had then deteriorated.
Pastor Yiga in the rejuvenation process saw himself lose 3 of his plots of land in Busega, Wakaliga and Kyengera, all confiscated by his borrowers as self-payment for the huge loans he took.
He added, “Yiga had a softer spot for women in his heart. Good looking women who looked appealing to him easily got employment at his ABS TV and Kawaala Revival church.”
Yiga had before being taken to hospital been sleeping at his church, without any of his known spouses, other than his baby Mama’s who had been paying him visits at the church premises.
Where there was controversy, Yiga’s name somehow appeared, there’s an incident where blood sisters accussed Yiga of trying to lure them into sexual acts without their consent at a lodge in Kyengera. The girls even produced picture evidence of a naked Yiga drinking beer in the said lodge.
Most recently, he was in prison for a couple of weeks for making statements that the state deemed reckless and endangering to the citizens of the country when he noted that Coronavirus doesn’t exist. That’s also linked to have worsened his already deteriorating health. He was reportedly subjected to a single improper meal in prison, unlike at home where he was taken good care of.
Pastor Yiga’s side chick, only recognised as Maama Afuswa had just weeks back intimated that the preacher would not sustain his life any longer.
She also asserted before that if the pastor passed on now, his property would be swept away in less than 2 months.
Maama Hafswa stressed that in Jengo’s hands, Pr. Yiga’s projects are at stake. She referred to him as too proud and arrogant to manage aspects as big as his father’s.
“I don’t think Jengo even cares what happens next, he is so proud he couldn’t even share a mere phone contact with me, my efforts to reach out to him have been deemed futile because he never picks even when you extend efforts to call. Who does he think he is? When even his father picks calls, but the son instead keeps referring me to another person,” she furiously stated.
“He is a fraud like the people he associates with other,” she stated, referring to Kojja Kimbowa, a prominent herbalist who has shares in ABS TV. It was at one time reported that Kimbowa attempted to fully take over the TV in Pr. Yiga’s absence, away on a trip to S.Africa.
Maama Afuswa suspects that Jengo might be in a fishy partnership with Kojja Kimbowa to fraudulently trade ABS TV behind Pr. Yiga’s back. She further insinuates that his wailing health condition and eventual death could only be advantageous to them.
The humorous man of God has finally breathed his last after being pronounced dead twice before.
Some 3 years back, Pastor Yiga was mysteriously announced dead as he had relocated to South Africa, only for him to personally come out a few days later, to testify that he’s alive.
Pastor Yiga breathed his last last night after being very ill, and in a very worrying condition for the past three weeks. It’s his son, Jengo who has since been running the ABS TV in absence of his father with the help of Kojja Kimbowa.
Family and close associates have disclosed that Pastor Yiga by the time of his death was very weak, he could neither eat nor talk.
Pr. Yiga ironically took the Media by storm, and has been since rocking the entertainment industry as well, but he has currently because of his wailing health been reduced to infancy stage where he couldn’t apparently do anything for himself, until he finally lost his life.
Pr. Yiga is famed for complementing his pastoral role with his great sense of humor, as evidenced in his typically comic sermons and statements that have often landed him in trouble.
By Baron Kironde
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