10/29/2026
My dear friends, family, and partners of Zakaliya Shared Blessings Ministry. I wanted to share a deeply personal testimony with you all today. With everything being said in the Uganda newspapers recently, I felt compelled to share my own journey to salvation and the solid foundation I received many years ago. Please take a moment to read my story of grace and forgiveness:
A Journey to Salvation: A Testimony of Grace
My name is Jennifer S Garubanda, and I am writing to share a different side of the story regarding Pastor Robert Kayanja. While I know that no human being is perfect, I feel compelled to share my personal journey and the profound impact this man of God had on my life and foundation in Christ.
I accepted Jesus Christ as my savior in 1984 when I attended a lunch hour prayer meeting on Luwumu Street, where Pastor Joseph Serwadda whom I had never met before led me in the sinner's prayer. After some time, I discovered that Pastor Kayanja, who was also one of the young pastors preaching during those lunch hours, was actually renting a small house right behind my then home in the Kabuusu area. One day, I decided to visit that small rented house of worship. When I walked in, I found about seven members gathered in the living room, completely devoted and praising God. From that very day, I became a member of his ministry.
I watched firsthand as God grew that ministry from the ground up. From that small rented house of worship, we moved outside behind the building. From behind the house, we built a Kiwempe (papyrus reed church). From the Kiwempe, we progressed and built a Kibaawo (timber church). From those humble wooden walls, the ministry bought the land at Kayanja-Kakabaka (King’s Lake), which eventually led to the breaking of the ground for the Rubaga Miracle Centre.
Although I left Uganda about 30 years ago, the foundation I have in Christ today remains solid because of what was poured into me by my father in Jesus, Pastor Robert Kayanja. He lived out the command in Mark 16:15-18 to go into the whole world and preach the gospel, and we saw those very signs follow his ministry as the sick were prayed for and healed.
I know there are many people in Uganda today who do not believe in miracles, with some openly accusing pastors of faking them. While we must always be discerning, we should also recognize that this kind of doubt is nothing new. Even during the ministry of Jesus, people constantly questioned His power. In John 9, after Jesus healed a man who had been blind from birth, the skeptical religious leaders refused to believe it. They even interrogated the man’s parents, asking if he was truly born blind and how he could suddenly see. Skepticism has always walked alongside the miraculous. Therefore, it is completely okay for people to query or question miracles today. We should not look down on doubters, because they themselves may one day desperately need a miracle. Consider the Apostle Paul. Before his transformation, he was known as Saul—a man who fiercely harassed and persecuted believers. But as recorded in Acts 9, on the road to Damascus, Jesus met him in a supernatural encounter that changed everything. The ultimate skeptic became Paul the Apostle, who went on to write many letters of Christ that make up a major portion of our New Testament.
My simple appeal to everyone reading this is for us to forgive each other. We are all sinners, and no one is perfect. That is exactly why Jesus came to this earth—to save sinners. Scripture shows us in Luke 8:2 and Mark 16:9 that He delivered and saved Mary Magdalene—a harlot out of whom went seven demons. Likewise, in John 4, Jesus showed deep mercy to the Samaritan woman at the well, gently revealing that He knew she had been through five husbands and was living with a man who was not her husband, yet He chose her to spread His gospel.Jesus forgave all sinners who came to Him.
Let us remember that same grace today!
Signed: Jennifer S Garubanda
Director
Zakaliya Shared Blessings Ministry
