Robert Kayanja
| Robert Kayanja | |
|---|---|
| Born | Masooli, Gayaza |
| Occupation | Pastor, author, speaker |
| Spouse(s) | Jessica Kayanja |
| Children | One son, two daughters |
| Website | www |
Robert Kayanja is the founder and Senior Pastor of the Miracle Centre Cathedral, a megachurch in Kampala Founder and CEO of a christian television Channel 44 Television (Miracle Ltd).
Robert Kayanja started the Miracle Centre as a papyrus reed structure, together with a few other young ministers. Today it is among the region's largest church buildings, accommodating over 10,000 people. He is also overseer of the Miracle Bible College, the Never Again Children's project and the Kapeeka orphanage. He is the Director of Miracle Television and a frequent speaker on Daystar Television Network. The church has also founded over 1,000 Miracle Centre Churches across the country.
Kayanja encourages his congregation to achieve wealth and serve their personal goals.
He is the chairman of AfriAid.
Robert Kayanja won the Worldsavers Man of The Year Award in 2014.
Kayanja also won the VIGA Merit Award. The VIGA Awards are Uganda's National Interdenominational gospel awards, through which the gospel Music industry recognizes and rewards its peers for their musical accomplishments.
President Yoweri Museveni paid tribute to Pastor Robert Kayanja and General Salim Saleh for spearheading food aid to South Sudan.
“I congratulate the congregation and General Saleh for having the noble idea of helping our brothers and sisters in South Sudan who are in need,” he said. He observed that they have made the aid in line with the teachings in the Bible that require man to love his neighbor as he loves himself. He said that they were making the right move in standing by our brothers in South Sudan.
Senior Presidential advisor on military affairs Gen. Salim Saleh and Kampala businessmen under their body umbrella Afri- Aid have raised sh300m to buy food for people in war ravaged South Sudan. Saleh explained that before the fundraising drive for the people of South Sudan, Kampala business woman Esther Mpumuza approached him and advised that there was need to pray for the people of South Sudan and also mobilize financial support for them.
The Chairman Afri-Aid Pastor Robert Kayanja said; “This is the time for Africans to bring whatever you have so that we can support our people who are living a bad life in South Sudan. As the chairman Afri-aid I have to make sure Ugandans raise sh2b to buy food for the people in South Sudan.
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