About Julius Kitaka

My biography

I am Julius Kitaka and I was born in 1980 by a polygamous dad. When my mother left my dad’s house, he got another wife who mistreated me and as a child I had to leave home and joined the streets of Kampala. We used to help people in Kampala carrying their laggages for survival. I the evenings we could go around clock tower grounds to play football. We used to sleep in unfinished buildings and old cars in Katwe, Kibuye-Kampala suburbs.

In 1995, the late Apostle Deo Balabyekkubo organized a gospel crusade which lasted for two weeks. One day I was in a group of 7 boys, a police officer who was part of security at the crusade called us and all my friends feared to go near him but I don’t know how I became fearless and went near him. He told me that why don’t you leave that group and get born again because I know you are street kids and I always see you around here. I then asked him how I could do it. He called a lady by the names of aunt Justine who preached to me and I accepted Jesus Christ to be my personal savior.

After the crusade, I was taken to Kibuye Prayer Palace and I started a new life staying at the church.  Apostle Deo Balabyekkubo had a plan of taking us back to school because were many in Nakyessanja village. His plan was to take us back in 1996 but unfortunately he died in a car accident in 1998, may his soul rest in eternal peace. At church, we were counseled and left the bad behaviors we had learned from the streets. I myself, I totally abandoned the devil and turned to Jesus Christ.

I learned how to pray, because every day at 5am, Pr Ssembera could wake us up for early morning prayers. It wasn’t easy to pray for one and a half hours, but as time went on, I got used and I grew spiritually. Many people showed me love which I didn’t experience on the streets of Kampala. Brother Henry gave me clothes and shoes and whenever I had no money, he could give me some. Aunt Justine was of great importance to me. This lady is the one who preached to me and I got born again, so she took me as her own child and whenever she could find me around church she could ask me whether I had taken anything or eaten food. Many believers started trusting me with their properties. I could be sent to the homes of nearby believers to deliver food or anything that could be given to me. I learned how to love because people showed me great love.