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Martin Ssempa is a major religious leader in Uganda and is a celebrity in the Evangelical Christian Community in the United States, he's well know in the AIDS activism community. He's testified before the US Congress on PEPFAR--a program from which he recieved funds, been appointed to a post by the First Lady of Uganda, leads one of the largest churches in Kampala, has been spoken several times at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church on AIDS, and was subsequently used against Warren for his desire to remove gays from Uganda by force when Warren was selected by Obama to give the Inauguration Convocation, plus he's currently one of the leaders of a religious coalition to change Ugandan law in major ways--like censoring the Press. Ssempa is associate with Rick Warren and Janet Museveni, but he is notable in his own right as well. He is regularly interviewed by major Ugandan media like The Independent, New Vision, and the Monitor. I'm in the still working on this article, I just spent two hours on the lead. I have multiple sources that I haven't even used yet; I'm not even half done. Please give me time to finish. Then make up your minds on deletion, I'm sure you will find that Ssempa is notable. Desiderata Occulta (talk) 21:16, 27 October 2009 (UTC)Reply
I'm confused. It seems there is difficulty in stating that Ssempa was born a bastard. The sentence that we currently have states clearly that Ssempa was born to a single mother and the wikipedia article describes a "bastard" as an illegitimate child. I don't see why there should be a problem in describing this fact in this way? Contaldo80 (talk) 11:02, 5 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
If you can't understand my position on this, then perhaps it's because you don't want to, since I just explained it to you. The word is more commonly used as a derogatory term, far more often in common speech than it is used for its other connotations. I already said this above. If you dispute this, then why not explain why? I also pointed out that the addition is redundant. Again, if you dispute this, then why not offer a counterargument? Instead, you simply repeat the same thing you said previously, and pretend that you didn't read my last post. I don't think your position has any merit, but in the interest of objectivity, I'll request a third opinion before proceeding. Nightscream (talk) 00:46, 8 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
Third opinion here. Referring to Ssempa as a "bastard" in the article is definitely inappropriate. What it really boils down to, Contaldo80, is two-fold. The first is that our threshold for inclusion verifiability, and decidedly not truth. Just because something is true doesn't mean it should or has to be included. Second, there's our biography of living persons policy, especially the do no harm part. Whether it should be or not, bastard is a word that means something negative (not just a connotation) first and an illegitimate birth a distant second. Saying it would draw attention to the fact and put WP:UNDUE weight it. The only case I can imagine it being something to include would be if the person themselves strongly identifies with the concept and word itself. Moreover, from a grammatical point of view, we really should avoid stating the obvious. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 02:43, 8 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
According to Wikipedia standards, it would appear that most if not all of the references from Ssempa's website are neither reliable nor neutral. The standard regarding self-published sources also means that the blog references must be removed as well. TechBear | Talk | Contributions 14:35, 25 February 2010 (UTC)Reply
I mean, he know is INfamous all over the world. I have not changed the article, but someone should delete that comment. It's simply untrue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.61.35.192 (talk) 12:42, 15 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
No references about it? 201.215.17.232 (talk) 19:28, 25 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
I feel it's quite strange that there is a section on parody videos but no mention of the original "eat da poo poo" video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=euXQbZDwV0w . Shouldn't there be some mention of the video at all?-175.136.120.126 (talk) 10:44, 11 November 2011 (UTC)Reply
I believe that the normal video on YouTube is why Mr Ssempa has achieved this fame in the first place. Paddiiee (Patrick Carney) (talk)
Yes, it can be mentioned, but it shouldn't receive undue weight in the article. As well, the YouTube video can be mentioned, but it can't be used as a reference, as it will likely post a copyright issue. Lhb1239 (talk) 01:23, 17 November 2011 (UTC)Reply
Since his only medical degree is an honorary degree...and he has NO formal medical training...is it not incorrect to label him as a medical doctor in the very first sentence of the article? RaggTopp (talk) 02:24, 17 March 2013 (UTC)Reply
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`When, where and why did he become an American citizen? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:46:1A58:EF30:958B:D22D:2D59:A9BA (talk) 21:26, 19 November 2016 (UTC)Reply
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Hello folks, when comparing the Italian page and English page of Martin Ssempa the Martin Ssempa#Activism seems completely different. Indeed it seems that previously:
«He opposes separation of church and state and the use of condoms to prevent HIV contraction, [...]»
...but then:
«He supports the separation of church and state and the use of condoms to prevent HIV contraction, [...]»
this was done in the following edit, that as comment has just "Typo". The references seems to confirm that the former wording were correct. Anyone can confirm/adjust that?
Thank you!
Some call Pastor Ssempai Pasta Senpai. הראש (talk) 16:29, 1 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
I happened upon this article during PCR, and there seems from the edit history to be some dispute over Ssempa's classification as Ugandan, American, or both. It appears from some quick searching that he holds United States citizenship, but is identified with Uganda and considers himself Ugandan first. It seems that the exact matter of how to handle Ssempa's nationality/citizenship/both should be discussed on the talk page rather than in the article -- I can see a bit of cursory mention, but no serious discussion. Vaticidalprophet (talk) 16:20, 17 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
According to a video from his own YouTube channel, his birthday is on January 3rd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaS3MhC7HRM&t=116s