A couple that was allegedly caught having sex in church has been charged with insulting religion and remanded to Kigo Prison. Mr Abbasi Kigongo and Ms Aisha Namazzi appeared before Entebbe Grade One Magistrate Duncan Sunday and denied the charges.

Prosecution alleges that the couple was found having sex near the altar of Kigungu Miracle Centre Church on May 14. Neither of the suspects is a Christian.

"The duo willfully decided to have sex in the church with intentions of insulting a religion. That is unlawful," the charge sheet reads in part.

They will re-appear in court on June 22. Prosecution alleges that a worshipper who was passing by heard strange noise in the church and after taking a closer, look, found the couple having sex. Once convicted, insulting a religion attracts a maximum sentence of two years imprisonment.

Abominable affront

Recently a couple was caught having sex in a Kenyan mosque during the holy month of Ramadan and they were sentenced to 18 months in jail for what the judge called an "abominable" affront to religion.

Early this year, a German police officer was terminated from work after he was caught having sex with his girlfriend in a church tower above a congregation that was attending New Year's Day Mass in Germany.

Local media in Germany reported that the officer and his girl friend were 'overcome with lust' and were unaware that Mass was about to start when they ducked into the church to have sex.