{UAH} MUSEVENI AND THE CHURCH DIG TRENCHES FOR A SHOWDOWN
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MUSEVENI AND THE CHURCH DIG TRENCHES FOR A SHOWDOWN
The church in Uganda has come out to join hands with grieving Ugandans in pushing for democratic reforms. However, the military dictator has also come out strongly to nub them in the bud thus the anticipated showdown. In the past he has always warned church leaders, cultural leaders and other non-political leaders to keep out of politics in his infamous "lubimbi" theory. He has bribed them withFINANCIAL
and material gifts in order to keep them silent about his excesses. He has sought to further weaken the mainstream churches by allying with the breakaway born again church movement. He is mindful of the role the church played in opposing the Iddi Amin dictatorship during the 1970s.
On June 1st, the Uganda Joint Christian Council General Assembly convened in Kampala and was attended by among others Ntagali - the Archbishop of the Anglican Church, Kizito Lwanga - of the Catholic Church and Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga of the Orthodox church. They urged government to work on electoral reforms before the general elections slated for next year thus: "We therefore urge government to take a fresh look at electoral reforms. We shall be part of the process of shaping the way the country is governed which in a way affects how Christians practice their faith." They went ahead to condemn attempts by anyone in position ofAUTHORITY to suppress the voice of opposition political parties by interfering with their right to canvas for support. They promised to write a Pastoral Letter to the government, in which they will detail recommendations on what should be done before, during and after the polls.
On 3rd June, Museveni officiated at the Uganda Martyr's Day celebration in Namugongi, Kampala. At the Catholic shrine, they were compelled to change their program in order to provide for his speech before mass where he donated 100 million shillings towards the construction of the shrine. He is so much anticipating to gain political capital from the Pope's impending visit late this year. Midway, he left for the nearby Protestant shrine where he arrived in the middle of preaching and he was simply welcomed and the preaching continued. After he was made to listen to the preaching, he was invited to address the congregation. In his address, he blamed the Anglican church leadership in Uganda for failing to popularise the Protestant Martyrs and urged them to emulate their Catholic counterparts. He hypocritically claimed that he had learned about the existence of the Protestant Martyrs just recently from Bishop Nkoyoyo thus: "its Nkoyoyo who told me that you man we are also here (at Nakiyanja)." Yet, in Uganda's primary schools, both the Catholic and Protestant martyrs is a must teach. He urged the Protestant shrine to move from being local toINTERNATIONAL thus: "I want you to be international. Where I have been (Catholic shrine), its more exciting and I used three languages because they made theirs international." Obviously and for selfish interests he was referring specifically to the presence of former President Nyerere's wife - since he has been at the forefront of pushing for Nyerere's sainthood. Moreover, the Anglican church had invited Archbishop Benjamin of Jos State in Nigeria as the main preacher of the day.
On 4th June during the State of the Nation address, he warned some leaders against "concentrating on peripheral issues" and neglecting fundamental issues." He cited Mathew 23:23 and added that such people had left what they were supposed to do and were doing what they are not supposed to do. Of course he was referring to the church leaders' recent stand on democratic path for the country. Mathew 23:23-28 is about Pharisees and Teachers of the Law who are terrible, hypocrites, and blind guides who strain a fly out of their drink but swallow a camel; who clean theOUTSIDE of their cup and plate while inside is full of what they have acquired by selfishness; it cautions them to clean what is inside the cup first and then the outside will be clean too; it compares them to whitewashed tombs which look fine on the outside but are full of bones and decaying corpses on the inside. Verse 28: "In the same way you appear good to everybody but inside you are full of hypocrisy and sins." Here, the 'swallowed camels' are the monetary and material gifts that he has been dishing out to them.
The show down will be fueled by the Kabaka (Buganda King)'s recent statement in the sameDIRECTION.
INFORMATION IS POWER
and material gifts in order to keep them silent about his excesses. He has sought to further weaken the mainstream churches by allying with the breakaway born again church movement. He is mindful of the role the church played in opposing the Iddi Amin dictatorship during the 1970s.On June 1st, the Uganda Joint Christian Council General Assembly convened in Kampala and was attended by among others Ntagali - the Archbishop of the Anglican Church, Kizito Lwanga - of the Catholic Church and Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga of the Orthodox church. They urged government to work on electoral reforms before the general elections slated for next year thus: "We therefore urge government to take a fresh look at electoral reforms. We shall be part of the process of shaping the way the country is governed which in a way affects how Christians practice their faith." They went ahead to condemn attempts by anyone in position ofAUTHORITY
to suppress the voice of opposition political parties by interfering with their right to canvas for support. They promised to write a Pastoral Letter to the government, in which they will detail recommendations on what should be done before, during and after the polls.On 3rd June, Museveni officiated at the Uganda Martyr's Day celebration in Namugongi, Kampala. At the Catholic shrine, they were compelled to change their program in order to provide for his speech before mass where he donated 100 million shillings towards the construction of the shrine. He is so much anticipating to gain political capital from the Pope's impending visit late this year. Midway, he left for the nearby Protestant shrine where he arrived in the middle of preaching and he was simply welcomed and the preaching continued. After he was made to listen to the preaching, he was invited to address the congregation. In his address, he blamed the Anglican church leadership in Uganda for failing to popularise the Protestant Martyrs and urged them to emulate their Catholic counterparts. He hypocritically claimed that he had learned about the existence of the Protestant Martyrs just recently from Bishop Nkoyoyo thus: "its Nkoyoyo who told me that you man we are also here (at Nakiyanja)." Yet, in Uganda's primary schools, both the Catholic and Protestant martyrs is a must teach. He urged the Protestant shrine to move from being local toINTERNATIONAL
thus: "I want you to be international. Where I have been (Catholic shrine), its more exciting and I used three languages because they made theirs international." Obviously and for selfish interests he was referring specifically to the presence of former President Nyerere's wife - since he has been at the forefront of pushing for Nyerere's sainthood. Moreover, the Anglican church had invited Archbishop Benjamin of Jos State in Nigeria as the main preacher of the day. On 4th June during the State of the Nation address, he warned some leaders against "concentrating on peripheral issues" and neglecting fundamental issues." He cited Mathew 23:23 and added that such people had left what they were supposed to do and were doing what they are not supposed to do. Of course he was referring to the church leaders' recent stand on democratic path for the country. Mathew 23:23-28 is about Pharisees and Teachers of the Law who are terrible, hypocrites, and blind guides who strain a fly out of their drink but swallow a camel; who clean theOUTSIDE
of their cup and plate while inside is full of what they have acquired by selfishness; it cautions them to clean what is inside the cup first and then the outside will be clean too; it compares them to whitewashed tombs which look fine on the outside but are full of bones and decaying corpses on the inside. Verse 28: "In the same way you appear good to everybody but inside you are full of hypocrisy and sins." Here, the 'swallowed camels' are the monetary and material gifts that he has been dishing out to them.The show down will be fueled by the Kabaka (Buganda King)'s recent statement in the sameDIRECTION
.INFORMATION IS POWER
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