My analysis
It is sad that Apostle Alex Mitala can not see the danger of
Museveni’s clinging on to power. Apostle Mitala’s stand also reflects spiritual
politics of the highest order. Many Pentecostals have benefited from Museveni’s
government so much that they would like him to stay for ever. The religious leaders are right to tell
Museveni to step aside. Unlike Apostle Mitala, the religious guys are aware of
the danger of clinging on to power. They are not ignorant about what has
happened in Egypt and Libya.Pastor Joseph Serwadda is right to tell the old man to quit.Bravo Pastor Serwadda.
Born Again leaders blast
counterparts
Publish Date: Jun 03, 2012
Leaders of the National Organization of Pentecostal Churches
in churches in Uganda
have attacked bishops and other spiritual heads for calling on President Yoweri
Museveni to quit power and for the restoration of Presidential term limits.
Describing the move as hypocrisy, Apostle Alex Mitala, said
“I don’t agree with the bishops, we are also bishops but how shall we change
our people when we are preaching politics instead of the Gospel of the Lord”.
He said the clergy asking Museveni to surrender power would
not change people from sin because it was ‘not the right message’.
“We shall not fear to tell any spiritual leader who is
involved in preaching politics that it is wrong, that is why even Jesus told
off Pharisees of their hypocrisy,” he said.
Mitala was Thursday addressing journalists at Grand Imperial
Hotel at a press conference where he announced the coming of American-based
Evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke who is scheduled to be the main preacher at a
four-day crusade dubbed ‘The Uganda Jubilee Gospel Crusade’ at Makerere II
Grounds starting June 6th.
One Million people are invited and Bonnke is expected
to show his successor, Evangelist Daniel Kolenda and thereafter hold another
crusade in Gulu on July 25.
He said the Jubilee should be used by spiritual leaders to
check themselves, saying despite the many years since Christianity came to Uganda,
the country had continued to suffer from corruption, prostitution,
homosexuality and other wrongs in society.
He explained that men of God ‘had failed to play their
part’. “We can’t follow that group, people want what can change them from
poverty other than politics and that is why we have organized this crusade” he
added.
The archbishop of Kampala,
Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga last year wrote a pastoral letter asking Museveni to
quit power by the 2016 elections and has repeated his messages at different
forums.
Bishop Zac Niringiye of the Church of Uganda
also launched a campaign for the restoration of Presidential term limits.
Pastor Joseph Sserwadda of the Born Again Faith Federation
also called on President to step aside. The stories were widely carried in
the local and international media including Washington Post.
“We don’t want to start telling Museveni to retire or show
us a successor when preaching; we are Ugandans and know the constitution,
this it like instigating people because it is not yet time,” he said
adding that ‘when time for politics comes, we shall guide our people on what to
do’.
He stressed that the clergy would not change people
from wrong doing by sounding politics.
Apostle Mitala also lashed out at fellow Pastors who ‘sell
prayers’ to their followers in order to get healing.
“We the men of God are at fault, we need to check the
message we give to our people,” he explained.
According to Mitala, President Museveni has been dishing out
heavy envelopes and Prado cars to bishops but none of them had never rejected
these offers, but instead come out to condemn him for ‘staying long’ in power.
He said it was a sign of hypocrisy.
Pastor Abedi Bwanika asked Kampala Capital City Authority
(KCCA) to shelve the noise pollution law and give born again followers time before
they could build sound proof Churches.
“We are moving towards sound proof Churches, we want KCCA to
understand us, we know what we are doing,” he said adding that Churches would
control themselves and were mindful of the communities in which they operate.
Pastor David Kiganda, the co-event organizer said government
had offered the crusade enough security to keep the followers safe.
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Apostle Alex Mitala, EV.Reinhard Bonnke at Entebbe State house
