Comment
The criticisms of this catholic
member of parliament are logical and based on fact. The Pentecostal church in Uganda has
acted with hypocrisy when it comes to speaking out on the evils in President
Museveni’s government. They are silent on corruption , vote rigging , human-rights
abuse and abuse of rule of law in the country. They organize mass prosperity gospel gathering
but have never organized mass prayers to seek the intervention of God as
regards the corruption in Museveni’s government. The Prosperity Movement in Uganda has
become a religious movement that aims at
entrenching Museveni ‘s dictatorship and long stay in power . The same Pentecostal pastors who have been complaining
on how the Uganda
police has messes up cases of sodomy now believe that the same police is going
to enforce the Anti-homosexuality Act. The
same Pentecostals pastors who have exposed the double standards of the judiciary
and police in the Kayanja sodomy case, now believe that the same judiciary will
enforce the Anti-homosexuality Act with justice and fairness. All this hypocrisy
and double standards have thrown the Pentecostal movement into disrepute. see,
Pastor Kayanja sodomy trial : Pastors accuse the police and judiciary of corruption, and say the institutions have denied them a fair judgment.
Anti-gay law good, but church needs to do more
http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30414:-anti-gay-law-good-but-church-needs-to-do-more&catid=37:guest-writers&Itemid=66
Sunday, 02 March 2014 20:17
Last Monday I happened to be at Sheraton hotel for a dialogue on maternal health.On the same day, President Museveni, in a manner unprecedented, had invited a cross-section of people to be witnesses as he assented to the anti-gay bill.
As I left the hotel, I met Pastors Joseph Sserwadda and David Kiganda who approached me in a let-somebody-see style.
Indeed victory was written all over
their lips and my suspicion was that they had been part of the “clapping
audience” as Mr Museveni appended his signature to the bill.
Immediately, the two men of God (never
mind that one of them recently divorced his wife and married another
woman against all the teachings of the church) demanded to know why the
opposition had been “so silent” on the anti-gay bill.
I shot back by asking if our silence on
the anti-gay bill was in any way equivalent to the silence of
Pentecostal churches on other evils in this country.
Never before in the recent history has
anything united Ugandans than the support to the anti-homosexual law. I
have a feeling that Ugandans would prefer to deal with non- political
offenders.
How I wish we could use just 50 per cent
of the energies we have used to fight homos in the fight against
corruption; I wish we would undress those who steal public funds the way
we have been targeting girls in miniskirts; I wish we would look with
scorn on the corrupt the same way we despise homos; I wish religious
leaders would be as bold on corruption as they have been on issues of
the gays; I wish the NRM caucus would press Museveni on issues of
corruption the same way they have done on homos.
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| Pastor Kiganda joins muslims to fight for the passing of the Anti-gay law |
Finally, I wish the West would be angry
with Museveni about observance of conventional human rights and
corruption as they have been on the issue of homos. Then, dear readers,
Uganda would be a better country.
I support the law against homosexuality.
I support the law against homosexuality.
But, even at the risk of being labelled a
sympathizer of the gay community, I wish to comment on the danger
religious leaders face in seeking to enforce the teachings of the Lord
through laws made by politicians.
The president, never short of stunts,
this time signed the bill in the presence of the media and I swear every
stroke of his pen was televised or captured in some manner.
To this, some Pentecostal pastors put
their best foot forward and danced the night away in celebration,
capping it all up with bull roasting. It was obvious the pastors were
celebrating the promise that a sinner(s) would be punished.
At least the traditional religions
(Catholicism, Protestantism and Muslims) while welcoming the law, have
made it clear that they still have a place for sinners (homosexuals
inclusive) who repent. That is what religious tolerance should be about,
not judging or condemning a group of people.
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| Pastors Kiganda and Joseph Serwadda welcome back speaker Kagada for taking an Ant--gay stance against Canadian Minister |
Slowly, we have seen the Pentecostal
churches, in particular cede away their spiritual mandate to the
political leadership of this country. In so doing, the Pentecostal
church has been relegated to a compromise position or exposed to the
risk of moral indebtedness should the politicians need to use them at a
later date.
Little wonder that some of the
Pentecostal churches have turned political. Running to politicians (read
Caesar) for solutions is a vote of no confidence in these churches and
of course God our father. I wonder if it has occurred to the Pentecostal
church that the same government to which they are running sanctioned
divorce.
It sounds like the Pentecostal church
will soon run to the President and Parliament when the faithful refuse
to get baptized to seek law that will get them to conform to this and
other sacraments.
It is time the Pentecostal church
revisited the true creed of its calling, teaching God’s people and
giving them insights into living in the Kingdom. It has looked on while
our leaders meted out violence on the very Ugandans that elected them.
It has looked on as the corrupt thrived
and as Parliament passed repulsive legislations. All they have done is
organize massive gatherings to pray for some politicians in the ruling
government while leaving out those on the opposition.
Before we celebrate, it would be proper
if we paid heed to the fact that making a law is one thing and enforcing
the same is another. The religious institutions should be able to test
the motive of some of these legislations.
The author is MP for Mukono municipality
Must Read:
Anglican and Catholic churches change their position on the Bahati bill : Ugandan Pentecostals continue to foolishly support the bill
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2010/02/catholic-church-changes-its-position-on.html
Hypocrisy of the catholic Church in Uganda on fighting homosexuality: After persecuting Rev.Fr.Anthony Musaala for exposing the homosexuality among Ugandan catholic priests, the Uganda Catholic church has now joined the ecumenical Uganda inter-religious council to urge President Museveni to sign the Controversial Anti-Homosexuality bill, 2009
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2014/01/hypocrisy-of-catholic-church-in-uganda.html
Uganda Pentecostals are treading a dangerous political path by fornicating with Museveni’s corrupt dictatorship: Pastor Joseph Serwadda, Bishop David Kiganda and Pastor Jackson Senyonga new year eve celebrations turn into political fora to raise support for President Museveni.
Transformations II, Political Christianity and
False African Revivals By Kato Mivule
www.christian-witness.org/docs/Transformations2.doc
Pastor Joseph Serwadda covers up
Mr Julius Lukyamuzi's
sodomy case: Julius was sodomised by Pastor Grace Kitaka
