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Dramatic scenes unfolded Sunday as the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu, was confronted by a section of Ugandans living in the United State during a church service in Boston.
The May 3 event captured on video and widely circulated on social media shows chaotic scenes inside the church as a small section of the congregation hurled verbal attacks at the Archbishop triggering a standoff that disrupted the service.
Mr Adams Sadiiki, the Church of Uganda communications officer and Archbishop's press secretary, told this publication on Monday that The Most Rev. Dr Kaziimba is on an international tour of duty in the United States.
He described the events as a “slight disruption that was contained.”
“The archbishop is on his international tour of duty, and the service went on well despite slight disruption of an individual or two but it was contained and ministry continued. The narrative being spread is false and it’s intended to cause unnecessary propaganda,” Mr Sadiiki said.
However, the motive behind the confrontation and disruption remains unclear.
The incident comes just weeks after Archbishop Kaziimba on April 19 told Ugandans to stop pressuring him to emulate Janat Luwum in condemning human rights violations by the State.
Critics accuse the archbishop and several other religious leaders in the country for keeping quiet in the face of state sanctioned restrictions of Civil liberties including cutting back free speech, assembly, media freedom among others.
However, during an April 19 sermon in Kampala, the archbishop shot back saying " Some people have approached me saying, Why don't you do like Janani Luwum. The man did a great job. The man who was killed! Do you think I can make an impact by being killed, then [when I am dead] they will say Kaziimba is also a good man, he was killed. Don't I have a family? Why don't you be sensitive?”
He stated that, he, unlike people who shout and end up achieving nothing, chose a different approach that he believes can create an impact.
"I am a person, I need life also. I have to live. I'm not your savior to carry all your problems. You take them to the cross. I do my part and leave it to God. I am not her to save you. I choose and follow what God leads me to say, and not everything is said publicly. I discovered the power of Nathan's approach than power of John the Baptist's approach. You can speak and speak but create an impact. John the Baptist did a good job but he ended up losing his head and the mission ended there. Nathan did a good job and ended up saving someone's life. That's why we have Psalms 51," Archbishop Kaziimba said.
Source: Daily Monitor
The May 3 event captured on video and widely circulated on social media shows chaotic scenes inside the church as a small section of the congregation hurled verbal attacks at the Archbishop triggering a standoff that disrupted the service.
Mr Adams Sadiiki, the Church of Uganda communications officer and Archbishop's press secretary, told this publication on Monday that The Most Rev. Dr Kaziimba is on an international tour of duty in the United States.
He described the events as a “slight disruption that was contained.”
“The archbishop is on his international tour of duty, and the service went on well despite slight disruption of an individual or two but it was contained and ministry continued. The narrative being spread is false and it’s intended to cause unnecessary propaganda,” Mr Sadiiki said.
However, the motive behind the confrontation and disruption remains unclear.
The incident comes just weeks after Archbishop Kaziimba on April 19 told Ugandans to stop pressuring him to emulate Janat Luwum in condemning human rights violations by the State.
Critics accuse the archbishop and several other religious leaders in the country for keeping quiet in the face of state sanctioned restrictions of Civil liberties including cutting back free speech, assembly, media freedom among others.
However, during an April 19 sermon in Kampala, the archbishop shot back saying " Some people have approached me saying, Why don't you do like Janani Luwum. The man did a great job. The man who was killed! Do you think I can make an impact by being killed, then [when I am dead] they will say Kaziimba is also a good man, he was killed. Don't I have a family? Why don't you be sensitive?”
He stated that, he, unlike people who shout and end up achieving nothing, chose a different approach that he believes can create an impact.
"I am a person, I need life also. I have to live. I'm not your savior to carry all your problems. You take them to the cross. I do my part and leave it to God. I am not her to save you. I choose and follow what God leads me to say, and not everything is said publicly. I discovered the power of Nathan's approach than power of John the Baptist's approach. You can speak and speak but create an impact. John the Baptist did a good job but he ended up losing his head and the mission ended there. Nathan did a good job and ended up saving someone's life. That's why we have Psalms 51," Archbishop Kaziimba said.
Source: Daily Monitor
