NRM will collapse for disturbing country — Orthodox archbishop
The late Archbishop of the Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga
What you need to know:
- Metropolitan Lwanga said on May 5, the church will launch a centenary anniversary and lay a foundation stone for construction of a multibillion church complex at Lubya Hill.
Kampala. The Archbishop of the Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga, has warned that the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party will soon collapse because it has disturbed the nation so much”.
“We are going to suffer human rights abuse until NRM is dissolved. And it (NRM) is going to dissolve very soon. I say this prophetically, it is not going to be there because it has disturbed this nation very much. It is going to dissolve,” Metropolitan Lwanga said.
He added: “And when it dissolves, then things will go wonderfully.”
Metropolitan Lwanga made the remarks while delivering his belated Easter message at the Orthodox Secretariat on Namungoona Hill, Kampala. He was responding to a question on the rampant cases of killings and violation of human rights in the country.
Without mentioning what will happen, Metropolitan Lwanga castigated the four judges of the Supreme Court who dismissed the appeal challenging the constitutional amendment that scrapped the presidential age limit from the country’s constitution.
Efforts to get a comment from Information Minister Frank Tumwebaze were futile as his cellular phone number was inaccessible by press time.
Col Shaban Bantariza, the deputy executive director of Uganda Media Centre, said it is NRM that has made it possible for the cleric to make his prophecy against it.
“As we know, earlier it would have been to his political detriment. We respect his views, it is his wish but only one out of 40 million [Ugandans],” he said.
Metropolitan Lwanga told the media that the current political problems and situation in the country have been caused by Born-again preachers whom he accused of misleading people into thinking that being very rich makes one important before God.
“This is a mistake. Yes, it is necessary for someone to have some money, some things to do to enjoy and have life but it is not good to think that it is the only purpose of your existence in this world,” Mr Lwanga said.
“God is the one who knows when I will go but not myself to kill another man. We have to respect and love each other to assist and help each other to balance our life in order to live in the likeness and image of God,” he added.
Metropolitan Lwanga said on May 5, the church will launch a centenary anniversary and lay a foundation stone for construction of a multibillion church complex at Lubya Hill.
