Sebutinde Advises Christians On Injustices

Aug 11, 2001

HIGH Court Judge Julia Ssebutinde has challenged Christians to rise and speak out against injustice and bad governance, reports Richard Mutumba.

HIGH Court Judge Julia Ssebutinde has challenged Christians to rise and speak out against injustice and bad governance, reports Richard Mutumba. She said Christianity was still the leading breeding-ground for good character and integrity. Ssebutinde was presiding at the Charles Owor memorial inaugural lecture at the Kampala International Conference Centre, yesterday. The lecture was on Justice, Democracy and Good Governance organised by the Uganda Christian Lawyers’ Fellowship, the African Christian Lawyers Network and Advocates International. “As Christians, we should stand up and speak out against any wrong doing in society. If we fear to speak out, we shall eventually pay the price,” Ssebutinde told participants from Kenya, South Africa, Togo, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Uganda, USA and Zimbabwe. Ssebutinde, who chaired the junk helicopter probe, said government bureaucrats were busy messing up things because there is no accountability. “They don’t feel accountable to the people who put them in positions of responsibility. We should hold them accountable,” she said. Ends

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