LC5 chief opposes Museveni on defilement
Jan 07, 2005
THE Masindi district chairman has opposed President Yoweri Museveni’s proposal to hang defiler teachers, saying it would not deter defilement.
By Kyetume Kasanga
THE Masindi district chairman has opposed President Yoweri Museveni’s proposal to hang defiler teachers, saying it would not deter defilement.
John Majara said, “Hanging them is not a solution. it cannot work because society has over time undergone moral decay.â€
Addressing over 800 youths at St Emmanuel’s Cathedral, Rushere in Mbarara last week, Museveni said hanging defiler teachers would stop others from committing the crime.
Majara said religious leaders were better placed to spearhead moral transformation.
He and his executive were meeting the Rt. Rev. Stanley Ntagali, the first bishop of Masindi-Kitara Diocese, who paid a courtesy call on him at his office on Wednesday.
“You are the spiritual father of us all. Let the Church be left intact to guide us and it should stand firm. avoid being used in the coming multiparty political environment,†Majara told Ntagali.
Ntagali also visited the resident district commissioner, Hassan Galiwango and the chief administrative officer, Margaret Gimogoi, at their respective offices.
The diocesan secretary, the Rev. Can. George William Kasangaki, and the bishop’s chaplain, the Rev. Sarah Bagadira, accompanied him.
The district speaker, Jacob Karubanga, formally recognised Ntagali as the bishop of the new diocese.
Karubanga, Majara and Ernest Kiiza, the former Bunyoro Kingdom speaker, had contested Ntagali’s election but their appeal was dismissed by the High Court.
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THE Masindi district chairman has opposed President Yoweri Museveni’s proposal to hang defiler teachers, saying it would not deter defilement.
John Majara said, “Hanging them is not a solution. it cannot work because society has over time undergone moral decay.â€
Addressing over 800 youths at St Emmanuel’s Cathedral, Rushere in Mbarara last week, Museveni said hanging defiler teachers would stop others from committing the crime.
Majara said religious leaders were better placed to spearhead moral transformation.
He and his executive were meeting the Rt. Rev. Stanley Ntagali, the first bishop of Masindi-Kitara Diocese, who paid a courtesy call on him at his office on Wednesday.
“You are the spiritual father of us all. Let the Church be left intact to guide us and it should stand firm. avoid being used in the coming multiparty political environment,†Majara told Ntagali.
Ntagali also visited the resident district commissioner, Hassan Galiwango and the chief administrative officer, Margaret Gimogoi, at their respective offices.
The diocesan secretary, the Rev. Can. George William Kasangaki, and the bishop’s chaplain, the Rev. Sarah Bagadira, accompanied him.
The district speaker, Jacob Karubanga, formally recognised Ntagali as the bishop of the new diocese.
Karubanga, Majara and Ernest Kiiza, the former Bunyoro Kingdom speaker, had contested Ntagali’s election but their appeal was dismissed by the High Court.
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