Religious leaders under the umbrella of Christian Ecumenical council of Uganda led by Bish. Jacinto Kibuuka have today handed over a document to the minister of Ethics and integrity involving quite number of suggestions to be considered when drafting the the policy that intends to regulate the operations of religious and faith based organization in the country.
The Christian
ecumenical council of Uganda is made up of seven religious and faith based
organization which includes, Evangelical Orthodox church, Orthodox Angelican
Church, World Wide Church, Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church, Charismatic
Episcopal Church, Universal Peace Federation and Anglo Catholic Church.
While handing over the
document to Rev. father Simon Lukodo, Bishop Jacinto Kibuka, the head of
Evangelical Orthodox church noted that this is done to ensure their views are
captured before drafting this policy.
He added that as
consultation are going on, the ministry of ethics and integrity has been only
focusing on those tradition churches and this created a fear that they may be
left out during the consultations.
While receiving the
document, Father Lukodo noted that they are not going to tolerate
religious leaders who preach falsehoods and therefore the policy must be
in place.
He however called upon
religious leaders to be on fore front of supporting this policy other than
opposing it.
The consultations are
still on going while capturing different view from academia, lawyers, religious
leaders and other stake holders and once its done, drafting of the policy will
start immediately.
With Uganda having
more than 10,000 churches and thousands of mosques, the policy in offing seeks
to regulate religious and faith based organization in Uganda which the state
says are not well regulated hence the continued illegal and un Godly acts
performed by some of the leaders of these religions.
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