The Head of the Anti-Corruption Unit in State House, Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema, has strongly urged churches and all other religious denominations in Uganda to join the fight against corruption saying the vice is a moral issue that can best be fought in places of worship.
“The right army is the church in the fight against corruption. Get your weapons and fight the vice. Pray without ceasing so as to declare corruption and its perpetrators defeated,” she said.
Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema was today giving her moving testimony at the Prayer Conference 2019, organized by Apostle Michael Kimuli in conjunction with the Christian Discipleship Ministries International at Kampala Parents’ School in Kololo.
The 5-day Prayer Conference that ended today attracted pastors from Finland, the United Kingdom, Germany, USA, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Gabon and Uganda.
The conference was organized to pray for peace and prosperity in Uganda, for the Church, other nations and to plan for Evangelism.
Giving her testimony that dwelt on how God saw her and her family rise from glory to glory right from her childhood, education and employment where she held high profile positions in government by the grace of God, Lt. Col. Nakalema urged members of the congregation and all the people of Uganda to serve in whatever position they are assigned for the glory of God.
She further asked Ugandans to remain faithful to God if they want to succeed in life and not to yearn for earthly things that they cannot get.
“God can take you from glory to glory if you remain faithful. When you serve God, He will give you everything you need in life,” she said.
On her current assignment as Head of the Anti Corruption Unit in State House, Lt. Col. Nakalema said she is not afraid of all the dangerous plots against her because she is strongly protected by the power of God adding that she is carrying out the duties assigned to her by the President for the glory of God and the country.
“I am protected by my God. He keeps us from the dangerous plots,” she told the congregation.
Lt. Col. Nakalema who further electrified the congregation by leading in singing a song ‘What a Mighty God we Serve and the one in Kiswahili Nimepata Yesu’, commended the media for the coverage of her operations despite their earlier negativity when she was a Personal Assistant to the President.
“I thank the media for their coverage. When I was the Personal Assistant to His Excellency, the media used to be my enemy. But now they are praising me for exposing the corrupt in the country. I am feeling good because I am in the right calling,” she said.
She also thanked Apostle Michael Kimuli for giving her the opportunity to recruit an army from the church that will join her in the war against corruption.
Apostle Michael Kimuli, on his part, said the testimony by Lt. Col. Nakalema had deeply touched all members of the congregation.
He pledged to join the war against corruption in Uganda. The visiting pastors from overseas and the ones in the country later prayed to God to give Lt. Col. Nakalema and her team more strength and protection in the fight against corruption in Uganda.
