The\nnews of the proposed national policy on religious and faith-based organization\ndid not go down well with some pastors especially in the Pentecostal community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We\nrequest that H.E the president considers the transfer of Hon father Simon\nLokodo into another ministry,” pastor David Kiganda of Christian Focus\nCentre stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister\nfor Ethics and Integrity, Fr. Simon Lokodo says the proposed policy is not his\nidea as alleged but it is a project that has been in the pipe line for some\ntime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“And\nthen to say that Father Lokodo must go away from Ethics and Integrity and maybe\nit will bring about the death and disappearance of policy; no, this is a\ngovernment policy,” he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nsays there is a lot of extortion, exploitation of money, bad guidance and many\nother things that take place in these churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nsaid the precautionary measures are vital if incidents like kibwetere where\nover 200 people were killed are to be avoided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We\nwant churches to be transparent. What you get from people, give back to people\nin another form but not to enrich yourself,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fr.\nLokodo feels anyone who preaches the word of God should attain some level of\nreligious education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“They\ncan’t even read, they just have the word of God in their head and they go there\nand say it.” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In\n2016, Reverend Canon Aaron Busingye, the Director for Religious Affairs in the\nMinistry of Ethics and Integrity, said key issues in the proposed policy will\ninclude creating and empowering the department for Religious Affairs to vet and\nrecommend the registration of religious organisation, establishment of a data\nmanagement system, regulation as well as establish collaboration between\ngovernment and faith-based organisations to implement government programmes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The news of the proposed national policy on religious and faith-based organization did not go down well with some pastors especially in the Pentecostal community. “We request that H.E the president considers the transfer of Hon father Simon Lokodo into another ministry,” pastor David Kiganda of Christian Focus Centre stated. Minister for Ethics and Integrity, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":7499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-7498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n