Uganda's pastors of impunity: Touch not 'God’s anointed'
Ugandan pastors can terrorise you with all the noise in makeshift structures as the local authorities look on helplessly. They can rape, spread HIV, pornography and lies, but face no consequences. If you complain, you are reminded not to dare point at “God’s anointed.” ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGAH | NMG
In my next life I want to be a Ugandan pastor. If reincarnation really happens, then whoever manages it should hear my plea and make me return as a pastor in Uganda after I die. These guys are gods because they enjoy more power and privilege than the president of the republic.
Anyone doubting this got a glimpse of this power last week when the judicial common of enquiry inspected a gazetted, protected but degraded wetland in southcentral Uganda and found that a city pastor had hived off 40 square miles of the protected wetland. They found labourers working in slave-conditions.
