Politicians, Religious Leaders Appalled Over Continued Closure of Churches

Posted by: Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan in Uganda news September 9, 2021

Behind the National Unity Platform leadership, politicians along with religious leaders have petitioned court. This is because of the continued closure of places of worshiping centres.

Politicians and religious leaders addressed a joint presser at Hotel Triangle in Kampala on September 8.

During the address, they expressed their dissatisfaction in the way the government treats the matter worshiping places.

According to Dr Lina Zedrina from NUP, as practitioners of the various religious groups, the values of religion lie in one’s self and practicing it.

She shared that people have since slid back in terms of spiritual growth. She further said it would have been a different case if the places of worship were open.

‘’The times churches were open we would go and confess. Places like the taxi park and kikuubo are open, why not the churches. Spiritual damage is a lot and we can feel it. We are seriously thirsty, please open the churches so we can enjoy our constitutional right to worship,’’ Dr. Zedrina said.

Sheikh Asuman Lule Ssemakula of Masjid Central Kitintale shared that growing up, all people were always told to fear God.

This is because through this, one would get wisdom. He shares that before reopening buses lodges, the government would have fronted places of worship.

Evelyn Naikoba, a lawyer, said they have taken the matter to constitutional court to challenge the phenomenon of the continued closure.

‘’We are challenging the discriminatory treatment given to places of worship that is why we are in constitutional court. What we see is a crackdown on religious institutions and Covid-19 just presented an opportune time to do this,’’ she said.

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