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For example, when the chickens return, they must not be a loss-making venture. We can add no more business unless what we have has succeeded and proves to be a worthwhile investment. Furthermore, please show us your unit targets and what you are able to accomplish with what you have. We need to see statistical measurement systems and reporting to the directors and shareholders In the past, whenever I asked for a systems report I got nothing.
We cannot go on like this. We cannot continuously have a requisitions department in the place of accounts. The only things we see, in this business, are requisitions and nothing else! Where is the income, where are the measurements and where are the yardsticks of success? We need to see weekly performance reports in order for us to make a decision.
I also need to see monthly presentations of progress from each unit. How much was invested, how much was produced and how far are we from achieving the set targets? We are really tired of pushing at the margins. We need the central core of our business to be understood by all; and those who cannot keep up with our pace must go. In the s and early s, in some parts of Ankole selling a cow was the only way to earn an income.
A cow requires up to two years before it matures for a good sale. The period is even longer in certain local breeds. There were no easily available markets. One would have to drive the cows long distances to the cattle-markets, largely in other parts of Ankole. In my area, I occasionally used to drive the cows on foot with my elder brothers, from present-day Kiruhura District, to Lwemiyaga in Sembabule District, or Kaliro in Kabula constituency in Lyantonde District of south-western Uganda, a distance of between thirty to forty kilometres for a return journey.
These markets also attracted people from urban areas selling their wares. I was told it was a sight worth seeing. These magic shows used to arrest the attention of market goers and were spoken about far and wide. They were as entertaining as they were terrifying to a young person. I once had occasion to listen to a local, a.
This sermon was delivered towards the end of , a few months after the Covenant Nations Church leadership spent a week in Buikwe District for a retreat. He had been in one of these markets and when he scoffed at the power of the magicians they threatened to take action on him.
In Luke Jesus likened the Kingdom of God to a small, mustard seed which, when planted grew to become a huge tree where birds could nest. We must all play our role to end this tragedy that has existed side by side with religion. Bad cultural practices include Female Genital Mutilation, the nauseating habit of spitting in public and marrying off girls at age fourteen just so the boys in the family can get a dowry to pay for their own wives.
The custom of keeping large herds of poorly tended traditional cattle for prestige even when they add little or no economic or nutritional value to your homestead is practiced in north-eastern Uganda and still exists in some parts of south-western Uganda. Some of the traditional groups, in Ankole, even idolised and worshipped cows and their huge numbers were of great importance in these families.
Idols are made by human hands, just like a chair or an artistic carving. Human beings, however, give them life by Cow cults date as far back as biblical days. The Ancient Egyptians worshipped a bull god called Apis. They give them purpose and attach honour in following them. Why is witchcraft an enemy we must fight? I have a couple of reasons.
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Genesis tells the biblical story of Joseph and Pharaoh of Egypt, who were ruling the greatest civilization in the world about years ago. It took the faith and wisdom of one Israelite believer in God, Joseph as the second-in-command in Egypt, to change their fortunes as well as the course of world history. In 1 Kings the Israelite nation was practising Baal worship and witchcraft permitted by Ahab, a distracted national leader, which was being spearheaded by his zealous, idol-worshipping wife, Jezebel.
In BC the Egyptians discovered papyrus and ink writing. Witchcraft is a blessing-blocker. The Roman Empire that ruled Europe and much of Asia for centuries collapsed and the inhabitants of the splendid ancient city of Rome were starved by a barbarian, King Arelic of the Goth, despite the fact that the idolatrous Romans worshipped many false gods and practiced high level witchcraft.
So, if witchcraft could not deliver the ancient, cultured Roman civilization from a barbaric king, why would it save Africa today? In Africa, witchcraft did not give the kings in the seventeenth century the knowledge to resist slave trade, which is the worst form of inhuman treatment by a fellow man created in the image of God.
Out of ignorance, they sold their people in exchange for mirrors and other trinkets. If witchcraft did not save their ancestors from slavery, then why would it help the people in Nakasongola District today? I read, in a newspaper last night, how witchcraft is widely practiced in this district and in the surrounding areas. Witchcraft is spiritually sterile and completely dead.
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It is superstition based on trickery and lies. Whatever you dedicate to it withers and dies. So why do we tolerate it? I suppose because few people understand or care enough and this includes Christians to confront it with sound teaching, for it is easier to preach prosperity than to talk about this evil. Witchcraft blocks development and is primitivism in its worst form.
Development is founded on a true and free human spirit. God imbued the human spirit with light and the ability to see with spiritual eyes. The human spirit is creative, enterprising, curious and inquisitive. Therefore, do not stop your children from asking questions. It is a God-given gift to inquire. During the Industrial Revolution, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the West created the sewing machine, the steamboat, the telephone, the light bulb, the diesel engine, the electric motor and the Ford Motor assembly line.
In December , the Wright brothers took to the skies. In comparing the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, you would never have had one without first having the other. The knowledge built around this openness is what inspired scientists to think freely in This is an attribute to Christianity and specifically to Protestantism.
These innovations allowed men to think, inquire and change their nations. It is no coincidence that these years of innovation in the West were also some of their best enlightenment years, spearheading the end of superstition, the spread of freethinking and change. Therefore, to inquire is to fight witchcraft and superstition. When one practices witchcraft, one stops thinking clearly and the overall effect on Africa will be to keep us down when our time is now.
Witchcraft makes societies dysfunctional. Manasseh also sacrificed his own sons in the fire in the valley of BenHinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. In our own society, the NRM returned freedom of worship and culture to Uganda. This tribalism in Uganda is what Pamela Ankunda asked the church to pray against a few months ago.
This is the source of what we are witnessing today. Also, people selfishly want more districts so they can be Local Council V Chairmen and How does this help a community? What are the steps we must take to end this scourge? First, we must deal with false teachings and teach the Word of God. So sorcerers can change from bad cultural conditioning to the light and when they do, they can lead others to Christ.
Secondly, opening up our rural areas, with science and technology, will help defeat witchcraft. For when we set up industries and factories in rural areas, we free people from the captivity of the bad culture they know. We introduce a new culture, a culture of industry, into their lifestyle. There is a railway line around Buikwe, but it passes on the periphery and carries nothing from Buikwe.
It finds Buikwe sleeping and leaves it sleeping. There is only one farmer using tractors and growing a lot of sugarcane, while many others still lag generations behind. If we had more farmers utilising the railway line for exports and imports, there would be little room for witchcraft. This farmland will produce food for the people working in the city.
Those who come from the various tribes to work in the city may farm it. I am so glad the Bible recognises farming as a profession and does not despise it, as I see many young people doing today. The Bible says our farms must support the city and, because cities grow so fast, farms must change their work methods accordingly. They must improve production capabilities and their attendant beliefs.
Productivity, in our rural areas, will help quicken the end of witchcraft and superstition. Do you agree with me? Let me warn you, though. Be careful, when you acquire this knowledge and become rich, not to depart from the Word of God. Wealth can hide failure. I know this personally. Success can sometimes breed rebellion against God. Nations that stray off the path, because of pride, reach a crescendo and eventually collapse, as And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like.
As a result, their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. And instead of worshipping the glorious, everliving God, they worshipped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles. So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired.
They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshipped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other.
Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved. Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarrelling, deception, malicious behaviour, and gossip.
They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too. Therefore, we should give God the glory with our works, minds and hearts. We must teach the values of hard work, budgeting, productivity, profitability, investment and growth; as well as understanding money as an exchange of value, or a medium of Productivity means you go to your garden, not just to dig as a daily ritual, but with the wisdom to multiply your produce.
However, the lack of focus and true productive, liberating investment in agriculture where our rural population would spring from to end poverty and superstition is done so poorly, with little or no care as bureaucrats expand their belts. I have a complaint against the church as well. The church very rarely connects work to faith and salvation.
Do you not know that for some people bewitching is a profession from where they earn a living? The churches speak about faith and salvation but do not connect the dots to heal a man in a wholesome way. We should help people see that salvation is not just about having faith in God, but it involves industriousness, exerting self-innovation, wisdom and wealth.
And I have been a constant example of how you can help the poor by working hard. You should remember the words of the Lord Jesus: It is more blessed to give than to receive. What are you doing to glorify God? Every idea on earth has a tipping point, a point at which an idea will not fall back, becomes acceptable and is practiced without a doubt.
A few people, who rejected pretentious religion and traditions, overcame their fears and God used them to change their world. They dropped all decorum, worldly honour and titles to preach the Word of God. They were not thousands; they were few in number. They were expelled from colleges some were here in Mukono not far from Buikwe District and because of this single act my parents met Jesus Christ and took me to school.
That is why I am able to speak to you today. God bless you. I congratulate Frank and Richard on the occasion of their elevation to positions of leadership, as Cabinet ministers, in the NRM government. Frank, and a few other committed individuals, held on to the idea I was teaching; that you did not need to counter lies through expensive rallies, or giving government officials per diem to tour the country.
All you needed was good research, clear explanation and a forum provided by the new media channels. Moreover, you did not need to hold a government position to make a case for an organisation that had brought Uganda forward from the terrible years of the s and the s. We felt, as fresh graduates, that this action symbolised true cadreship.
Some people died on the battlefield in the course of the five-year war So we felt our humble contribution would be a simple message, using a cell group in a district, which focused on communicating Movement activities. Frank and Richard were two of our original converts to this idea. Many, in this category, are now in the private and public sectors and are still helping deliver the Movement agenda in various ways.
Others, of course, have fallen away by natural attrition or disagreement. Looking back, I am amazed by the power of an idea to simply communicate and explain, so that the listener is as empowered as a government official and is able to challenge the Opposition when it tells lies. No rallies, no per diem and no claims! Out of this concept, a new crop of national leaders has emerged.
The battle to end poverty, tyranny or poor management in business is won or lost at the idea level. It is a simple, yet powerful lesson which we carry away tonight as we see the change these two people represent. This appointment, in my opinion, is loaded with meaning. That the generation which has held leadership positions longest in Uganda, now recognises the need to accommodate new people who were in primary school when the NRA took Kampala in The country has a restless, young population that needs to be heard and listened to; and we too can have a shot at and manage these positions, much like the generation before us.
It is in recognition of the fact that ideologically the young generation has come of age and they can now confront the hard questions of the day with courage, determination, intelligence and drive the country to a good destination. This recognition, by the older It does not come easy. You must prove by your actions that our generation is trustworthy, responsible and can govern maturely.
A story is told in Ankole of a man who had never seen an elephant and always wanted to see one. However, as soon as he was brought before the creature he ran and climbed a tree! They take up positions and do whatever is necessary to keep them. Occupation differs from possession. The latter carries a certain degree of ownership and responsibility.
When you possess something, you look after it, nurture and grow it. Just like an army assaulting a position and occupying it temporarily. This mentality pervades the thinking in the public and private sectors in Uganda, which is why no one owns up to anything. This is why we have a large public service that seems to have little or no spirit of service.
There is only blame and more blame, or the people who come to such positions always claim they found nothing in place and have to start afresh. This is why we neither grow nor build institutions that last. To change this mindset we need to approach leadership from the point of purpose. Purpose is the reason something exists; it has a higher value proposition than a position.
Position without purpose is what has caused Uganda to bleed for a long time; or why we see corruption in the public and private sectors in the country today. A purposeful person knows his time and distance. He cannot bend so low to sacrifice purpose for something as fleeting and temporary as wealth stolen from the taxpayer. Purpose gives you vision the picture of success which breeds devotion and this generates discipline the ability to stay the course even when the situation appears pretty bleak.
That word in I have not seen a successful leader who does not submit his thoughts and needs to a form of discipline in order to fulfil his purpose. In my view, both of you are taking on these positions at a time when Uganda needs an injection of fresh thinking, in the way we position ourselves for growth, change and development.
This country needs new thinking on how to organise production and change the way the elite, who run our public systems, operate. Sometimes I feel the country and its leadership is scared of taking risks, the kind of risks that brought about change in the s and the s and it only seeks to maintain what we already have.
Still, all of us must know maintenance does not necessarily mean growth; sometimes it can mean regression. My prayer is that you lead this required change within and you recognise the signs of the times. After all, it is better to ride at the peak of change rather than have it forced onto you in the middle of the night!
The Bible tells us of a man called Caiaphas, who was the leader of an elite, top brass, religious group called the Sadducees. These religious leaders led the Jewish people during the Ancient Roman times. Caiaphas, who was high priest for eighteen years, was so afraid of the change Jesus preached that he chose the safety of an alliance with Rome rather than stand by the truth that Christ taught.
Instead of owning this change, he chose to obliterate it. Yet, over two thousand years later, this change has been so unstoppable that we hardly remember Caiaphas in any significant way. On the other hand, we remember Jesus who spearheaded this change in thinking. So, I ask you to stand for the truth. Only then can you possess these leadership positions and push our country forward.
Once again, I thank you for asking me to speak at your event and congratulations. Janet Museveni, to convey her congratulations and that of President Yoweri Museveni and their family to Professor and Mrs. Kamuntu and their family, for standing strong as friends throughout the years and for working for the betterment of the lives of Ugandans.
The First Lady wanted very much to be here to express her friendship and solidarity with the family of Professor Ephraim Kamuntu. She deeply regretted not being able to come. Professor Ephraim Kamuntu is an old boy of Ntare School, having studied with President Yoweri Museveni at the school in the early s. As a matter of fact, I came to learn that the working relationship between these two men predates the current assignments God has given them in Uganda today.
At the time, Ephraim Kamuntu, who was then a student, supported a young man called Yoweri Museveni, to become the Chairman of the Ntare Debating Society. Sometime back, President Museveni told me he gave a beautiful Rubuubi or Ruhuura bull a greyish brown sandstone coloured bull to Professor Kamuntu as a sign of their friendship.
Years later,. Professor Kamuntu gave my wife and I an offspring of this bull for our own herd. That I am here to carry a message of friendship, goodwill and congratulations to the Kamuntu family is befitting, proper and a symbolic gesture of the transition of this relationship to the second generation. I am, therefore, humbled and in equal measure proud that I have been chosen to convey this message on this day to this family.
Personally, I appreciate the role Professor Kamuntu has played in helping change Uganda, healing its fractious party politics and being an inspiration to many of us in our generation, who want sober, calm, cool, level-headed and progressive politics. Professor Kamuntu exemplifies this leadership. The kind of leadership that forgives and forgets yesterday, forges bridges rather than burns them and one that seeks to build our nation in the city and the countryside.
When we thank God we set time aside to do it consciously and we fire our best and last round of faith against the enemy who manifests in fear, anger, depression, our station in life and comparing ourselves to others, thinking that is how we establish our value. We establish value by thanking our Creator.
This is why the enemy fears those who are grateful to God and those who return all the glory to the Creator. Unspiritual people have no gratitude. They live for today or kagwirawo as the young people in Kampala like to say. You pay me what is mine and I will consume it now. I will not wait for tomorrow because tomorrow waits for no An extravagant mentality pervades many aspects of our lives.
Therefore, I thank Professor Kamuntu for taking the lead in this battle, and inviting us to come and share this time with him. I would like to take this opportunity to have a conversation with the young generation, represented by many young people I see here today. The ones whom Professor Kamuntu will hand over the baton of life, history and his contribution to Uganda in the various roles he has played.
I would like to speak to you about two issues today, the family and the economy. Professor Kamuntu and his wife are an enduring example of an ideal family that many youths take so lightly these days.
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For the professor and his wife to stay together, raise a family through the changing seasons of life and carry this mantle to the third generation is an enormous undertaking. Especially knowing how easy it is for young people, nowadays, to jump into marriage and jump out of it so soon after the wedding! Taking marriage so lightly is one of the problems eating away at our society.
Yet, the power of agreement, between a husband and his wife, is great raw material for changing the social and the economic fabric of a country. I can bear witness to this in my last eleven years of marriage. The Bible tells us in Amos that we cannot walk together if we do not agree; for in agreement, there is continuity.
These days, many young couples walk together in public—but disagree on everything in private! When you see poverty, destitute children, suffering single mothers, child-headed homes, corruption in our government departments, or people with low self-esteem, you know that there must have been failure in the family relationship. It is the kind of choices someone made in the family relationship that produced these consequences.
Not knowing how to live—we see this in the West through their push to get everyone to accept homosexuality as a lifestyle—is failure at the family level. Therefore, I urge you to study Professor and Mrs. Many men and women in their generation have not held their ground under the same pressure, temptation and all manner of challenges to remain together.
God wants to redeem nations but He first needs families that fulfil their purposes. Secondly, our nation is in transition. There is much tension between the old and the new, between what worked yesterday and what must be done tomorrow, tension between the young and the ageing, tension between policy and its applicability, and there is competition for political, social and economic space everywhere you look.
Young people are asking to be heard. In all this, what concerns me most is how little time young people devote to entrepreneurship, as a driver of economic growth, as well as the need to push ourselves out of our station. On the other hand, there seems to be so much time to run for political positions. But less debate, guidance and attention is given on how to build lasting commercial enterprises out of the fodder we find in our homes and for many of us this fodder is agriculture.
In the next eighteen years, the world will have 2 billion people joining the middle class.
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These people will need high protein food like meat, milk products and potatoes. They will want to drink specialised coffees and teas. How are we preparing ourselves, as young people, to supply this expanding market and lift ourselves out of poverty? Our minds, just like our bodies, need to be challenged to produce results; for what is not well utilised becomes rusty and dies.
In the human body, the pancreas ekikurumo produces insulin, which moves glucose sugar out of the blood to the cells, the production house of the body, in the liver-glycogen so it is burnt to produce energy for the body to function normally and at maximum strength. When it is not burnt in the right proportion and time, it accumulates, goes to the kidney and a person develops diabetes.
It is the same with other aspects of life. Similarly, idle, undeveloped capacity is always dangerous. Another example I can use is oil.
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To get fossil fuel to produce His business interests include the Tomosi Group of enterprises, from security and tourism to agriculture. An expert in leadership communications, Odrek often conducts training seminars where CEOs exchange best practices for running and growing a company. Odrek Rwabwogo sued Beti Kamya, a publicist for Forum for Democratic Change, in October , for alleging that he was responsible for the contentious television tax.
Rwabogo also invited him to appear at a Museveni rally. Odrek later acknowledged having met the opposition candidate, but he claimed not to have made any bribes. Facebook Twitter Youtube. Sign in. Forgot your password? View basket. Continue shopping. Rwabwogo Odrek 1 results Feedback. You searched for: Author: rwabwogo odrek.
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