Former secretary general of Forum for Democratic change (FDC), Alice Alaso Asianut has said Christians who recently stormed the Parliament chambers to cleanse it of what they called evil spirit were naive to the fact that spirits occupy a living vessel.
Alaso says it was the Special Forces Command and not members of Parliament possessed by “legions of spirits” that “sparked off” a series of brawls in the House that left some legislators injured and several others arrested.
“…Spirits move with the person who is possessed and my observation was that it was the Special Forces Command that sparked off the saga, so in part, it means that after the saga, each one of them went back to their stations with their legions of spirits, in which case, the pastors would have to trace their work stations unless the assumption is that those are resident demons of the Parliament of Uganda,” Alaso expressed her view in an article published by one local news daily on Tuesday.
The floor of parliament witnessed chaotic scenes on Sept 26 and 27 as legislators debated a motion around presidential age limits.
Religious leaders described the incidence as ‘nasty scenes’ as live proceedings from the House showed Members of Parliament engaged in fist fights with the hurling of chairs between two factions.
Tensions continued till security operatives brutally led out suspended MPs following the orders of IGP Kale Kayihura.
It’s against this background that over one hundred and thirty Pentecostal Christians and their leaders on 5th October converged inside the Parliament chambers after speaking to Speaker Kadaga to cleanse and sanctify it of chaos.
Alice Alaso Asianu says the pastors stated their view that Article 102(b) is discriminatory and so they support its amendment.
“Is it enough to spray the chamber of Parliament or go deeper and look for the real problem? This is the primary question that ought to be answered by our pastors. In the early 1980s, a lot of bloodshed ushered in the NRM government. Blood that was shed in Luweero and other parts of country where mass graves represent the subjugation process. Violence and bloodletting are the very issues the proponents of peaceful transition embodied in the preamble of the Constitution and sought to prevent with Article 102(b) and the amended Article 105,” she said.
“Lastly, I covet the days of Prophet Isaiah or Micaiah, who would say thus says the Lord. Pastors, it was wonderful to hear your opinion on Article 102(b). But as the ambassadors of God, the ones whom we look to, would you like to categorically tell us what the Lord God has said. Whether we believe or not, let us know thus saith the Lord for Uganda at such a time like this,” she said.
