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With a call to a corrupt free Uganda, Pastors from various parts of the country hit the streets of Kampala on Wednesday to participate in the first-of-its-kind anti-corruption walk.
Led by President Yoweri K. Museveni, the walk was aimed at showcasing gains made so far in the fight against corruption, and announcing government’s plans to stem the vice going forward.
The walk was held under the theme “a corrupt-free Uganda; it starts with me.”
Pastors were joined by intercessors who used this occasion to pray for God’s mercy to restore and transform, to make right what is wrong, most especially in the nation’s public sector. Many prayed for greater transparency in the political and economic system of the nation.
They walked from the Constitutional Square in the city centre to Kololo Independence Grounds—a distance of about four kilometres.
According to the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index report by Transparency International, Uganda ranked 149 out of 175 countries with highest corruption cases.
“Yes, everything starts from the realm of the spirit, before the physical manifestation. The spiritual controls the physical. We need to deal with the root cause of every challenge we face. I believe this spirit manipulates these people’s action. Uganda, for God and my Country, Uganda belongs to Jesus, corruption out,” observed Mrs Susan Makarios, one of the advocates for prayer during the anti-corruption walk.
‘Nothing is stronger than prayer,’ another remarked.
President Museveni while addressing multitudes at Kololo independence grounds after the walk described corruption as “a moral and spiritual problem.”
“Corrupt people are parasites and spiritually they are bad investors because they think that the bad things they do which people don’t see, God doesn’t see them too. God sees everything,” he said.
In his submission on the event, lead Pastor of Dominion Faith Church located in Kampala, Cyrus Rod challenged Christians regarding their role in the fight against Corruption.
“Corruption, simply defined, is abuse of entrusted power for personal gain. Today our leaders walked in hope of driving corruption out of Uganda. That is how they fight corruption and other vices. They walk (call it demonstrations, protests, whatever but they walk) attract attention and walk and attract attention. That is how they fight and I respect them. But turning to the born again children of God who also believe “walking” is how we believers fight corruption and other vices, is to leave no doubt about how we have lost saltiness and are being trampled underfoot. Believers have become useless. It is evidence the world has infiltrated the church,” he said.
“As the saying goes, “if you can’t beat them, join them” and that is how satan is hitting the church. Just bring the world in the church so they start thinking like the world and they shall become useless. As those born of incorruptible seed, though we are in the flesh we do not war after the flesh. Our weapons are mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds…..We walk like Enoch walked, Like Abraham walked, above all like Jesus walked. It is a life by faith not a show. We can’t fight like the world fights and then expect to win like the church wins,” he added.
Just recently, Pastor Kayanja said lack of accountability in the public sector remains a serious problem for the current regime, as misuse of government funds affects health services and infrastructure projects in Uganda.
In attendance were government, judicial, security and civil society leaders among others.
