Former Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Eliud Wabukala has asked Christians to strictly adhere to biblical teachings as a way to get rid of what he termed religious conmen.
Wabukala said the discovery of a dozen of graves in Shakahola forest within Kilifi County is a clear indication that many Christian flowers have been indoctrinated.
The retired Arch Bishop spoke at Ruthimitu Mixed Secondary School in Nairobi during the launch of the schools’ alumni chapter and career day.
Over 110 bodies have been exhumed in shallow graves in a farm believed to be owned by controversial Pastor Paul Mackenzi.
Reports indicate that the pastor of Good News International Church might have brainwashed his followers to starve to death in the guise of fasting to meet Jesus..
Chief Government pathologist Johansen Oduor said some of the victims were starved to death while others had underlying health issues.
Mackenzi is being held by police as further investigations go on.
Wabukala said the scenes witnessed from Shakahola is a sign of existence of so many cults in the country where innocent people are being recruited fake Pastors.
According to him, some of the ‘fake Pastors’ are taking advantage of the high level of poverty in the country to play with people's psychology to have an easy way of recruiting them into their Churches.
"What is happening in Shakahola and in other places where people are being taken hostage in the name of prayers needs to be an eye opener to Christians who must realise that there is a surge in the number of fake preachers advancing false doctrines that are not aligned with true biblical teachings,” he said.
Wabukala said both the government and members of public must collaborate in efforts to expose such characters.
He was accompanied by Captain Mark Koross of the Kenya Airways.
"I kindly advise you to work hard in school and after your education use the knowledge you have gained as you transition to university or college to be a better person,” said Wabukala.
He advised students not to rely on free free things saying that they are mostly expensive and can lead to youths being introduced to satanic cults.
Wabukala called on the Kenyan society especially the youth to use the social media paltforms with caution as it remains the major contributor of social and behavioral decay.
In his sentiments, Captain Koross who is also a chief pilot instructor at Westrift Aviation based at the Wilson said it is also essential for the Kenyan youth to be encouraged to desist from the use of drugs.
Koross said the usage of drugs by the youth has contributed greatly to their indiscipline and unrest in schools and institutions of learning.
"There is no championship in drug use, participating in criminal activities or in disobeying your teachers and mentors,” he said. By Collins Kweyu, The Standard
A requiem mass will be held at Kololo Independence ground on Wednesday with President Museveni as the chief mourner.
On Thursday, the body will be airlifted to Oyam District where a joint Lango sub- region council meeting will be held at Boma grounds at 10 am to pay their tribute.
Slain State Minister for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Col (rtd) Charles Okello Engola is expected to be buried on May 13 at his ancestral home in Awangi village, Iceme sub county Oyam District, government has said. Col (rtd) Engola who doubled as Oyam North County Member of Parliament, was shot Tuesday morning by his bodyguard, Pte Wilson Sabiiti at his home in Kyanja, a Kampala suburb. Gender Minister, Betty Amongi told this publication Wednesday that the Engola’s body will be taken to Parliament next week on Tuesday at 10am for the legislators to pay their last respect.
Thereafter, the body will be transferred back to the funeral home at around 5pm. A requiem mass will be held at Kololo Independence ground on Wednesday with President Museveni as the chief mourner. After the Kololo service, the body will be transferred to the deceased’s home in Kyanja at around 3pm for an overnight vigil. On Thursday, the body will be airlifted to Oyam District where a joint Lango sub- region council meeting will be held at Boma grounds at 10 am to pay their tribute. At 3pm, a church service will be held at St Nathan Church of Uganda for requiem services. On Friday, the body will be returned Engola’s ancestral home ahead of his burial on Saturday (May 13). By JANE NAFULA , Daily Monitor
The most visible sign of South African peacekeeping in DR Congo is 16 Squadron and its Rooivalk combat support helicopter.
South African commitments to continental peacekeeping as part of government’s foreign policy falls squarely on the shoulders of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) and has seen more than R2 billion spent in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the 2019/20 financial year.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government is reimbursed for this expenditure by the United Nations (UN) as it is a troop and equipment contributing country to the UN mission in the central African country. Reimbursements for Operation Mistral – and any other UN missions South Africa was and could be involved in – are based on the level of serviceability of equipment and readiness of troops deployed to MONUSCO, the UN peacekeeping mission in the DR Congo.
One instance defenceWeb is aware of was no reimbursement for elements of the SA Army Engineer Formation sent to the DR Congo some years ago and tasked with water purification. Equipment did not perform as advertised. This saw the Sappers and their equipment withdrawn and no payment due to equipment not being serviceable.
The national defence force and its parent body, Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise’s Department of Defence and Military Veterans (DoDMV), carry all costs associated with Op Mistral deployments. Reimbursement is made to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s National Treasury a year after claims are submitted to UN headquarters in New York.
The “reward” – if it can be termed that – for carrying the financial can sees the UN reimbursement make its way into the DoD financial department via National Treasury appropriation in the adjustment budget process the year after the claim was settled by the world body.
The only other continental deployment the SANDF is presently part of is the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) under the Operation Vikela banner.
Now in its second year, SAMIM will for 2022/23 see R210.3 million paid to the South African National Treasury by the African Union (AU), according to an SANDF presentation to Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD). In its first year of deployment to SAMIM, SANDF elements incurred, again as per the presentation, R33.3 million in expenses.
In terms of payment from what the presentation states are “other government entities,” General Rudzani Maphwanya’s SANDF has supplied personnel and equipment to at least four departments/services.
They are the SA Police Service (SAPS) for the basic police development learning programme at 3 SA Infantry (SAI) Battalion in Kimberley; National Rural Youth Service Corps programme; erecting low-cost bridges for the national Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) and “cleaning” the Vaal River, a task handed to the SA Army Engineer Formation that saw full-time and reserve force Sappers deployed to deal with leaking sewerage and other issues. Other government department/“entity” taskings mentioned in the presentation, but not detailed, are “assisting with water purification” and providing “guard duties”.
Among payments received at the DoD Finance Division in the Armscor building are R150 million plus from the SAPS for “developmental training and veterinary service” and R142 million from the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) for “medical assistance and salaries for seconded DoD officials”.
Outstanding is over R91 million from the DPWI for 23 bridges erected in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal and a far lesser amount of close to half a million Rand owed by the Gauteng provincial health department for “outsourced services” to two provincial hospitals. DefenceWeb
The Kenya Kwanza Alliance has recused Eldas MP Adan Keynan from the bipartisan talks committee, following demands by Azimio la Umoja coalition.
Keynan has been replaced by Saku MP Dido Rasso.
Azimio demanded that Kenya Kwanza replace Keynan if they were to end the demonstrations.
“We have nominated the Hon Dido Rasso MP Saku to replace Adan Keynan in the bipartisan Committee,” a statement signed by Leader of Majoirty in the National Assembly Kimani Ichung’wah read.
Earlier, Azimio had offered to call off Thursday’s protests to give dialogue a chance.
In a statement by the coalition’s co-principal Kalonzo Musyoka on Wednesday, May 3, the coalition said they will only call off the protests if Kenya Kwanza recuses Adan Keynan from the bipartisan talks team..
“We, in Azimio la Umoja One Kenya announce, on a without prejudice basis, that we are prepared to go back to the Bipartisan talks with our opposite side in Kenya Kwanza and are prepared to stand down the demonstration scheduled for tomorrow Thursday, 4th May 2023, provided that Kenya Kwanza recuses Keynan from the bipartisan committee,” Kalonzo stated.
“[Kenya Kwanza should] immediately announce his replacement on the said committee,” he added.
While attending a Church service at the Cathedral of Praise Ministries International on Sunday, April 30, Kalonzo mentioned the same.
“We made an offer last Sunday to Kenya Kwanza as the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya leadership on Bipartisan talks. All our other conditions remain the same."
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The coalition started countrywide demonstrations on March 20 and later scheduled them for Mondays and Thursdays weekly.
They later took a break to allow bipartisan talks between the two coalitions, which have since stalled.
The talks stalled after Kenya Kwanza picked Eldas MP Adan Keynan, an MP elected on a Jubilee ticket as a member of the committee.
However, Kenya Kwanza argued that Azimio had picked Pokot South MP David Pkosing, who was elected on a Kenya Union Party.
KUP has shifted allegiance to Kenya Kwanza, from Azimio.
After the stalemate, Azimio resumed protests on Tuesday, May 2.
The coalition is calling on the government to lower the cost of living, review 2022 election results, electoral reforms, reinstatement of four embattled commissioners among others. By Winfrey Owino, The Standard
Nairobi, May 2, 2023—In response to media reports that a Burundian appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of journalist Floriane Irangabiye, who is serving a 10-year prison term, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement:
“Coming on the eve of World Press Freedom Day, a Burundi court’s decision to uphold Floriane Irangabiye’s conviction only further illustrates the government’s hostility toward dissenting views,” said CPJ’s sub-Saharan Africa representative, Muthoki Mumo. “Irangabiye does not belong behind bars, and it is devastating that she faces a decade in prison. She has suffered far too much, and authorities should do the right thing and free her immediately.”
Irangabiye was arrested on August 30, 2022, by intelligence personnel in Bujumbura. On January 2, the Mukaza High Court in Bujumbura convicted her of undermining the integrity of the national territory and sentenced her to 10 years in prison and fined her 1 million Burundian francs (US$482). Irangabiye’s conviction stemmed from commentary she shared on the diaspora-based online media outlet Radio Igicaniro, in which she was critical of the political elite in Burundi.
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