Empower Christians with Tools to Combat Poverty- Museveni Urges Clergy.

President Museveni yesterday tasked the clergy to preach ways Christians can fight poverty in their home.

Through his speech read by Vice President Jessica Alupo at the consecration of the Rt Rev Enos Kitto Kagodo as the fifth bishop of Mukono Diocese, president said, poverty in Uganda is mainly caused by subsistence agriculture. 

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“I call upon the clergy to encourage our people to select profitable enterprises in the following four sectors; commercial agriculture, services, industries and ICT,” he said.

The President commended the church for working towards social-economic transformation through extending services such as education and health to the people.

“The church has exploited the private sector friendly policies of the NRM government to extend social services to the public. For instance, they constructed a number of schools and hospitals across the country. This is proof that they are concerned for the wellbeing and material being of their followers,” he said.

The President donated a brand new Prado Land Cruiser to the new bishop and an undisclosed amount of cash.

Church of Uganda Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, who presided over the consecration, said Mukono Diocese is privileged to have produced two archbishops for the Church of Uganda, including himself and the late Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo.

“Take care of the retired bishops and myself when I retire because my home is in this diocese. You should support Uganda Christian University to engage in commercial agriculture so that they can become food self-reliant,” Archbishop Kaziimba said.

Archbishop Kaziimba then appealed to all Ugandans to shun “evil” acts of same sex marriages, which have infiltrated the education institutions.

The consecration took place at Bishop’s Senior Secondary School in Mukono Town yesterday.