By Leonard Kamugisha Akida,
KAMPALA
The Inspectorate of Government spokesperson, Ali Munira has charged churches and mosques to maintain high levels of public accountability to solve the challenge of financial mismanagement in the places of worship.
“There is a lot of mismanagement of funds in the private sector, Civil Society Organizations and not to mention in the places of worship but nobody is talking about this,” Munira said.
“How many of you has ever been to a church or mosque on a Sunday and they said today we want to give an accountability?” “Instead they ask for more,” she challenged.
Munira was speaking at the official launch of the book”Back To The Vine” by David Livingstone Mukisa yesterday August 10 at Serena Hotel Kampala. She was representing the IGG Beti Kamya Tirwomwe. She said lack of accountability and proper financial management in the private sector such as places of worship have contributed to corruption in Uganda.
“We have taken it for granted and I think it’s a reason we still have slot of issues when it comes to finances even at the country level. We have failed to manage finances even at lower levels like homes and in places of worship,” she said.
According to Yokoyard Ahimbisibwe Banyu, the promoter of the book under Ambrosoli Consult Uganda limited, Back To The Vine is a book portrays key elements regarding finances in the church, reveals poverty prevailing in churches and calls for obedience to God’s Commands regarding the tithe and offering. He said the book emphasize on inspiring transformational worship and fellowship in the unified church.
Munira says this book will enable the government and religious leaders to promote financial literacy and discipline in households and contribute to reducing corruption to a greater measure because everybody will now know how to be accountable. She hailed David L Mukisa, author of the book for sharing his insights on financial management in places of worship.
“It is something that many people have always been silent about, but it’s better that somebody brings it out and say lets get up and think of how we manage finances in churches. And I believe, probably, this will be narrowed down to homes,” she commended.
The IG mouthpiece however decried the poor reading culture in Uganda where many people spend much on smartphones surfing than reading stating that citizens are missing a great resource of reading books. She implored Ugandans to spare sometimes and stay away from their phones and televisions to read books.
In addition, the CEO of Ambrosoli Consult Uganda limited, Dr. Otanga Rusoke is displeased with Africans who undermine themselves hoping to get everything from Europeans.
According to Dr. Otanga, young people no longer see a bright future in African and would prefer to leaving the continent for greener pastures. He however, warns against the disasters likely to face them such as rejection due to poor education systems and racism in many parts of the world.
“The world has moved to advanced neuroscience replacing it with human brain biology. Many of you will be irrelevant by 2060 because you’ll be replaced with machines,” Dr. Otanga Rusoke said
He warned, “…and because of racism people will invent new diseases to finish you (Africans) from planet earth and you cannot resist it. Artificial Intelligence (AI) will produce more new diseases you cannot resist and you may die out.”
The behavioral scientist, Dr. Otanga urged African governments to organize higher education systems for everyone to produce professionals that will compete for global technologies and opportunities.
