October 9, 1962 is the day that Uganda received Independence from Britain. Milton Obote became Prime Minister and he wrote the common man’s charter with Socialism as the predominant ideology. In this generation Christianity was looked at as the white man’s religion. Christianity was seen as part of colonialism and hence rejected. Missionaries where seen as land grabbers.
Jomo Kenyatta
(1963 - 1978), President of Kenya "When the white man came we had the land and they had the Bible. They taught us to pray with our eyes closed and when we opened them, they had the land and we had the Bible."
(1963 - 1978), President of Kenya "When the white man came we had the land and they had the Bible. They taught us to pray with our eyes closed and when we opened them, they had the land and we had the Bible."
Idi Amin became President in 1971. In this generation the rapid expansion of Islam was the greatest threat to Christianity. It was this time that the foundation of Old Kampala Mosque was established. Many Ugandan Christians were persecuted and ran to exile such as Festo Kivengere, Archbishop of York John Sentamu and Archbishop Janan Luwum was executed by Amin. This period saw Uganda registered as a member state to the World Islamic League.
From 1979 to 1986, there was constant change in leadership and no stability in Uganda. There was a vacuum that threatened the faith in this generation. In a period of seven years we had 8 Presidents: Lule, Binaisa, Muwanga, a presidential Commission of 3, Obote 2, Bazilio, Tito Okello and then Museveni. This was reflected in the church that lacked strong leadership. The result was that Christians, like Sheep without a Shepherd, were scattered. Many cults and false doctrines began to creep in during this period.
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