in the Church calendar, today is the fifth and last Sunday within the season of Lent, which means that March 28 is Palm Sunday and marks the starting of the Holy Week.
On Thursday, March 25, Christians international will celebrate the feast of the annunciation of Jesus Christ which changed into forecast with the aid of prophet Isaiah many centuries before the miracle came about.
Isaiah wrote: "hence, the Lord himself will provide you with a sign. The virgin can be with newborn and should provide delivery to a son, and should name him Immanuel." Isaiah 7: 14 (NIV). Immanuel or Emmanuel means God with us.
the brand new testament reading for March 25, taken from the Gospel according to Luke, tells of Mary's encounter with an angel of the Lord sent to inform the younger woman of a amazing adventure which became about to ensue to her. God has a way of informing americans in increase of respectable pursuits and issuing stern warnings in improve about unhealthy happenings. After conveying heat greetings, angel Gabriel observed, "don't be afraid, Mary, you've got found favour with God. You could be with baby and give birth to a son, and also you are to provide him the name Jesus." Luke 1: 31-32 (NIV)
On the day I wrote this opinion, March 16, the hearsay mills and social media had been awash with speculations on the whereabouts, wellness and fitness of 61-yr-old president John Pombe Magufuli (JPM) of Tanzania, who had not been viewed in public considering February 27.
It reminds me of the last days of former president Robert Gabriel Mugabe of Zimbabwe, who died in Singapore, nevertheless it took days before Zimbabweans have been officially advised.
advertisementThe lesson is that no one can deceive the entire individuals all of the time or cover the actuality invariably from wananchi. There is no smoke without hearth.
in its place of denying press reviews, the sooner the primary authorities of Tanzania informed wananchi the truth about JPM, would have been improved for the nation and for the CCM birthday party. Tanzanian leading minister Kassim Majaliwa is pronounced to have observed that JPM changed into alive, neatly and busy performing his official tasks. One hoped he will not have to swallow his personal words quickly.
among people who publicly raised problem concerning the fitness and whereabouts of JPM changed into former Chadema party presidential candidate Tundu Lissu, who fled Tanzania quickly after last year's Tanzanian elections and is at the moment dwelling in exile in Belgium.
In an interview with BBC, Lissu alleged that JPM, nicknamed "the bulldozer," had proven nice for Covid-19 and became receiving remedy at a Nairobi medical institution.
other sources had claimed that JPM had been flown to India for remedy.
As one who became sceptical about coronavirus, JPM declared Tanzania free of the Covid-19 pandemic. Magufuli, a devout Catholic, announced at a church in Dodoma that, "coronavirus, which is a devil, can not continue to exist the physique of Christ. it'll burn immediately" he advised a congregation attending Mass.
One wonders how the NRM regime would react in cases corresponding to that of Tanzania.
they would automatically shut down information superhighway and social media, declare a state of emergency, bribe Parliament to circulate a Shs4 trillion supplementary bill for classified expenditure to purchase armed forces hardware, and threaten to head to the bush to fight coronavirus and different enemies of Uganda.
With a siege mentality, nothing is off limits for the desperate and myopic ruling clique. If anything, all alternatives are open and purchasable at their disposal. A hypothetical state of affairs, like a doubtful locust invasion, would supply a golden possibility for the cabal to loot and plunder Uganda's meagre countrywide resources shamelessly with impunity. might also the Lord have mercy!
Mr Acemah is a political scientist and retired career diplomat.hacemah1@gmail.com
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