THE UGANDAN CULT MASSĀCRE 25 YEARS AGO

It happened exactly 25 years ago, on 17th March 2000, in Uganda.

The story began in 1960, when a man called Paolo Kashaku claimed to have a vision of his late daughter called Evangelista, who revealed to him that he would have a vision of heaven.

In 1988, the man claimed to have seen a vision of heaven where he saw Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and St. Joseph.

Her daughter, Credonia, also claimed to have a similar vision and began a virgin cult.

In 1989 his father told him to spread the message across Uganda on the orders of the Virgin Mary. She agreed.

In the same year, 1989, Credonia met a man called Joseph Kibweteere, who also claimed to have had the vision of the Virgin Mary in 1984.

The two decided to form a religious group called the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God.

The aim of the religious sect was to spread the Virgin Mary's message concerning the apocalypse.

Within a very short time, the group grew rapidly and attracted some defrocked Catholic priests and nuns. 2 of the former priests were Paul Ikazire and Dominic Kataribabo.

Since the majority of the members were Catholics, especially devotees of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the local church tried without success to bring the group under its control.

The group lived as a community in Kanungu District, Uganda, where they had their own farm, grew what they ate, and ran their own schools.

They lived in silence and communicated mostly in sign language.

The sect grew in importance when a respected and famous priest, Dominic Kataribabo, with a PhD from a university in America, joined them.

The group held that the apocalypse will take place before the year 2000.

As 1999 was coming to an end, the activities of the group became frenzied and weird as they were getting set for the end of the world.

When January 1, 2000, came without anything happening, members were disillusioned. Many who sold their properties began to demand back their money.

The leaders of the group calmed them down and came up with another date: 17th March of the same year.

On that day they had a heavy feast where they ate and drank in preparation for the apocalypse.

Without the knowledge of the members, the leaders of the group sealed all doors and windows so that no one could escape and then set the entire building ablaze, and over 300 of them were roasted beyond recognition.

Authorities believe that the leaders escaped but have not been found to date.

Later, authorities discovered several pits within the premises with over 400 members that were kiĺled and dumped inside them.

Next Monday, 17th March 2025 will be exactly 25 years since the massacre took place.

Looking at the picture below, how on earth can anyone believe that these innocent faces are capable of committing such atrocity.

Fr. Angelo Chidi Unegbu [14th March 2025]

Fada Angelo Chidi Unegbu 

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HOW TO CULTIVATE ONIONS USING ONE BULB TO GET MANY.

--- Get a bulb of onion and slice it in a circled form.

--- Get an empty water Can, cut it to the size of onion bulb. Fill the Can with clean water.

--- Cover the Can water with the sliced onion and ensure that the root side is touching the water.( if the root is too much you can quietly trim down the roots). Ensure that  it gets sunlight. 

--- Allow it for at least two days, you will find out that new roots are sprouting.  

---Still allow for another  9 days, within this time, the leaves will start growing, ready for transplanting. 

--- By then, you must have prepared your ground well manured to receive the transplant.

--- As you transplant, the onions will not go deep into the ground otherwise it will die. Just cover gently the roots and sliced part holding the growing leaves.

--- Allow it to grow untill about 40 days, at end of which you gently uproot the growing onions, at this crucial time, you carefully separate them one by one. Where it is hard to separate, use knife to make separation easier.

--- Then plant the separated onion one by one, after which you water.

--- Then allow to grow till about 3 months or more, during which it will be ready for harvest.

--- Remember this process is to help you get many produce from  one bulb of onion and make the onion grow bigger in size.

Nota bene: There are many other ways one can plant the onions though the result may not actually be the same.But which ever way, you will get something. Period of cultivating may also differ, but preferably between April to July.

From 

Fr Damian Ogwatta

The Role of Kola nut in Igbo Cosmology, Culture and Tradition.

Standing on existing protocol and the liberty to rephrase the title, I will like to caption the topic under the heading above. 

There is a long standing Igbo adage that says, “*while the Yorubas of Southwest Nigeria plant kola nut, the Hausas of Northeast/west of Nigeria eat kola nut, the Igbos of Southeast Nigeria show reverence to kola nut*”. 

This has presented kola nut not just as an edible nut for the Igbos of Southeast Nigeria, but also a natural nut with some socio-cultural connotations and philosophical implications that are entangled in Igbo cosmology. 

It is against this background that I made the post so that we will understand the place of kola nut (oji Igbo) in traditional Igbo culture, with a view to understanding the socio-cultural connotations of Kola nut in Igbo cosmology. 

As “king of fruits”, due to its presentation first in any gathering in Igboland, which specific variety is recommended for use in performing traditional Igbo opening prayers during visitations, festivals, ceremonies, new yam and ofala occasions etc given the resort to the use GWORO (oji Hausa) by our people?

What is the meaning and importance of the ritualistic invocations and blessings uttered while holding the kola nut in Igbo custom and traditional practices? 

Beyond symbolism and feminism associated with this sacred fruit, are there other utilitarian values e.g medicinal that kola nut serves in traditional Igbo society? 

What are the different varieties, colors, uses and ontologies of kola nut (such as “ọji bụ eze”, “ọnye wetere ọji, wetere ṅdụ”, etc) that exists in Igbo land?

Are there social, cultural, health, environmental, and economic abuses which the kola nut is subjected to in our milieu? 

How can we eradicate these abuses on the sacred fruit so as to guarantee it’s sustenance? 

It’s essential to acknowledge and address these forms of abuses to ensure the sustainable and respectful use of kola nuts in Igbo culture. 

From the following brief background and posers, this discourse will benefit from more information, thereby educating norms on the role and importance of kola nut in Igbo society. 

Our fore_fathers made kola nut what is known for today in Eastern region of Nigeria.Our elders so believe that much goes along with breaking of kola ,.spiritual connotations nd meanings, respect to the gods of the land, respect to the living more reason mostly eldest in every gathering are permitted to accept breaking of kola .on the contrary in other parts of the world these things surroundinng the kola nut not universal or acceptable .In igbo land today going by the generation of youths coming up with speed kola nut nd its cultural values might die a natural death where its meaning of meanings might go in extinction as against our elders who knew nd understood the cultural values of this kola .Except the government of the day wil hv to pass it into law as part of our cultural heritage nd should be observed whenever occasion demands ,the only way it can be preserved in Igbo land.

Not the One Who Loves or Spends on Her,

Listen my son, A Woman Submits to the Man She Fears—Not the One Who Loves or Spends on Her,

You’ve been lied to. They told you that if you love a woman, spend on her, and protect her, she will respect and submit to you. But reality tells a different story.

A man who leads with love and provision alone is setting himself up for disrespect. He asks his wife for water, and she points at the dispenser, telling him she’s not his slave. Yet, when she gets to work, her boss barely coughs, and she’s rushing to make him coffee, smiling like an obedient servant.

Now here’s the irony—her husband gives her 10 TIMES the amount she makes at work. But who does she respect more? The boss.

Why? Because submission is triggered by authority, not by love or financial provision. Women don’t submit to love—they submit to power.

A woman must FEAR losing you. She must recognize that you are above her, not beside her. If she senses that you are too emotionally invested, too giving, too “understanding,” she will begin to disrespect you.

Stop thinking money and kindness will buy loyalty. Set boundaries, demand respect, and make her EARN everything. That’s how a woman stays in her place.

If she doesn’t respect you, walk away and let her chase a weaker man. But never become that weaker man.

Aklahyel Goni 

HOW TO MAKE STUDENTS LOVE YOU.

By Mr Sam VIDAMBU.

1. Principal's assembly. Monday's assembly to be called Principal's assembly while Friday's assembly to be named Deputy's assembly. I have seen this working well in many schools. The assemblies are conducted by TODs but Principal in conjuction with Director of Studies will give speeches concerning the academic situation of the school. The Friday's assembly is conducted by TODs but the Deputy Principal and HOD G&C will give speeches concerning the overall discipline of the school. Another name for Principal's assembly is academic assembly and another name for Deputy's assembly is discipline assembly. The Principal will be present on Friday and deputy present on Monday.

2. Organize Principal's cup. As the Principal, identify a sport that you want students to compete in. The students will have inter-class competitions e.g in Form 2 Pool 1, Form 2 White versuses Form 2 Green. In Form 2 Pool 2, Form 2 Purple versus Form 2 Blue. The winner of Form 2 Pool 1 meets with the winner of Form 2 Pool 2. The same format of competition happens in form three and form four. The form two champion class will compete with the form three champion class. Whoever wins will compete with form four champion class in the finals. The Principal will then award a trophy. It is called the Principal's cup.

3. Serve them supper. Once/twice in a month the principal can go to the dining hall, wear the apron and help the cooks to serve students supper. This is called servant leadership. The Principal is killing three birds with the same stone. He is winning the hearts of the students, non-teaching staff(cooks) and parents. Cooks will consider him as a friendly person and parents will be told by the students that the principal serves them supper. You can imagine how the parents will feel.

4. Be strict, but likable.

5. Be on the ground.

6. If available, worship with students on Sunday and if possible, pray for them after the Principal's assembly.

7. Have a Father-son/Mother-daughter relationship more than Principal-student relationship.

8. Let them know your life story e.g how you grew up, the challenges you faced and how you made it in life. 

9. Once in a term, dress in full students' uniform. This will bring you closer to the students as they will relate with you.

10. Smile when it's time to smile and get serious when it's time to be serious. Don't put a no-nonsense face from January to January because they will fear you. Remember, fear brings rebellion and rebellion can easily cause a strike.

50 years from today, students will forget everything you said but they will never forget how you made them feel. The closer you are to students, the more they love you. The more they love you, the more they respect and do what you say. The more they do what you say, the better the results of the school.

By Mr Sam VIDAMBU (0743480435).

Vidambu is a professional academic mentor with over 4,500 high schools in Kenya running his academic programs.

His Academic Mentorship Programs are about content mastery skills, content retention techniques, content delivery approaches, proper revision strategies, proven reading cultures, practical study habits, target setting, among other great topics.

He is a Trainer of Principals during KESSHA conferences and teachers.

He is the President of Global Student Mentorship Center, He is an author, and a Tutor.

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