Europe should respect Africa

By Rev. Stephen Okhutu
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‘Trade is better than Aid.’ German President, Horst Kohler

It came like a dream. Africans were transported to Europe to do the donkey work –to act as slaves. Then the raw materials were exported, finished goods found their market in Africa. Then Africans were forced to buy these goods without their will.

Pacts were made between African leaders to force western goods and lifestyle onto Africans. Legislation forcing Africans to act against nature, for instance the one to promote homosexuality and lesbianism were made in the name of civilization!

And now, life has become so hard! The west have realized that they have to do what they should have done some 100 years ago! -To develop Africa.

The west had to create a better life for Africans but instead they concentrated in the love-hate relationship where our brothers the Blacks were treated as if they were no human beings. Imagine all the so called modern literature paint Satan as black. No wonder more African children believe that which come from Europe is good and all which is African is satanic. Even the God has to be white.

We even tend to forget that God is a spirit which no body can give a human description. But should we dare explain this!

But God is for Africa. He loves it that even all the tricks made to destroy Africans could not succeed as they wished it.

Imagine forcing God’s people in Africa to practice homosexuality threatening not to give them money if they don’t do what you want!

Let us not forget that God had Africa in mind before he created the whole world. The Bible testifies on this (read the Old Testament. Perhaps this is one area where the writers failed to change for the favour of the whites)

What was called civilization was instead a devils work to destroy the world. Think about Australia recycling human waste to get water.

Do you know that the cerebrated philosophers who are greatly respected for their wisdom in Europe developed after admiring African Wisdom? Perhaps this is why they are called Philosophers (Name given to them after staying in Africa and admired, copied and wrote about all the wisdom they found in Africa -Egypt). No wonder some academic disciplines like Mathematics, Architecture among others still carry the African words and symbols.

I know of a country in Africa where you can find the entire natural wonders one can imagine of in the world. For instance, the very high mountains alongside very low lands, Very cold regions and very hot areas, Places with very dry land and those with very fertile lands. A land where one can get Fresh and Organic foods and fresh spring natural waters running. All these and more can be found in Uganda and other parts of Africa!

The west tried grabbing land like in Kenya, Zimbabwe but all this was short lived when the Africans realized the tricks played. Now blood is flowing in Kenya, Whites suffered in Zimbabwe just because the west tried to use force forgetting that the only thing God gave to Africa was wisdom. –The hidden Wisdom which the west called backwardness. The wisdom which the west worked hard to destroy!

But you can not kill an African heart even when he is dead. The spirit of his land lives even after he leaves this world.

It is funny to note that what Africans did some thousand years ago is what the west is trying to enforce calling it modernization.

However, we feel sorry that this comes after a long time when Africa is mourning its independence killed at the hands of selfish leaders whose love was only in money than minding about the future of their land. This has caused shame and bloodshed while those who instigated it are laughing silently. They ask where is the wisdom Africa used to be proud of. Where is the strength in Africa?

German President breaks the silence.
The German President recently on his visit to Africa especially Uganda and Rwanda gave me hope when he noted that what the west do to Africa will take them nowhere unless they drop all the strings given to the continent.

He only feared to mention that the west should drop all the insulting conditions put on the donations and funds given to African. And this is what we all ought to do.

Imagine the former international funding director saying that the best thing to do now is to trade with Africa than giving it stringed Aid.

In short, we should respect Africa than treating it like a dog.

Every white at this time should believe that Africans are human beings and to the extent even wiser that some Whites. Now that the Whites are seeking refuge from Africa -running away from the danger they caused to their continents in the name of development; in whichever African country they go to, they should respect Africans like their brothers. It is unity and love that Africans need. Not money, not insulting legislations and nothing else.

This now gives me reason to respect you Horst Köhler. Just in case you did not mean turning Africans into slaves at their own home. –giving them only the dirty insulting work as if they do not have even a small brain in their heads.

The Kenya Crisis:A Problem far beyond Election violence

By Rev. Stephen Okhutu
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I had intended not to comment on this subject but something within me convicts me of cheating my readers.

You know, I had gotten used to the nature of African leaders –here In Africa the incumbents never lose elections.

At least that is a situation we had lived with since the colonialists decided to rule Africa with a remote control.

These leaders are the same, whether in power or otherwise. The difference is in to what extent they fool the public. Those are the politicians anyway; Selfish politicians that put selfish interest first at the expense of the masses.

Imagine someone rigging, or rather stealing the votes and afterwards pulls out the guns to shot at whoever protests against the practice.

Then another one who claims that his votes were rigged chooses to parade human beings to suffer the fate of death for his own selfish interests. Politicians!

What hurts is that people act so blindfoldly not to realize that it is their life in danger. Remember it was Odinga who helped Kibaki rise to presidency in Kenya but after Kibaki refused to create the position of prime minister, a position that Odinga desperately wanted to take, Kibaki then became an enemy of the public (at the command of Odinga). The result was the 2007 elections and its out come.

How can one resolve and with determination, to kill a fellow human being just because he is fighting for the interests of a particular politician, which politician is also working as puppet to a colonialists seated a thousand miles away! Where is the so-called African wisdom?

OK, I respect human diversity, but who says one will always gain what he wants at the expense of others? We all believe Africa is rich in both natural wealth and wisdom. But who is stirring up different groups of people in Africa so as to exploit African wealth? Can’t he really use his peaceful bargaining power to reach consensus.

This reminds me of a story; there once lived two friendly fraudsters in a certain African village. One gave his bags of cement to his friend to keep them for him. When time came for him to use them, he went to his friend for them. His friend humbly pleaded to him that the bags were taken by an eagle! OK, the friend forgave him.

Then his turn came. He also kept his construction pipes with the friend who once gave him the bags of cement. When he came to fetch them the friend told him that the rats ate the pipes.

‘Eh’, he wondered, ‘how can the Rats eat pipes?’

The friend told him that we are living in a world where eagles can fly away with bags of cement. In the same world it is easy for rats to eat pipes.

Remember also a story of the fish that lived in a fishpond. It was so proud and took itself to be so special from the other fish that lived in the lake. This pride could not allow the fish dig an escape route from the pond just in case the farmer wanted to eat it. Life went on so smoothly until time came for the farmer to make prey of it. That is when it wished it had gone back to the lake.

Let our political leaders learn that in whatever they do, they will remain human beings, regardless of how much wealth they acquire. It may even be better if they develop their political area and people, because this is where they will end anyway! Home is their last destination. And for African, No Black will turn into a White. The best is to love your nature. It is your natural identity anyway!

Perhaps that is why Jesus taught us in Mark 12:31 to love our neighbors more than ourselves. That is law for all Christians.

But how can one love a neighbor when at the same time he is pointing guns at him anyway! And he latter claims to be a christain?

Kenyans, whether Luo, Masai, Kalengin, Itesot or whatever tribe in Kenya, can killing each other solve the problem?

In Uganda there is a saying that when the elephants fight it is the Grass that suffers. Can’t my brethren in Kenya learn from this? Who can’t see that Kibaki and Odinga are just engaging the masses to suffer at their own expenses?

OK, let us be forced to believe that Kibaki rigged the elections, sorry, but what guarantee was they that Odinga will not act contrary to their demands? Ok, let us also believe that killing is the solution, why then don’t you kill Kibaki or Odinga than killing innocent people?

You are angry I know, but this is not a guarantee that you will kill whoever comes your way. People, there must be a difference between animals in the jungle and human beings. Maturity and wisdom is what we need. Don’t just get annoyed for the sake of it, but think. Take your time to think please. That is why you have those brains in your head.

Happy New Year

To all my readers,
Happy New Year to you all!
I believe 2008 has swept in a new wind of happiness.
Just look for what you can do best and the blessings of the Lord will find you there!
That am sure... just believe!

Rev. Stephen Okhutu
Execute Director, Spiritual Revival Ministries -Uganda

Africa ruled bt sick Leaders

By Rev. Steven Okhutu

Have you ever imagined why African leaders top the list of the most corrupt? Think about it.

In my early school days, my health science teacher emphasized the need for a balanced diet as the only solution for malnutrition. ‘A pot belly’ she said, “is a sign of poor feeding’. At first I took the message literally until of late when I realized the logic. It is funny to note that the people I used to envy are now on the list of those I despise most! You know in Africa we tend to think that these big, out of shape people are the rich lot and that the small ones are poor!
This may to some extent be true until one gets to know how those people are suffering from Obesity, Diabetics, Hypertension and many other related complications related to malnutrition –poor feeding!

Recently, in my media practice, I came in contact with the work of two prominent medical Doctors in Kampala that opened my eyes that I now write this.

Dr. Ian Clerk of Kampala international Hospital wrote in The New Vision, a state owned paper in Kampala that Africans are now suffering from diseases that affected Europe some 100 years ago due to ignorance. Diseases like Diabetics, hypertension and Ulcers are now fast spreading among Africans as a result of foods believed to be of a certain class of people.

Dr. David Ssali in his health lectures supports Dr. Clerk. He says that most of the foods eaten especially by the so-called ‘civilized’ Africans are so toxic that it is not even worth for a condemned prisoner. No wonder the lifespan of an average African has drastically dropped to at least 30 years.

It is a well kept secret among doctors that all factory processed food, poor cooked especially fried, loose the necessary food values and even the little that could have helped the body is destroyed by ethanol produced in the body. The end result is that the white blood cells and the digestive process is affected leaving the body poor or no immunity!

The poor digestive system caused by ‘dead’ food coupled with too much starch and low fibres causes constipation.
“Imagine a person eating some good kilogrammes of food in a day but only empties the bowel once in two days!” Dr. Ssali wonders adding that even then, only a quarter of what was consumed is emptied. The rest of the food remains hanging on the stomach walls causing more problems as the body fights to excrete.

Now take a close look of all the leaders in Africa, most of them are out of shape with bellies waiting to burst.
They spend most of their lifetime worrying about their health, ‘eating’ more tablets and other toxic medications and the valuable time spent in consulting doctors. What they do is only treating the symptom than the cause and at the end the problem is not solved.

Take note that these medical bills cost money. This means that because their hands are so close to public funds, they will not hesitate to embezzle them. They hide their miseries in European hospitals leaving their subjects with no infrastructures. A clear sign that even their brains are terribly affected –how can one fail to plan for his country because of his selfish interests!

But what can common man do? The modern doctors are busy making money from their so called medicines which they are personally not sure if they can cure! So more deaths are caused that lives saved with these modern medicines caused by the commercialization of medications! A lot of money is invested in lying to Africans that their crude medication –the ones tested some 1000 years ago and proved to useful without side effects are bad and the modern ones, which are scientifically proved to kill lives, are good to an African life.

It is common knowledge that most of the medicines that were used in Africa were more of food that medicines. Take note of the leaves. No one protests that chlorophyll is good for the body either in cleansing the body or blood. And this is natural without any artificial toxins.

Africa has now become a testing ground for biological weapons and at the end of the day the world detests it for its endless epidemics. But are these epidemics really natural? This is a question everybody should be asking if we are to find a solution.

Africa should stop eating for the sake of pleasing the neighbor and start eating to live.

The problem is not the diseases man suffers but the cause. We suffer because we do not know what, when and how to eat. I think the problem is constipation and body ethanol. So we should fight to empty the bowel and eat mostly organic food.

Funny enough we know what to do but commercial producers deceives us that eating toxins and behaving foolishly is a status signature for civilized people. The cost of being a fool!

Next time you think of curbing corruption, think of restoring African civilization. The traditional values that had rich hidden wisdom for even the European to understand. No wonder they called Africa a dark continent!

Unless we discover Africa, we still have centuries of sick people, corrupt leaders, poor nations and yes, the hungry greedy so called developed countries ready to grab the African rich resources.

As the sick leaders continue to depend on western medications to treat their ignorance, African remain on the mercy of God.

What will remain of Africa? Civilization gone! Wisdom gone! Wealth gone! No love, no respect no brotherhood! God bless Africa!

You Must have Pain

I have studied people suffering some even wishing they were dead, just because they feel some kind of pain.

The more I sympathized with them, the more I felt pain in my heart. No wonder, some people curse God when they reach this point.

I received so many prayer requests from people asking me to pray to God so that he can take away the pain.

But recently when I met a leprosy patient, I realized that nothing God created was short of importance and value.

Anyone who has ever lived with a leprosy patient knows what I am talking about: Life with wounds caused by lack of pain sensory nerves.

Like any other body sensations say, the sense of smell, the sense of sight, pain can also give the sensation of pleasure if studied well. Take a leprosy patient for instance; he suffers in life because his pain sensations are dead.

Phillip Yancey, Author of ‘Where is God when it hurts’ noted that a finger is sensitive to 3grams of pressure. But because it needs to be tough to withstand rigorous activities, it needs 300grams to produce painful sensations. So for this reason only, a carpenter will work, a Guitarist will also play without feeling pain!

But the Cornea of the eye due to its transparency, essential to admit only light rays, it has limited blood supply making it fragile. For instance, a small wound would cause total blindness. So the pain sensors in the cornea has an electronic hotline with the brain, according to Phillip.

Dr. Paul Brand of the ‘Gift of pain’ raises the theory of referred pain. He says that some times the problem may be too much or the pain sensors in that particular area may be dead. So the organ recruits a nearby sensor to sound the pain. Internal organs mainly do this. So sometimes perfectly health organs, say the head, shoulder, legs may feel the pain due to the sensations on the inner organs. Think of headaches during stress.

What is the remedy?
Pain itself is not a problem, but a sign {Messenger}. It is a form of body communication to tell you that something is wrong. It is better for the person to respond to the problem than cursing the messenger!

For instance, due to pressure of inflammation, an infected finger may become more sensitive to pain. The body is telling you to give it time to heal. So if instead of resting your infected finger, you only take painkillers and continue working with it wait for that finger to be amputated just because you failed to listen!

Dr. Brand wrote, ‘Pain is unpleasant enough to force us to withdraw our finger from a hot stove, a quality that only saves us from destruction’. So unless the signal demands response, we must not heed it.

What about suffering?
Think about any situation that has ever caused suffering in your life. Oh! How you feared!
We find that fear ids the primal response to suffering and yet, beyond doubt, it is also the greatest enemy of recovery [Gen: 3:7-11]. Fear is the greatest sin that the biblical disobedience of man caused to humankind.

Much of our suffering come due to a physical world that runs according to consistent natural laws and human freedom.

Man spends most of his time chasing happiness. Yet happiness recedes those who pursue her. It comes unexpectedly as a by-product for something you invest self in, including pain!
It is hard to imagine pleasure without pain!

We then create barriers against what we call wild animals. ‘But man is the only wild animal. It is man that has broken out, all the other animals are tamed following the rugged respectability of tribe and type’ G.K Chesterton.

As man tries to fear anything, including the gift of pain, he will do anything on earth in order to cover himself –including killing his own brethren.

A word to Christians
In my study, I discovered that Jesus in all his teachings emphasized faith, hope and love. In his ministry we see him going against some of the Jewish laws in order to restore love. For instance healing on Sabbath, feasting with people considered unclean among others. So brethren, if what you do does not reflect love to humanity, make sure you create room for peace and love so as to receive blessings and the abundant grace of the lord.

In Luke 14:11 Jesus said that for all those who make themselves great will be humbled and those who humble themselves will be made great. Also read Luke 12:22.