the scales of inequity our dearest Robert would emerge a benign creature of humble ambitions.

He has not invaded Mozambique, no drones roam the skies menacing civilians in his name nor does he run a concentration camp in the order of Guantanamo where life-weary captives are force-fed and held indefinitely without trial.

Against this background, the soul is troubled when bishops sworn to the saintly values of truth and impartiality scream themselves hoarse at Mugabe’s minor mischief while cuddling comfortably in the bosom of the great Satan.

Tutu & Sentamu
Desmond Tutu and John Sentamu are emphatic in their position.
Wailing louder than the Zimbabwean bereaved, the two bishops have demanded that Mugabe must go.
Desmond Tutu needs no introduction.

His decidedly ungenerous view of Mugabe is a matter of public record.
The feeling seems fairly mutual, in a 2009 interview an agitated Mugabe went uncharacteristically prosaic and derisively dismissed Tutu as a “little man.”
John Sentamu is not equally known.

He is an enthusiastic Ugandan churchman domiciled in the United Kingdom, a simple man of small imaginations.
Most importantly, he is the Archbishop of York – a position of no small significance.

Britain is eager to make a public show of its equal opportunities credentials in an effort to blur its racialist past; pliant blacks of modest and unquestioning intellect are highly sought after.

This climate of generosity allowed Sentamu easy passage up the ranks of the Church of England, perhaps not entirely on spiritual merit.
In 2007 – in a spontaneous moment of adolescent protest – he cut up his dog collar on live television and boldly vowed: “As far as I am concerned, from now on I am not going to wear a dog collar until Mugabe is gone.”

The scriptures caution the faithful in Ecclesiastes 5:5 against such rash pronouncements, “Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.”
It might have been helpful to add, “thou shalt not vow foolishly.”

The Archbishops prayers have not been speedily answered. Perhaps the Lord is not eager to have him back in the collar.
Whatever the case, six years have since passed and Robert Mugabe is still here, spritely, alive, ruling and in rude health; he is certainly not “gone.”

If recent polls showing a resurgent Zanu-PF are anything to go by then the unfortunate archbishop may yet more regret his cheap publicity stunt and endure a punishing 11 years without his collar.

The uncompromising gospel
Being a man of the cloth does not preclude one from holding and expressing political opinions. It is not my argument that these men should not speak.
My investigation is merely concerned with why they are speaking.

The motives of a man of God must be pure and above reproach. Indeed even the scriptures declare that they are held to higher moral standards.
If it is the case that they are conscientious men driven by an intolerance of what they consider injustice then their vocal position on Zimbabwe, misguided as it is, is to be applauded.

But how then do we ascertain their motivations? Quite simply – by examining their position on other issues of significance.
Surely an impartial bishop who is sore at what he considers political impropriety on Mugabe’s part will be equally exercised over Palestine, the illegal invasion of Iraq, indiscriminate drone strikes that kill women and children and other manifest injustices around the world.

Desmond Tutu is a foolish man but he is an honourable fool.
That much I will give to him.

His political opinions — naïve and simplistic as they are – are wide ranging and include the Palestinian issue as well as domestic affairs – which has at times brought him into ugly scrapes with the ANC.

If there is to be any criticism of him it is as regards the ferocity with which he airs his views when it comes to African leaders but is suddenly very measured when it comes to Western violations.

We all saw that amusing press conference in which he fumed against the ANC.
One wonders why Desmond Tutu is not jumping up and down and frothing at the mouth in similar tone over the indefinite detentions and force-feeding at Guantanamo?

This is exactly the problem with men of God (or those who claim to be) who venture into politics.
They open themselves up to this sort of criticism.

If Desmond Tutu is not even-handed in his analysis of global politics it raises serious questions.
It stands to reason that if one is partial in their analysis then that analysis is born not out of unadulterated principle but rather out of personal feeling or political consideration, the very things we would not expect from a man of the cloth.

While Desmond Tutu might be disagreeable, his broad interest in political affairs and willingness to speak out (however deferential the tone) on various issues works somewhat in his defence.

The same is not true of John Sentamu.
On January 16 2009 he released a statement that read: “I have received letters, calls and e-mails asking me why I haven’t spoken out in the situation in Gaza. The answer is that up until now I have not known what to say. The incomprehensible suffering of the innocent leaves one in a place of profound sorrow and silence in the face of such suffering.

“It is essential at such times that we engage in prayer even if we feel in the light of such suffering that our prayers are going straight into a concrete bucket, unanswered and unheard. But suffering ultimately calls for a response and that response is prayer…”
This is quite peculiar.

When it comes to the abuses being carried out by the Israelis and Americans against the people of Gaza this Ugandan fool has to be cajoled into offering an opinion and then goes on to tell us that we must simply PRAY!

But when it comes to Robert Mugabe he jumps up and down, froths at the mouth, cuts up his dog collar on live television and declares that Mugabe must go?
What shameless hypocrisy!

Nothing in Zimbabwe remotely compares to the systematic abuses perpetrated by Israel whose military is drunk on impunity.
These phony Bishops need not be taken seriously in the same way that Pius Ncube was not taken seriously.

Where does John Sentamu get time to comment on far away political issues such as Zimbabwe when his own house is on fire?
Britain is now in a near-Sodomic state and is moving to legalise homosexual marriage in violent contradiction to the very scriptures this foolish Bishop claims to believe in.
He must get his priorities right.

Why does he not get on British television and fearlessly declare that homosexuality is a sin and those who engage in it are sinners destined for the pits of hell described in his bible?

He will never do that because he is a fake, cowardly bishop whose gospel is one of convenience.
Why did he not cut his collar protesting the invasion of Iraq on false pretences, a decision that has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands?
Why does he not cut his collar at the gross violation of scripture by his fellow church members who now lobby for gay bishops?

A dialectical truth emerges – Sentamu is a phony bishop. He is nothing more than a Ugandan house nigger who will sing any hymn for a British supper.
It’s high time this Ugandan Archbishop put his fake British accent to good use and preached the gospel for which he was ordained and protest the homosexual debauchery into which the United Kingdom is sinking.

I am sure the God he claims to be serving is displeased when homosexual men are allowed to adopt little children and men of the cloth remain mum fearing a backlash from the secular establishment from which the likes of Sentamu feed.
He must speak out and cut up his very robes.

He will not, he will say nothing.
Instead, he will ‘behave’ himself as the pathetically pliant house nigger that he is.
There is an ample supply of politicians, academics and NGOs to deal with Robert Mugabe – if he needs to be dealt with.

The good bishops would do well to devote their energies to the urgent spiritual matters in their jurisdictions.

  • Archbishop Sentamu is currently out of action, receiving the affections of medicine men, having been afflicted by a cancer the British Press routinely fantasise about Mugabe having. We wish him a speedy recovery.


Ndatenda
The learned muchembere, Amai Jukwa.

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