FIGHTING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN UGANDA – BISHOP DR. ZAC NIRINGIYE

Black Monday is a social movement against the theft of public funds much more by government officials and leaders. This is a citizen’s action against theft of public money without shame. This theft affects us through bad health services, bad schools, bad roads, no jobs and much more!

As we celebrate the 57^th anniversary of Rosa Parks decision to sit down for her rights on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, and put the effort to end segregation on a fast track, what social injustice is going on in our countries?

Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955, after she refused to give up her seat on a crowded bus to a white passenger. She was required to surrender her seat because of her race, which was the law in Montgomery at the time.

Rosa Parks later teamed up with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and together with their united African-American Community launched a boycott campaign for the public transport for more than a year (381 days). Rosa lost her job and Kings home was attacked but they did not give up.

As we celebrated Rosa’s 100^th birthday on 4^th February 2013, Uganda’s own social justice campaigner, Bishop Dr. Zac Niringiye was arrested and detained from 8.30am to 5.30pm for speaking against corruption in Uganda.

What actions can you take as citizens: wear black every Monday, reject any calls or acts of corruption, shun the corrupt and boycott and avoid all their hotels, super markets, shopping malls, drinking joints and all their businesses.

Be inspired by the social justice achievements of Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as well as the likes of Nelson Mandela.

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