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Many people have already made comments on the child prince Richard Semakookiro in the various media to the extent that, perhaps, they are trampling on his rights as an innocent and defenceless human being. My comment is not on the child, but rather a response to the article by David Sseppuuya, Christianity vs Culture: Was the Kabaka justified? (Daily Monitor January 31). In that article, Mr Sseppuuya made quite good and pertinent points, but unfortunately terribly confused issues. If the act was not right as many commentators have said, is there any need of justification? Christianity is the whole body, religion, of the Christians worldwide and, therefore, much bigger, wider, and higher than particular issues of individuals or even communities. And like Christianity, culture is a much wider concept depicting the way of life for a particular people or class thereof the way they appear and present themselves to others, the way they model their speech and dress, and many other ways in which they are portrayed. It must be remembered that culture is dynamic; it grows, it changes, and it adapts. Christians have their own way of life: the way they present themselves and appear to others, and the way they model their speech and other behaviours. In other words, Christianity has her own culture and so cannot rightfully be against, versus, or comparable to culture, hence the confusion. However, it is known that many times culture is confused or mixed up with tradition, which is a set of customs, beliefs, and other practices handed down from generation to generation. Whereas culture may answer the why a people may do certain things or behave in a given way, tradition helps to answer the how such people have learnt to do the things they do. Tradition has laws, rules, and guidelines to govern its activities and for Christianity, which has also her own tradition, on top of the laws and rules, has the Canons and it is these codes of conduct that direct individuals and or groups of them in their everyday living. For instance, culture dictates that every person must find a partner and be married, that is the expected way of life for all normal people, and tradition provides the process or procedures to be followed to accomplish this very important aspect of life. And in this connection, therefore, His Majesty Ronald Mutebi II, and not the Kabaka which is institutional, having done or failed to do certain known traditional practices as a person, there are laid down guidelines and procedures to follow in correcting any anomaly, mistake, or sin, if committed or any omission in performance. Whether he copied from his father or from his other fathers in history and in so doing cheated on his marriage with the Queen of Buganda, all these are already done and are in the past. The question is now how to put right whatever is not correct and to normalise relationships. Finally, there is another thing which has not been raised in the comments related to this debate, the issue of HIV and Aids. It is not just behaving like a modern man or a conservative person, the problem is the risk from multiple concurrent sexual relationships. Studies show that the highest number of new HIV infections is among the adults in long-term sexual relationships. Isnt there anybody who is able to advise our king that the times when there was the husband of all women are long gone because the diseases of the brave have become very fatal and are incurable? Rev. Ruteikara is an Anglican priest in Kampala and a long time manager for HIV and Aids programmes. [email protected] Thé Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kizza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni et Docteur Kiiza Besigye, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
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