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UGANDA: West Buganda Diocese Rejects New Hampshire $27,000
By Sadab Kitatta Kaaya
The Monitor NEWS
KAMPALA (May 9,2005)--The Church of Uganda, West Buganda Diocese has joined other dioceses in rejecting money from the Diocese of New Hampshire.
New Hampshire is headed by a gay Bishop, Gene Robinson. The diocese rejected $27,000 (Shs 48.6m) which had been earmarked for improvement of secondary school education in the diocese.
The Bishop of West Buganda Diocese, Dr Samuel Kefa Semakula, led a group of about 20 Christians at the weekend to Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi to report the rejection.
"We want to report that our diocese was offered a donation of $27,000 from a gay diocese which we have turned down," Semakula said.
Orombi commended the diocese for rejecting the offer and urged all dioceses not to be tempted to accept donations from dioceses that support homosexuality.
"We must fight homosexuality," Orombi said.
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