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A Kenyan Catholic priest has been killed under mysterious circumstances in Gok State, South Sudan, authorities have confirmed.
John Madol, the minister for Information in Gok State says Father Victor Luka Odhiambo was brutally murdered inside the compound of Mazzolari Church in Cueibet on Wednesday evening.
Madol says the motive of the killing remains unknown but one suspect has already been arrested in connection with the murder of the 62-year-old.
“Yeah; one suspect was arrested this morning at 10 and he is now under police custody,” Madol says.
“One person has been arrested and is in custody. He will tell us who the other people involved. Gok government has announced three days mourning. Everyone stays at home as we mourn the priest, they resume work on Monday. We, as the government will move his body to Western Lakes State, the headquarters of the church,” he adds.
The suspect has reportedly promised to reveal the names of those behind the killing of the cleric. The body of Odhiambo has been moved to the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek ahead of airlifting to Kenya for burial.
Father Odhiambo is the second Kenyan cleric to be killed while serving in the Africa's youngest nation after the murder of Bishop Joel Mwendwa of the Christ Ministry last year.
Bishop Mwendwa, who was serving in Juba's Munuki suburb, was killed for allegedly 'making noise.'
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We can educate ignorance n medicate crazy but there’s nothing we can do for stupid
How the hell did you beat the other sperms?. On a second thought it might be a hidden blessing that you were first in your mother’s ovary coz u can’t imagine the other animals you beat
RIP man of God
Pole sana kwa kifo cha ndugu yetu mkristo Odhiambo. Nawapeni mkono wa tanzia familia yake. Jameni, alikuwa akifanya nini huko?
@Imara hebu kumbusha watu hizi ndini za ugeni zinafaa zitupiliwe mbali. RIP
@Njai: Nakuunga mkono kwa wazo lako zuri sana uliloandika. Ningependa wakristo wasome Matayo 6: 6-8. Hawa ndugu zetu (wakristo) wanatusumbua sana kwa kutupigia makelele na kuomba omba pesa kutoka kwa maskini.
Kwa nini hawamwombi "mungu" wao awaangushie pesa kutoka mbinguni kuliko kuwasumbua maskini ambao hawawezi kuishi maisha mazuri kutokana na umaskini wao? Waende mbinguni peke yao. Mimi sitaki kwenda mahali ambapo majangili, majambazi, mabepari, wauaji, malaya, waongo, wezi, wanafiki, matapeli huenda baada ya kufa.
Kama Karl Max alivyosema, "Dini ni afyuni-opium ya umma."
@Ndugu Imara Daima,you have raised a very important issue here.And that is ,why should Christians go through another human being(pastor) to ask help from God. For all we know on that scale of sainthood, the pastor may be at the bottom.
With all the ubiquitous cell phones with cameras ,Iam waiting to see a video of a pastor feeding 1000 followers with 2fish and a loaf of bread.I also want to see acripple caught on camera walking.If I see that,next Sunday iwill be in church.And iam not talking of fake news here.I want all these verified,by bonafide media.
Ndugu @Mugikuyu Karing'a:
Nakuunga mkono sana kwa maoni yako mazuri. Miaka 40 iliyopita, ndugu zetu Wachina walikuwa wakipanda baiskeli kila mahali. Sasa, wameendelea sana hata kuliko ndugu zetu wa asili ya Yuropa.
Ni lazima tuachane kabisa na mambo ya siasa, mila na dini za kigeni halafu tutilie mkazo masomo ya sayansi, ufundi, na teknolojia.
Dini ya kikristo na kiislamu ni adui mkubwa sana katika bara la Afrika hasa upande wa maendeleo na kutumia akili kwa manufaa yetu.
Tushirikiane pamoja na kufanya Kenya kuwa nzuri kuliko kwenda mbinguni baada ya kufa. Aliyekuja na wazo la kwenda mbinguni baada ya kufa bila shaka alikuwa "mwenda wazimu - muguruki."
Ni lazimka tutupilie mbali masomo ya dini za kigeni na kuwafundisha wakenya jinsi ya kujitegemea kisayansi, kiufundi, na pia kiteknolojia.
Aksante sana ndugu @imara. Rambirambi zangu ziwaendee jamaa za huyu padri bila kumsahau mwenzake aliyesemekana aliuawa kwa kuwapigia Wasudan makelele. For the churches that continue to send their "missionaries" there, do they still think the S. Sudanese need their services? They should stop endangering their clergy's lives by sending them where they are neither needed nor required. Tunafaa kuelimishana jameni. If people have no interest in your superstations, mistakenly called religion, just leave them alone. They have enough of their own.
Ndugu@Njai: Nimependa sana uliposema"
"... If people have no interest in your superstitions, mistakenly called religion, just leave them alone. They have enough of their own."
Kwa lugha ya Kiswahili, "superstition" huitwa, "ushirikina." Kwa hiyo, mtu akikudharau, anakupa na kukufundisha ushirikina wake. Na wewe ukiwa mjinga, unakubali na kuchukua ushirikina wa mtu mwingine.
Kabla hawa wenda wazimu wanaoitwa "missionaries" kuja, kila taifa dogo lilikuwa na ushirikina wake au dini kama ulivyosema. Jambo kubwa ni kuwa hakuna taifa dogo ambalo lililazimisha taifa dogo jingine kufuata ushirikina wao.
Ni lazima tuachane kabisa na mambo ya siasa, mila na dini za kigeni halafu tutilie mkazo masomo ya sayansi, ufundi, na teknolojia.
Mwafrika wa sasa ambaye ni mwislamu au mkristo, hafai wala hastahili kupewa uongozi wa jambo lolote katika Bara zima la Afrika. Kwa nini? Kwa sababu ameshapotea na pia hana uwezo wa kuona mbele au mbali! Ndiyo sababu unaona wizi, ufisadi, mauaji, uongo, umalaya, tamaa mbaya, uroho, uzembe (greed) umemaliza bara zima la Afrika. Hizi tabia mbovu zililetwa na waislamu na wakristo walipokuja Afrika bila kualikwa. Walieneza uhalifu huu wote popote walipokwenda katika dunia nzima.
Killed for allegedly making noise? I have countless times wished death on "pastors" and their wanakondoo singing, praying so loudly in the dead of the night, as if their God is deaf.