From: LEO ODERA
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:49:13 +0300
Subject: PLEASE LEAVE THE HARD WORKING BISHOP OGONYO NGEGE ALONE
To: jaluo@jaluo.com,

BISHOP WASHINGTON OGONYO NGEDE IS AN UPRIGHT PERSON WHO DON’T DESERVE THE NEAR INSULT COMMENTS

I personally knew Bishop Dr Washington Ogonyo Ngede, the head of the organization, ‘Power of Jesus around the …’ from about 40 years ago.

The Bishop is an upright and honest person who got into priesthood from an humble background. He worked hard founded the church which he is heading.

I was disappointed and dismayed when I read two comments written in jaluo.com website. The two comments, one in Dho-Luo vernacular and the other one in English appeared to have come from an insane persons suffering from petty jealousy. All the heads of Christian churches are known to be using motor vehicles bought with money raised by their flocks. Therefore there is nothing wrong for the folliowers of Bishop Ogonyo Ngede have decided to do fundraising for the purpose of purchase a bran new car for their leader to easy his travellings while on the mission of spreading the gospel of Jesus around.

Of the authors of the two comments, one calling himself Jamach Piere Yindo and the other Onyango Otare. I am sure they are not members of the Bishop’s church. All the churches including tho old ones and well long established churches including the Roman Catholic and the Anglican Bishop are usuing the church facilities like vehicles etc. But we have heard or read no other comentators jealous because of the state of the art black Toyota Prado car Bishop Ogonyo Ngede is uysing. For close to more than two decades Bishop Ogonyo Ngede has been keeping a fleet of sleek cars, all well maintained at the expense of, church members.

It is also wrong and amounting to the campaign of hate for the two authors to drag in the names of highloy respected persons like Raila Odinga and another humble man of God, Bishop Silas Owiti, into their dispute with the Bishop.

Bishop Ogonyo Ngede has served the Kenyan community in general and the Luos in particular diligently with dedication. This is why we can now be proud about the magnificent church building standing by the roadside near Kachok/Nyalenda in Kisumu City. His tireless efforts also the church spreading iuts wing into many rural locations inside Luo-Nyanza and beyond.

Since its inception and when the God called him to the Ministry in 1977, the church has since established close to 200 churches affiliated to it, all built on permanent materials. This is no mean achievement.

Personally I am not trying to gag those who want to criticize the Bishop, but I believe in constructive and not destructive and subversive criticisms. Such criticism must be genuine and based on truth. The two critics of Bishp Ngede, judging from their names must be the servants of satanic idols.

I AM TOLD THAT Jamach PiereTindo is a sexist and is a sexist maniac, if so then my passionate message to him is that he should seek the salvation from Jesus Christ . But they should leave the hard working Bishop alone.

Leo Odera Omolo