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02-22-2006, 11:12 AM
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Hundreds of born-again Christians drop their Bibles and begin singing songs hailing Uganda's long-serving President Yoweri Museveni.
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A pastor tells them he will only bless those who vote for the former rebel leader, and compares Museveni's rivals in Thursday's election to half-cooked food not ready to be served.
"If you deceive me and do not vote for Museveni, I will pray that you suffer," he tells the two-day prayer meeting in Kampala, before leading a chorus of "Museveni tajja genda" ("Museveni won't go" in the local Luganda tongue).
Outspoken religious leaders have weighed unashamedly into Thursday's polls -- the first multi-party ballot for 25 years in one of the world's most Christian nations.
To read the rest of the article, click [URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060222/od_nm/religion_polls_dc;_ylt=AuWT_WKh2RbQoOTO2wKwALkuQE4 F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-"]here (http://us.bc.yahoo.com/b?P=1rdS6s6.I3rJztuHQ5mIhxSezHRDlUP8fkwACivh&T=19oe5dlh6%2fX%3d1140620876%2fE%3d7666457%2fR%3dn ews%2fK%3d5%2fV%3d2.1%2fW%3d8%2fY%3dYAHOO%2fF%3d28 88409087%2fH%3dY2FjaGVoaW50PSJuZXdzIiBjb250ZW50PSJ lbGVjdGlvbjtIb3VzZTtlZHVjYXRpb247SXQ7cmVmdXJsX25ld 3NfeWFob29fY29tIiByZWZ1cmw9InJlZnVybF9uZXdzX3lhaG9 vX2NvbSIgdG9waWNzPSJyZWZ1cmxfbmV3c195YWhvb19jb20i% 2fQ%3d-1%2fS%3d1%2fJ%3d6223BECE&U=139kr3rdv%2fN%3d0FdnCs6.Iss-%2fC%3d387013.7839344.8688321.1442997%2fD%3dLREC%2 fB%3d3235814).
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A pastor tells them he will only bless those who vote for the former rebel leader, and compares Museveni's rivals in Thursday's election to half-cooked food not ready to be served.
"If you deceive me and do not vote for Museveni, I will pray that you suffer," he tells the two-day prayer meeting in Kampala, before leading a chorus of "Museveni tajja genda" ("Museveni won't go" in the local Luganda tongue).
Outspoken religious leaders have weighed unashamedly into Thursday's polls -- the first multi-party ballot for 25 years in one of the world's most Christian nations.
To read the rest of the article, click [URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060222/od_nm/religion_polls_dc;_ylt=AuWT_WKh2RbQoOTO2wKwALkuQE4 F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-"]here (http://us.bc.yahoo.com/b?P=1rdS6s6.I3rJztuHQ5mIhxSezHRDlUP8fkwACivh&T=19oe5dlh6%2fX%3d1140620876%2fE%3d7666457%2fR%3dn ews%2fK%3d5%2fV%3d2.1%2fW%3d8%2fY%3dYAHOO%2fF%3d28 88409087%2fH%3dY2FjaGVoaW50PSJuZXdzIiBjb250ZW50PSJ lbGVjdGlvbjtIb3VzZTtlZHVjYXRpb247SXQ7cmVmdXJsX25ld 3NfeWFob29fY29tIiByZWZ1cmw9InJlZnVybF9uZXdzX3lhaG9 vX2NvbSIgdG9waWNzPSJyZWZ1cmxfbmV3c195YWhvb19jb20i% 2fQ%3d-1%2fS%3d1%2fJ%3d6223BECE&U=139kr3rdv%2fN%3d0FdnCs6.Iss-%2fC%3d387013.7839344.8688321.1442997%2fD%3dLREC%2 fB%3d3235814).