Simei kakungulu biography of martin
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By Karen Primack (2002)
In 1995, following a trip with a Kulanu delegation to the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda, I wrote an article titled Visiting the Ugandan Miracle. A community faithfully practicing self-taught mainstream Judaism in the middle of nowhere, having discovered the religion on their own without benefit of missionaries or role models did seem miraculous. The organization Kulanu, which helps lost and dispersed Jewish communities, could hardly find a more apt group to assist!
But what makes a miracle? Seven years later, on a second Kulanu mission to the Abayudaya with a Beit Din (religious court) to perform conversions, I heard Rabbi Joseph Prouser recite the traditional blessing for witnessing a miracle: Baruch ata Adonai Elohaynu Melech ha-Olam she-asa nisim l’avotaynu ba-makom ha-zeh! (Praised are You, dear God, Who performed miracles for our People in this very place!) What had made him think he had witnessed a miracle? Lets take a look at the 2002 trip and then return to the question of miracles.
Arrival
The delegation arrived at Nabugoye Hill near Mbale, Uganda, on February 5 to the typical tumultuous Abayudaya musical welcome. We were coming to participate in the halakhic conversion to Judaism of qualified individuals in the 600-member community.
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His legacy stands tall and poud on many roadsides in Mbale
To mark 50 years of Uganda’s independence, New Vision will until October 9, 2012 be publishing highlights of events and profiling personalities who have shaped the history of this country. Today, GERALD TENYWA brings you the story of Semei Kakungulu, the tree lover
When Semei Kakungulu, a warrior and tribal leader died, a part of Uganda’s history also died. Though he was sent to eastern Uganda by the colonialists as an administrator, he is more remembered for the millions of Mvule trees that were planted during his time. A century after they were planted, Kakungulu’s trees still stand along the roadside, like soldiers mounting a guard of honour for passersby. This landmark is still a stunner, especially for the first-time travellers to eastern Uganda who keep on inquiring, “Who planted these trees?”
“This man Kakungulu was a visionary,” says Dr. Aryamanya Mugisha, the former executive director at the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). Mugisha points out that planting trees at that time demanded a leader with vision because the country still had many trees. Mugisha says attempts to mobilise people to plant as many trees as those Kakungulu planted have failed. He adds that people refresh with drinks
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