Ebyafaayo bya Simeon Nsibambi

Okuzuukusa okumu okw'amaanyi okw'ekkanisa kwatandikira mu makanisa amanene oba mu weema z'okuzuukusa ezaali zijjudde abantu. Okumu ku kwe kwasinga obunene kwatandikira ku kasozi akasirifu mu Kampala, ku Bayibuli eyali eggule, wakati w'abasajja babiri abaali bakooye okuba Abakristaayo ab'ekitiibwa nga balina enjala ey'okuba abatukuvu. Simeon Nsibambi yali omu ku basajja abo ababiri. Yali Muganda ow'ekifo — omusomu, eyassibwamu ekitiibwa, omugagga, omukulembeze mu kkanisa ly'abantu be — era mu buli ngeri ey'okungulu yali atuuse. Naye yalina munda ye obutateredde obutaali na kifo kyonna kiyinza kukkakkanya, n'okuwulira nti waaliwo ekintu ekirala ekya Katonda ekyandifuniddwa okusinga ekyo kye yali afunye. Bwe yakizuula ku nkomerero, omuliro ogwakoleezebwa mu ye ne gubuna ekitundu kya ssemazinga.

Omusajja eyassibwamu ekitiibwa nga alina omutima ogwawukanamu

Nsibambi yazaalibwa mu 1897 mu maka ga Buganda agaamanyibwa; kitaawe yali mwami mu bantu abaali bakkirizza okukkiriza okw'Ekikristaayo n'obwangu obw'ekitalo emirembe egyabakulembera. Yasoma bulungi okusinziira ku kiseera kye, ng'ayigira mu Mengo High School ne mu King's College, Budo, ekifo abakulembeze ba Buganda gye baatendekerwanga. Mu Lutalo olw'Ensi Yonna olw'Olubereberye yaweereza mu African Native Medical Corps era n'aweebwa ekitiibwa olw'obuweereza obw'ekitalo. Oluvannyuma yalinnya mu gavumenti y'obwakabaka bwa Buganda ng'omukungu w'ebyobulamu — omukebezi w'obuyonjo eyavunaanyizibwanga ku bulamu obulungi obwa Kampala, ng'assibwamu ekitiibwa mu nguudo ze yatambulangamu, nga mukakafu ku musaala gwe ne ku linnya lye.

Era mu myaka gya 1920, yali Mukristaayo eyabatizibwa era eyakkiriza, omu ku bantu b'Ekkanisa Ekilikaani eya Uganda, eyo abamisonaali abaasooka n'abajjulizi Abaganda gye baafukirira n'omusaayi gwabwe. Naye Nsibambi teyamatira, era obutamatira bwe bwali bwa ngeri ntukuvu. Yeetunuulira era n'atunuulira ekkanisa eyamwetooloola, n'alaba okukkiriza okwali okutuufu naye nga kwa mpewo, eddiini ey'enkola ezitaliimu muliro. Yalina obubonero obw'okungulu obw'Omukristaayo n'enjala ey'omunda ey'omuntu amanyi nti ekikulu akibuze. Enjala eyo teyamuleka.

Enkomerero y'ewiiki ku Lusozi Namirembe

Mu Sebuttemba 1929 Katonda yaddamu okusaba okwo ng'ayita mu Mungereza eyali akooye. Dr. Joe Church yali mumisonaali w'ebyobujjanjabi owa Ruanda Mission, eyaddukanyanga eddwaliro e Gahini, naye era yali atuuse ku nkomerero y'amaanyi ge — ng'akaze mu mwoyo, ng'aggwaamu essuubi, era ng'agenze e Kampala okumala ennaku ntono okuwummula. Yali asula ku Lusozi Namirembe, erinnya lyalwo litegeeza olujjudde emirembe, era ku Ssande n'alinnya okutuuka ku kkanisa ennene. Awo abasajja abo ababiri we baasisinkana. Nsibambi, ng'awulira mu musawo ono eyali akooye munne munoonyi, yamunyigiriza n'ekibuuzo ekyali kimwokya mu kifuba kye ye: kiki ekyali kibuze — mu kkanisa ya Uganda, ne mu ye yennyini?

Church yali amanyi eky'okuddamu, oba nno ekkubo eriraga eky'okuddamu, okuva mu kuyigiriza okw'"obulamu obuwangula" kwe yali anywedde mu nkuŋŋaana za Keswick ez'omu Bungereza. Yatandika okubuulira Nsibambi ku kujjula kwa Mwoyo Omutukuvu ne ku bulamu obw'Ekikristaayo obutambulirwamu mu buwanguzi mu kifo ky'okuwangulwa. Abasajja bombi tebaasobola kuleka mboozi eyo. Mu nkomerero y'ewiiki eyo — ebyafaayo bagijjukira ng'ennaku nga bbiri — baatuula wamu nga Bayibuli eggule, nga bakenneenya Ekyawandiikibwa n'ebiwandiiko bya Scofield ebikwata ku kujjuzibwa Omwoyo, era ne basaba. Baasaba okuteeka wansi buli kibi kye baali bamanyi, okujjuzibwa, obutakuuma kintu kyonna. Tekyali kya kusomesa kwa kibiina; baali basajja babiri abalina enjala abajjira wamu eri Katonda nga bakalu ne bajjuzibwa.

Kaakano tewali kiyinza kuziyiza kufukibwa kwa mazima okwa Mwoyo Omutukuvu mu Rwanda, okuggyako obutatukuzibwa bwaffe ffennyini.

— Dr. Joe Church, ng'awandiika ku kusisinkana kwe ne Nsibambi

Church yadda e Gahini, nga abo abanyumya ebyafaayo bino bwe bagamba, mu maanyi ga Pentekooti. Naye enkyukakyuka esinga obuziba yali mu Nsibambi, era teyadda mu bulamu bwe obw'edda mu kasirise. Yali akwatiddeko ku kintu kye yali ayaayaanira ebbanga lyonna, era kaakano teyasobola kukikuuma munda ye.

Omusajja eyatasobola kulekera awo kubuuza ku myoyo gy'abantu

Enkyukakyuka ya Nsibambi yali njijjuvu, era eri baliraanwa be ab'ekitiibwa, yali ya ntiisa. Yaleka omulimu gwe ogwa gavumenti n'obukuumi bwe gwaleeta, ne yeewaayo kyokka eri okusaba n'okubuulira. Yayimirira ku Lusozi Namirembe ne ku nsonda z'enguudo ezaali okumpi n'ekkanisa ennene, ng'ayita abasajja n'abakazi eri okumenyeka kw'omutima, okwatula, n'obulamu obuggya. Yakulembera muto we Blasio Kigozi okutuuka mu kukkiriza okulamu; Kigozi n'agenda ne Joe Church e Gahini n'afuuka omuvvangeri ayaka ku bubwe nga tannafa ng'akyali muto mu 1936, era Nsibambi ye yamuziika ku Cathedral Hill.

Okusingira ddala, Nsibambi yafuuka omusajja eyatasobola kusisinkana mugenyi nga tamubuuzza ku mwoyo gwe. Yayimiriza abantu ku luguudo, mu katale, ku mulyango, n'ababuuza mu bwerufu oba baali balokolebwa — okubuulira kw'engeri eyo ekwata omuntu kinnoomu, okuswaza ab'empisa ennungi ne kununula ababuze. Si buli muntu eyakisiima. Joe Church bwe yadda e Kampala oluvannyuma lw'emyezi mitono, omumisonaali eyali anyiize yamusisinkana ng'amubuuza ku ekyo mukwano gwe kye yali asumuludde:

Ayi, agudde eddalu era abuna wonna ng'abuuza abantu oba balokolebwa. Aakava ku mulimi wange ow'olusuku.

— Omumisonaali eyali mu Kampala, nga bwe kinyumizibwa mu byafaayo by'Okuzuukusa

Tekyali ddalu. Yali musajja eyali akkirizza enjiri ye ye ku nkomerero. Ekyo abamuvumirira kye baayita okusukkirira, ekibiina kye yayamba okuzaala kyandikiyise Obukristaayo obwa bulijjo — okukulukuta okw'obutonde okw'omutima ogujjuziddwa mu mazima. Abakugu mu byafaayo by'okuzuukusa okwo bamuyise, awatali kwongerayo, mu ngeri nnyingi kitaawe w'ekibiina kyonna ekya Balokole — ekibiina ky'abalokole, "abaalokolebwa," abaafuula ekigambo kyabwe eky'okulanga oluyimba olulungi olw'Oluganda Tukutendereza Yesu, kwe kugamba, "Tukutendereza ggwe, Yesu."

Omusajja ow'okusaba eyeekwekera

Awo nga mu 1941 obulamu bwa Nsibambi bwakendeera. Joe Church yayogera ku bulwadde obwo ng'abuyita "obunafu" bwokka, era okuva olwo Nsibambi n'abeera nga yeeyawula okusingawo, ng'asigala emirundi mingi mu maka ge okumpi n'Ekkanisa Enkulu ey'e Namirembe. Eri omukulembeze w'okuzuukusa okunene ng'okwo kyandirabise ng'okusirisibwa okw'obukambwe. Tekyali kityo n'akatono. Omusajja eyali ayimirizza abagenyi ku luguudo kaakano n'afuuka ensulo y'okwegayiririra abalala, ng'asembeza abo abajja gy'ali, ng'asabira ekibiina kye yali ayambye okutandika, ng'awanirira mu kusaba abakulembeze abo abaali bagenda okumanyibwa mu nsi yonna.

Waliwo ekisaanidde mu ekyo. Okuzuukusa Nsibambi kwe yakoleeza tekwali kwa bifo bya kwogerera na bibiina binene; kwali kwa kwenenya, kwatula, "okutambulira mu kitangaala" okw'obwesimbu obw'olwatu mu maaso ga Katonda ne mu maaso ga bannaffe, era okusingira ddala okusaba. Nti omusajja ajjukirwa nga kitaawe waakwo yamala emyaka gye egisembayo nga talabika, ng'ali ku maviivi ge, si nnaku wabula lugero. Yali amaze okuwa ekibiina ekintu ekyokka ekyali kikulu — enjala yaakyo ey'obutukuvu n'empisa yaakyo ey'okusaba — era n'akyeyongera okukiwa ng'ali mu kifo ekikweke okutuusa ku nkomerero. Yafa mu 1978, ng'akaddiye era, mu ngeri esinga obwesimbu, nga jjajja w'olulyo lw'abakkiriza.

Omuliro ogwamuwangaalako

Kizibu okusukkirira mu kwogera ku ebyo ebyava mu nkomerero y'ewiiki eyo ku Lusozi Namirembe. Okuzuukusa okw'omu Buvanjuba bwa Afrika Nsibambi ne Church kwe baayamba okukoleeza kwabuna amakanisa ag'Ekilikaani n'aga Ppulotesitanti ag'ekitundu ekyo mu kitundu ekisinga obunene eky'ekyasa eky'amakumi abiri, nga kumenya enkomera ez'ebika n'ez'amabala g'olususu, nga kujjuza amakanisa abaakyuka, era nga kuzaala omulembe gw'abakulembeze Abakristaayo ab'omutindo ogw'enjawulo. Mu balokole abaakolebwa ekibiina ekyo mwalimu abasajja abo amannya gaabwe ekkanisa yonna ge yandiwadde ekitiibwa — Ssaabalabirizi Erica Sabiti; Omulabirizi Festo Kivengere, omuvvangeri eyabuulira wamu ne Billy Graham era eyaddamu obutiitiizi bwa Idi Amin n'ekitabo ekiyitibwa I Love Idi Amin; ne Ssaabalabirizi Janani Luwum, eyattibwa olw'okukkiriza mu 1977 olw'okuyimirira ng'awakanya obufuzi obw'obukambwe, ng'afiirira, nga bwe yagamba, Uganda ne Kristo.

Nsibambi teyawandiika bitabo bimanyiddwa era yaleka ebigambo bitono eby'ebibwe ebyawandiikibwa. Mu kifo ky'ebyo, kye yaleka gwali muliro n'olulyo lw'abeesigwa. Yali musajja mugagga eyalonda okuba omwavu ku lwa Kristo, omukungu eyassibwamu ekitiibwa eyakkiriza okulowoozebwa nti agudde eddalu, omukulembeze omusomu eyali tayagala kintu kirala n'akatono nga bwe yayagala okuba omutukuvu. Ayigiriza ekkanisa essomo lye terekera ddala kwerabira: nti okuzuukusa tekutandikira mu nteekateeka wabula mu kwewaayo, si mu bibiina binene wabula mu bakkiriza babiri abalina enjala abatayimuka ku maviivi gaabwe okutuusa Katonda lw'abajjuza. Okuva mu kwewaayo kumu ng'okwo, ku lusozi oluyitibwa olujjudde emirembe, emirembe gya Katonda ne gigenda mu ssemazinga.