Firebrand Black British Human Rights Campaigner , Joseph Obi , has staunchly defended his public criticism of Archbishop John Sentamu over his recent attitude towards the lawfully re-elected Zimbabwean President , Dr Robert Mugabe.
Speaking during a Private Discussion on Global Affairs , Professor Obi categorically said :
" John Sentamu always takes pride in boasting that he was a former political dissident in Uganda during the time of Field Marshall Idi Amin.
But what the Infallible Mr Sentamu will not tell you is that he was formally detained (and affectionately kicked around like a football) for only a few months , in a relatively comfortable prison cell , before gleefully being allowed to gracefully hop onto the very next flight to the Land of Milk and Honey ; while his fellow Ugandans were alarmingly dying of hunger.
Lord Sentamu never for a single moment , ever went back to Uganda with the view of contesting for high political office for the ultimate betterment of his people.
As far as he seemed to be concerned , Almighty God would formidably take care of all those whom he left behind in Africa - while the UK Taxpayer would lavishly take care of him.
Sentamu never took up arms in any Freedom Fight at all - and neither did he ever put his own fabulously precious life on the line to defiantly ensure that due Justice was ever done.
John Sentamu was not a grade one dissident (of any kind whatsoever) : He was (principally) just a self-serving, Junior Ranking Ugandan High Court Judge who was never seen to be a threat to Idi Amin ; otherwise Idi would have definitely made an exceptionally palatable dish out of him - and publicly chewed on his flesh for almost everybody to see.
Robert Mugabe however , patriotically chose never to cowardly abandon his Noble Country , and painfully spent 10 (ten) whole years in prison (without Trial) during White Minority Rule , at the peak of the Rhodesian Liberation Struggles ; and even sorrowfully lost his beloved son during that very same extended racist incarceration in question.
But the ungrateful Bishop Sentamu will hardly ever mention this ; even though he knows (fully well) that it was Mugabe's Landmark Rhodesian Struggle which sensationally paved the way for better democracy in Uganda , Zambia , Tanzania , Ghana ,Botswana , South Africa , Kenya, Nigeria and almost every other African Nation at large.
Under Mugabe, Zimbabwe was indeed the ultimate bread-basket of Africa, and he never ever turned his Fellow African Brethren (including Ugandans like Sentamu) away in times of need ; despite exceedingly challenging circumstances.
To put it bluntly : Robert Mugabe almost single-handedly gave firm strategic direction during the Armed Freedom Fight for Zimbabwe against it's Shameless Colonial Masters ; and (for a very long time) was also eclectically reponsible for an exceedingly wide range of support to almost every African Nation throughout the Continent.
It was only when Mugabe initiated the Land Redistribution Programme (to get back some of the land which the Colonialists STOLE from ordinary Zimbabweans) that the Western Nations finally made up their minds to ruthlessly get rid of him ; even if it meant callously starving millions of poor Zimbabweans to death in the process , via Economic Strangulation.
My message to Lord Archbishop Dr John Sentamu is therefore very pure and simple : Bringing down Mugabe will certainly not save Zimbabwe - and neither will a shoddy little gesture of snipping one's Luxuriously Starched Dog Collar into bits on International Television.
If anything, the Sentamu Dog Collar Stunt reveals Mr Sentamu to be nothing short of a Latter Day Mary Antoinette of 'Let them eat Cake' fame ; as his endearing political message now seems to be some sort of : 'Let them eat Dog Collar'.
What Zimbabweans really (really) need right now is massive humanitarian aid, and the only way to urgently get that aid directly to the Poor Citizens is by duly according the Mugabe Regime with it's appropriate respect ; even if it means diplomatically swallowing one's foul-tasting spittle - or painfully holding one's stinking nose in the process.
Afterall , Sentamu Dog Collar will not feed , clothe , educate , employ or house the very poor people of Zimbabwe - and neither will Sentamu Dog Collar miraculously save any single one of them from Cholera , Malaria , Tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS . . . "
