TANZANIA: Corruption Lies at Heart of Arrest Warrant for Archbishop Mokiwa

"Behind this warrant lie years of stories of corruption by the recently retired incumbent Bishop of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Simon Makundi, who has, over the years, been accused of siphoning off hundreds of thousands of dollars for himself.

These funds were given by foreign donors for projects never built or overly inflated costs resulting in death threats against former TEC missionaries who threatened to expose him. Two Episcopal missionary couples were forced to leave the country, one fleeing and the other having their visas revoked through the influence of the Anglican Bishop...."

by David W. Virtue

http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=14544#.T0046Hn-5TY

Boycott Corridor Springs Hotel Arusha: Don't Support Corruption!

Boycott Corridor Springs Hotel Arusha: Don't Support Corruption!: NCD Bishop Thomas Laiser NCD General Secretary Israel Ole Karyongi Corridor Springs Hotel in Arusha, Tanzania is owned by the Ev...

Boycott Corridor Springs Hotel

Staying at the Corridor Springs Hotel is the moral equivalent of buying blood diamonds.
http://boycottcorridorsprings.blogspot.com

Haunted by the Ghost of King Leopold?

Should international donors and global church missions just hand over the money and take a “hands-off” approach to avoid evoking “colonialism”?  Is this why organizations and churches in wealthy countries feel they must debase themselves and dare not demand accountability of local clergy leaders in developing nations? Expecting transparency and stewardship is the responsible thing to do. Simply throwing money at the problems plaguing developing countries perpetuates a more colonialist mentality because it empowers the society’s elitists who deprive the poorest citizens of the help they need and deserve. Make informed choices; find out where your church’s international donation is going and how it’s being used.

“Bishops and senior clergy inherited from their colonial predecessors lavish lifestyles with huge houses and expensive cars, behaving like diplomats and being bowed and scraped to as though they were medieval potentates”.  

– Hugh McCollum, Africafiles