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calling it the nation's conscience which needs to remain clear. Maintaining moral authority was of the utmost importance. Muge preached a holistic gospel aiming to increase the community’s capacity to plan and implement development projects. Muge launched the
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Persecution of the Prophets,” a talk by Rev. Barnum at the Great Lakes Conference, June 1998, in Kampala, Uganda, before fifty African bishops and their wives preceding the 1998 Lambeth
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Bishop Muge had a particular focus on defending the poor and oppressed children of God. Being a part of the military previously, Muge often conceptualized his vocation as a watchman looking over the flock.
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where he received exemplary marks in his fourth year common entrance examination in 1962. Later, Kipsang studied at the
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that he "would not leave the area" lending credibility to speculation that his collision was not really an accident, according to the
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