Credonia Mwerinde: the worst African woman who ever lived

If you thought Rev Jim Jones of Jonestown, Guyana was evil (killed 900+ of his own churchmembers in the late 70s), meet Credonia Mwerinde of Uganda, leader of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. No, not even Ahmad Najib Aris can beat her, he only burned 1 woman, but this Priestess of Death burned ALIVE 600+ people at the SAME time, with the fire “so intense their skulls exploded”! The movement’s mass murder/suicide seems to have surpassed Jonestown as the most horrific cult tragedy in recorded history.

The movement was founded in the 80s by Joseph Kibwetere, a prominent Roman Catholic and active in Ugandan politics, but then his mind went cuckoo and was hospitalised for “mental problems”. His powers of persuasion was such that a Catholic priest Dominica Kataribaabo joined the movement and became a leader below Kibwetere. But Joseph Kibwetere’s special revelation led to expulsion and eventual excommunication for both men from the Roman Catholic Church. The past Bishop of Mbarara Diocese said, “Kibwetere claimed that he could talk to God, which was unacceptable.”

Later he merged his leadership with a former prostitute named Credonia Mwerinde often called the “programmer.” Some say Mwerinde, who claimed to have met the Virgin Mary, ultimately eclipsed the cult’s founder in both real importance and power. Fr. Paul Ikazire, a priest and former cult member said she dominated the group and that “Kibwetere was just a figurehead.” He characterized Mwerinde as “a trickster, obsessed with the desire to grab other people’s property.” The Virgin Mary as channeled through Mwerinde proscribed all the rules of the group.

I came across this story by chance, while waiting for the doctor at Pertama Clinic, Towering, I chanced upon an August 2000 issue of Newsweek and there she was, occupying half a page somewhere in the middle pages.

http://www.rickross.com/groups/tencommandments.html

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