Not surprisingly, they had little contact with locals. Even so, some villagers began to resent their fanatical neighbors. We thought they were dangerous, a cult of Satan. They used to behave abnormally, suddenly becoming paralyzed in the street and then talking nonsense. Others, however, thought people were dying of illnesses.
Funeral rites are normally communal in Uganda, with the entire community joining in.
The dead are normally buried in their family compounds. Apart Discipline within the cult seems to have begun breaking down when Doomsday did not arrive last year, as Kibwetere had said. Father Paul Ikazire said he was among the sect's leaders before leaving in 1994. He described Kibwetere as a violent-tempered man who often had seizures, but said the real power behind the throne was Gredonia Mwerinda. She would come in and say things like the Virgin Mary wants you to bring more money.