Christopher Senyonjo

**Christopher Senyonjo** (era **Ssenyonjo** ; yazaalibwa Ogwekkumineebiri 8, 1931) munnaddiini era mulwanirizi w'eddembe ly'aba LGBT mu Uganda . Yasitulwa n’afuulibwa omulabirizi mu Kkanisa ya Uganda mu 1974 n’awummula mu 1998. Mu 2001, baamugaana okuweereza. Wadde nga kigambibwa nnyo nti kino kyava ku kunnyikiza kya ddembe ly'abali b'ebisiyaga, ekkanisa egamba nti kyava ku kwetaba kwe mu kutuuza omusajja okubeera omulabirizi w’ekkanisa Ekkanisa ya Uganda gy’etakwatagana nayo.  Okuva olwo akolagana n'ekkanisa ya Charismatic Church of Uganda ne progressive Episcopal Church of the United States, era n'atandikawo Integrity Uganda ne Saint Paul's Reconciliation and Equality Center mu Kampala . Mu 2006 Ekkanisa ya Uganda yamulangirira nti "takyali mulabirizi" era n'esazaamu ebitiibwa bwe byonna olwekyo. Olw’ensongaye, Senyonjo afunye ebitiibwa ebiwerako omuli ne awaadi ya Clinton Global Citizen Award, era ayitiddwa okwetaba mu firimu kwogera n’okutalaaga mu nsi yonna.

## Obulamu bwe

### Okukula kwe
Okusinziira ku bimukwatako mu *[[:en:The_Observer_(Uganda)|The Observer]]* of Uganda, Senyonjo yazaalibwa Maria Mukulu Abul’awawe ne Erika Kapere nga  8 Ogwekkumineebiri, 1931, era yakulira mu disitulikiti y’e Mubende (kati eyitibwa Kiboga ) mu Singo sub-county. 

Ng'omuyizi omulungi, yasomera mu Sinde Primary School okutuusa ku myaka 10, n’akyuka n’agenda mu Bukomero Primary School, ng’abeera ne taata we omuto Douglas Kyeyune ne mukyala we Miriam. Anecdote emunnyonnyolako nti yatambulanga 16&nbsp;km okutuuka e Nalukolongo okugula kkiro y’ennyama, Miriam bwe yabanga agiyoyezza ng’ali lubuto, akatale k'omukitundu ekyo bwe kaabanga tekagirina. 

Kitaawe yafa mu 1944, era Senyonjo n’agenda okubeera ne ssenga we e Kitii, okumpi ne Kasangati . Yagenda mu maaso n’okukola obulungi ku ssomero lya  Wampewo Primary School era oluvannyuma lwa P.6 n’agenda mu King’s College Budo mu 1947. Mu lutundanga ppaani wa ssenga we , ekyamuviirako okusibwa okumala ekiro ku myaka 13, omuserikale bweyalowooza nti ateekwa okuba nga yali  abbye ssente mu bbookisi y’obuyambi eyali esibiddwako kkufulu. Yannyonnyola nti mu kaduukulu teyalina bulangiti wadde engatto era ngali n’abantu abacaafu nga balina n’ensekere. 

Mu 1952 yayingira yunivasite y’e Makerere kyokka n’alemererwa okumaliriza emisomo gy’obusawo, ky’agamba nti kyava ku kumala biseera bingi nnyo n’emikwano kubanga engeri gye yakuzibwamu yali temutegese kukwasaganya ddembe lya yunivasite. Mu 1954 yali asomesa Olungereza, okubala ne ssaayansi w’ebyobulamu mu ssomero lya Luwule Secondary School . 

### Obufumbo n’abaana be
Mu 1959 yawasa mukyala we eyasooka Ruth Nakanwagi, n’adda ku mulimu oluvannyuma lw’ennaku 17; ku lunaku lwe lumu mukazi we yattibwa omusota ogw’obusagwa mu lusuku lwe. 

Mu 1963 yasisinkana mukyala we owookubiri Mary bwe yali akola ng'omusomesa  ku ssomero lya Ndejje Demonstration School . Baagattibwa mu Gwekkumineebiri gw’omwaka ogwo.  Oluvannyuma Mary yalongoosebwa amaaso mu Amerika nga Senyonjo ali mu kwogera mu Washington mu 2011. 

Senyonjo taata w’abaana musanvu, era naafunayo basatu baatazaala. We bwatuukira mu 2011, yali jjajja w’abaana munaana.  Abeera Bukuto, ekitundu ekiriraanye Kampala.  Olw’okusazaamu akasiimo ke, yeeyimirizaawo ku birabo okuva mu mikwano gye n’abaana be 10. 

## Okutendekebwa kwe n’obuweereza mu by’eddiini
Oluvannyuma lw’okufa okw’ekikangabwa okwa mukyala we eyasooka mu 1959, Senyonjo yatandika okugenda mu kkanisa okumujjukira. Mu 1960 yeewandiisa ku lulwe okusoma okutuula siniya ey'omukaaga , nga yasinga essira kulissa ku ssomo ly'abya ddiini. Oluvannyuma lw’okwebuuza ku nnyina ne mukwano gwe omukulu, Hannington Kintu, yategeeza nti yaloota omumuli ogutasobola kuzikizibwa, kye yatwala ng’okukakasa okuyitibwa kwe mu ddiini. Yatandika omusomo gwa dipuloma ogw’emyaka esatu mu Buwalasi Theological College mu 1961, n’atuzibwa ng’omudyankoni oluvannyuma lw’emyaka ebiri, oluvannyuma n’agenda mu Union Theological Seminary mu Amerika. Yali avunaanyizibwako kkanisa ya Episcopal Church of Epiphany era n’alungamizibwanga Hugh McCandlas ku nsonga z'okutuuzibwa ku bw'omuuulizi, oluvannyuma ekyakolebwa Omulabirizi Donegan mu 1964.  Yatuuzibwa mu Lutikko ya St. John the Divine mu kibuga New York . 

Oluvannyuma lw’okudda e Uganda mu 1968, Senyonjo yasindikibwa mu ttendekero lya Theological College Mukuno era yasomesa ku ddiini y’ennono ya Africa okumala emyaka ena. 

Mu 1973 yakola n'ekibinja ky'abasaseredooti ab'Ekereziya Katolika, Seventh-day Adventist n'ab'e Kkanisa y'aBakulisitaayo okuvvuunulira awamu Baibuli mu " luganda olw'omulembe guno". 

Yaweereza mu Kkanisa ya Uganda era n'alondebwa okujjuza ekifo ekyali ekikalu eky'Omulabirizi w'obulabirizi bwa West Buganda mu 1974, ekifo kye yasigalamu okutuusa lwe yawummula mu 1998.  

Mu 1983 Senyonjo yafuna diguli eyookusatu diguli eyookusatu mu Buweereza okuva mu Hartford Theological Seminary, eyawa ensonga enkulu ez’okutegeera ensonga z’obufumbo n’ebikula by'abantu.  

## Enkola ye ey’okubuulirira
Oluvannyuma lw’okuwummula emirimu mu 1998, Senyonjo yatandika okubuulirira abantu, ng’ayeeyambisaokusoma kwe ku kikula ky'abantu n’okubuuliriira abafumbo. Mu nkola ye, yayogera mu ngeri ey’okusaasira eri bakkaasitoma abaali abali b'ebisiyaga, nga buli omu aweereza munne gyali.  Mu nkola ye ey’okubudaabuda abantu mu Kampala, yalabanga abalwadde abaaweranga 10 olunaku, ng’asaba doola 2.50 buli lusisinkana. 

## Okutuuka kwe ku ba LGBT n’okubalwanirira
Okuva mu mwaka gwa 2001 Senyonjo abadde atunuulirwa ng’omulwanirizi omukulu ow’ekibiina kya LGBTQ mu Uganda. Olw'okukkiriza nti "omuntu tekyetaagisa kusooka kukyusibwa kudda mu kikula kirala okusobola okwagalibwa Katonda", Senyonjo yatandikawo Integrity Uganda ng'ettabi ly'ekitongole kya Episcopal Church LGBT outreach organization Integrity USA . Yatandikawo ekifo mu kitundu ng’ekifo ekitali kya bulabe eri abasiyazi Bannayuganda, era n’akola okufunira abaagaanibwa amayumba n’emirimu oluvannyuma lw’okugoberwa ebweru . 

Mu Gwomukaaga 2008, Senyonjo yannyonnyola byakkiriza mu firimu *[[:en:Voice_of_Witness|ya Voices of Witness Africa]]* . Yagamba nti "Yesu yatulekera etteeka erisinga obukulu: 'Mwagalane nga nange bwe mbaagala.' Era sisobola kulaba ngeri muntu gy'ayagala munne ng'asosola omuntu oyo omulala nga tagenda mu buziba mu biki ebireetera omuntu ono okuba ky'ali. Noobuwombeefu bungi nga tatidde, yagamba nti Baibuli esobola okutaputibwa mu ngeri nnyingi, naye nti ekigambo kya Katonda ekituufu ye Yesu, " Ekigambo eyafuuka omuntu ", era nti mu Vvanjiri ya Yokaana Omutuukirivu, waliwo ebintu Yesu bye yagamba nti tajja kusobola kubikkula mu kiseera ekyo, naye Omwoyo Omutukuvu by'agenda okubikkula ng'ekiseera kigenda kiyitawo. 

Mu 2009 Senyonjo yeetabye mu lukungaana olw'okulwanyisa ebisiyaga okuva nga Gwokusatu 5–7, 2009, olwatuumibwa "Okubikkula amazima agali emabega w'ebisiyaga n'enteekateeka y'ebisiyaga", olwalimu bannakyewa b'America Scott Lively, akulira Exodus International Don Schmierer, n'omukiise w'ekitongole kya International Healing Foundation Caleb Lee Brundidge . Lively yannyonyola ku nteekateeka eyo nga "bbomu ya nukiriya ku nteekateeka y'abali b'ebisiyaga mu Uganda", olukung'aana luno lwakwataganya ebisiyaga n'obunazi, okukozesa abaana abato, mukenenya n'ekittabantu mu Rwanda, era nga lubadde lumanyiddwa olw'okuleeta okuyigganyizibwa okutabangawo okwatuuka ku ntikko mu tteeka lya Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014 . Senyonjo yayogeddeko ku nkolagana y’abeetabye mu ttabamiruka n’abakungu ba gavumenti ng’ekivuddeko ebbago lino okuleetebwa, n’obwetaavu bw’okusomesebwa ku bikwata ku kwewozaako kw’okuyingiza ebisiyaga mu masomero. Senyonjo agamba nti "Nnali mu kiseera ekimu nga banvunaana nti ngenda mu masomero era nga ngezaako okuyingiza abantu, nga bwe tuyinza okugamba, abantu mu bisiyaga, nga mu butuufu kuba kuwaayiriza. Era olaba,  naye abantu bano bagenderera ki okukola kino?&nbsp;... Abantu abaagenda okwogera bino, balina ebigendererwa ebibi nnyo bye sitegeera." 

Senyonjo yayogera nga awakanya ebbago ly’etteeka erirwanyisa ebisiyaga era yali mu kibinja ekyagenda ewa Sipiika w’olukiiko okuliwakanya. Yagamba nti tekyali kya buntu, kyamenya ekirangiriro ky'ekibiina ky'amawanga amagatte ekikwata ku ddembe ly'obuntu era "n'enkwatagana engumu ey'amaka ga Uganda amanene", kyandifudde Uganda eggwanga ekkambwe, n'okwongera okusaasaana kw'akawuka akaleeta siriimu kuba abantu baali bajja kutya okunoonya obujjanjabi.  Yaddamu ekitundu kyayo ng'alaga nti ebisiyaga si kibi, n'agamba nti "Abantu wano tebategeera bisiyaga kye ki. Singa baakitegeera, sirowooza nti bandikkirizza etteeka lino." 

Mu Gwokutaano n'oGwomukaaga June 2010, ku myaka 78, Senyonjo yakola okutalaaga okwalimu okwogera mu Amerika ne Ireland okumala wiiki mukaaga, nga kwategekebwa Rev. Canon Albert Ogle . Yayogerera mu bibuga omwali Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, Orange County, San Francisco, Minneapolis, ekibuga New York, Belfast ne Dublin .  Mu kutalaaga kuno yeetaba mu kutuuzibwa kwa Rt Rev. Mary Glasspool, omulabirizi omukazi alya ebisiyaga eyasooka mu kkanisa ya Episcopal, nga kyali kimu ku by'okukola mu kutalaaga okwo okwamala wiiki mukaaga. 

Mu 2010, Senyonjo yatandikawo ekitongole kya St. Paul’s Foundation for International Reconciliation okuwagira obwenkanya mu LGBT mu nsi yonna.   Ye dayirekita w’ekitongole kya St. Paul’s Reconciliation and Equality Center (SPREC) mu Kampala mu Uganda. Enteekateeka za SPREC mulimu ebyobulamu, chapel n’okubuulirira, okuwagira n’okusembeza abantu mu n’embeera z’abantu, okutumbula okutandikawo emir*imu* ( micro-loans ), okutumbula abakyala, n’okulwanirira eddembe ly’obuntu n’okusomesa.   Mu Uganda Ekifo kino kikwataganye ne Freedom and Roam Uganda, Spectrum Uganda Initiatives Incorporated, Rainbow Health Foundation Mbarara, ne Sexual Minorities Uganda . 

Mu Gwokubiri 2011, Senyonjo yayanukula ku ettemu lya David Kato n’ebbaluwa eteekwekerera gye yawandiikira Ssaabalabirizi Rowan Williams n’ekibiina kya Anglican Communion, ng’asaba ekkanisa okwogera ku kuyigganyizibwa kw’abasajja abali b'ebisiyaga. 

Senyonjo yazannya mu firimu ya *[[:en:God_Loves_Uganda|God Loves Uganda]]*, eyakwatibwa mu kiseera David Kato weyafiira mu 2011, era n’esooka okulagibwa mu kivvulu kya Sundance Film Festival ekya 2013 . Firimu yali ekwata ku mirimu gy’ekibiina kyensi yonna ekya International House of Prayer, ekyatumbula enteekateeka y’okulwanyisa ebisiyaga.  

Mu Gwomwenda 2011, Senyonjo yaddamu okujja mu Amerika mu kutalaaga kwe yatuuma "Compass for Compassion", ng'ayogerera mu bifo omwali n'ekkanisa ya All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church e Washington, DC 

Mu Gwokusatu 2014, ku myaka 82, Senyonjo yagenda mu maaso n’okuweereza abakuŋŋaana mu kkanisa ey’ekiseera eyali eringa ofiisi entono mu Kampala, wadde ng’omuwendo gwabwe gwakendeera , nga kiyinzika okuba nga kyava ku kutiisibwatiisibwa.  Okusaba kubeerawo buli Ssande, ekibiina mwe kiyimba akayimba ka, " What a Friend We Have in Jesus ", naye ebintu ebimanyiddwa ennyo mu ma kanisa ga Uganda amalala ng'abasumba okuleekaana okutendereza, okwogera mu nnimi, n'okukuba Baibuli birekeddwawo.  Olw'obuwagizi bwe, Senyonjo atwalibwa nga "omukadde" w'ekibiina kya LGBT. 

Senyonjo yasooka okubaako byawandiika mu *Bombastic Magazine*, ekitabo ekikwata ku kibiina kya Uganda ekya LGBTI ekyatongozebwa mu Gwekkumineebiri 2014.  

Senyonjo yeegatta ku baali beekalakaasa olw’eddembe ly’aba LGBTI, ng'ayogera mu Jamaica mu kaweefube wa Montego Bay Pride mu 2016.  

Nga 17 Ogwomusanvu, 2018, Yunivasite y’eLeeds yamuwa diguli ey’ekitiibwa eya Doctor of Laws, olw’omulimu ogw’amaanyi gwe yakola ng’omukulembeze w’eddiini era omulwanirizi w’eddembe ly’obuntu mu kibiina kya LGBT mu Uganda.

## Ebikolwa eby’okumuddamu
Mu kwanukula ku buweereza bwe mu Integrity Uganda, Senyonjo yagambibwa abakulu mu Kkanisa ya Uganda okuvumirira ekibiina kino n’okutegeeza bammemba baakyo nti beetaaga okukyuka badde eri Katonda. Olw’obutakkiriziganya na kifo kino, n’okugaana okuvumirira abavubuka bataano  be yali abuulirira mu 2001, emirimu gye egy’okukwasa n’okussa emikono ku bantu gyaziyizibwa Ssaabalabirizi w’Ekkanisa ya Uganda ku lw’olukiiko lw’Abalabirizi ba Uganda mu 2002,  akasiimo ke ak’emyaka 24 gy’amaze ng’aweereza ne kayimirizibwa, era n’ategeeza nti yatandika okufuna okutiisibwatiisibwa okuttibwa n’okutulugunyizibwa. 

Mu mwaka gwa 2006 Ssaabalabirizi Henry Luke Orombi bwe yali ayogera ku lw'ekkanisa ya Uganda yavumirira ekkanisa ya Charismatic Church of Uganda nti "kibiina ekiwakanya" era ne  beeyawulira ddala ku Senyonjo, n'ategeeza nti yali takyali mulabirizi era nti "babadde bawa amagezi ab'obuyinza bonna aba bulijjo mu Uganda nti layisinsi yonna eyalina Ssenyonjo ngeeyogera ku kutuuzibwa kwe mu Kkanisa ya Uganda yali tekyalimu nsa era nga tekikirizibwa."  Senyonjo yaddamu nti, "Nnasingibwa mu Kkanisa ya Katonda. Ndi wa Kkanisa mu bw'akabona obw'obwakabaka obw'abakkiriza bonna." Yagamba nti akyali mmemba w’ekkanisa ya Uganda, era akakwate kokka k’alina n’ekkanisa ya Charismatic Church of Uganda kwe kubawa obuweereza nga bamusabye. 

Ekiteeso kya Senate ekya California ekya California Senate Resolution 51, ekyasaba okwongera okwekenneenya enkozesa y’ekitundu 501(c)(3) eky’obuzirakisa okulwanirira enkola ezisosola mu mawanga amalala, kyategeeza nti Senyonjo “abadde atalaaga California, Amerika, ne Bulaaya okusomesa n’okumanyisa abantu ku buzibu obw’amaanyi obwava ku bisiyaga obwaleeeta obunkeneke mu Uganda”, n’agonjoolako nga agamba nti “Senate esiima emirimu n'obuweereza bwa Right Reverend Christopher Senyonjo mu kaweefube w'okutondawo ekkanisa n'abantu bonna mu Uganda ebitaliimu kusosola nga basinziira ku kikula ky'abantu." 

Senyonjo yassibwa mu lukalala ' *[[:en:Huffington_Post|Huffington Post]]* olw'abantu ekkumi abasinga amaanyi mu ddiini mu 2010. Yayogerwako nti, "Omulabirizi alaga kye kitegeeza okuba n'obuvumu obw'okukakasa, n'okukkiriza okumala okubeera ku ludda lw'abo Yesu be yayita 'abatono mu bano.'" 

Senyonjo yafulumira mu firimu ya *[[:en:Call_Me_Kuchu|Call Me Kuchu]]*  eyawangula awaadi mu 2012 ne *[[:en:God_Loves_Uganda|God Loves Uganda]]* (2013). 

Mu 2012 Senyonjo yasiimibwa eyali Pulezidenti wa Amerika Bill Clinton n’aweebwa awaadi ya Clinton Global Citizen Award olw’obukulembeze mu kuweereza eggwanga.  

Olunaku olwaddirira okuyisibwa kw'etteeka erirwanyisa ebisiyaga mu 2014, Senyonjo yayingizibwa mu lupapula lwa Uganda oluyitibwa *[[:en:Red_Pepper_(newspaper)|Red Pepper]]* mu lukalala lw'amannya n'ebifaananyi bya "200 Top Homos" ebyatambuzibwa ennyo, ng'agambibwa okuba "omusaasizi" w'abali beebisiyaga.  Ekiwandiiko mu *[[:en:Think_Progress|Think Progress]]* kyateebereza nti ayinza okusibwa wansi w'ebiragiro by'etteeka erigamba nti "Omuntu ayamba, abuulirira oba agula omulala okwenyigira mu bikolwa eby'ebisiyaga akola omusango era avunaanibwa, okusingisibwa omusango, okusibwa emyaka musanvu."  *[[Nigerian Watch|]]* ​*[[Trending Newsroom|​]]Ekibinja ekirala ekiwakanya etteeka, [[:en:Erasing_76_Crimes|baasangulawo emisango 76]], ne bateekawo okubuusabuusa ku musango era ne bawandiika nti okubuulirira kwa Senyonjo mu ddiini tekwali kumenya mateeka,era nebategeeza nti ekitongole kya [[:en:Nigerian_Watch|Nigerian Watch]] ne[[:en:Trending_Newsroom|Trending Newsroom]] byali bimaze okufuna olugero olwo.* 

## Ebijuliziddwa