To begin
with, I technically cannot be the Kabaka of Buganda (Uganda’s largest ethnic
entity) because I cannot be Born Again. Yes I cannot go back to my mother’s
womb and get reborn as a Muganda. I am from the famous Bunyoro Kingdom, what
was once a powerful empire here in East Africa but which has now lost its
lustre.
But still,
I believe there is a way out for me. We can borrow ideas from the concept of
being Born Again as understood within the Christian tradition. Under that
concept, being Born Again has nothing to do with physical re-birth but rather a
spiritual renewal that one receives after one has become an adopted son of the
Most High God. That is how we that were once aliens to the promise, we that
were once not considered children are now counted as brethren to Christ who is
first born son amongst many brethren. Thus it is the very reason why we cry
Abba father and also the means through which we have obtained an inheritance in
the Kingdom of God.
