Nolbert Kunongo
Shameful silence on Nolbert Kunonga, Anglican Bishop of Harare
Sokwanele Article: January 5th, 2006On 21st September 2004 we published an article entitled "His disgrace, the Bishop" in which we drew attention to the disgraceful conduct of the Anglican Bishop of Harare, Nolbert Kunonga, in not only accepting St Marnock's Farm, a once-thriving commercial enterprise in Nyabiri as a token of personal thanks from Robert Mugabe for his uncritical and unwavering support for ZANU PF, but then promptly arranging for party militia to brutally evict 40 families of workers from their dwellings in a village on the farm. We suggested at the time that rather than "His grace the Bishop" a more appropriate appellation would be "His disgrace the Bishop".
This was neither the first nor by any means the last action of the errant cleric to bring shame on his church. From the time of his disputed election as Bishop of Harare in 2001 to the present he has made no secret either of his personal ambitions for fame and fortune or of his willingness to exploit his sycophantic relationship to Robert Mugabe and the ruling elite to feed those ambitions.
"His disgrace, the Bishop"
Sokwanele Article: September 21st, 2004What is the correct title by which to address a Bishop of the Church ? In some traditions the customary title is "His grace the Bishop …" To many parishioners in the Anglican Diocese of Harare however a more appropriate designation for the present incumbent might be "His disgrace Bishop Kunonga".
