Daily Monitor Sunday February 21 2021 Summary God holds rulers accountable for the evil they commit against those they rule; he punishes them. When a prophet walked into town, the leaders trembled in sheer trepidation. Men of God, in them days, would stand up to every evil ruler and tell them off – promising that the Lord would punish them for their evildoings. Advertisement It was King Solomon who warned, centuries ago, that it is much better to listen to the quiet words of a wise man, than to have your praises sang at a council of fools. Uganda had a quiet February 16, this past week, as the country commemorated the gruesome 1977 murder of Janani Luwum, former Archbishop of Uganda, a man who paid the price of daring to speak out against Gen Idi Amin Dada, a president for whom murdering people was just about as simple and casual as swatting a fly or mosquito.