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make as many people as possible adhere to the Ten Commandments. The link with the Roman Catholic religion was apparent, with small statues of Jesus and a crucifix decorating their modest headquarters. The headquarters interestingly enough, had one time been the family home of Mwerinde. She became the sole owner of the property after her three brothers mysteriously died one by one.
    In 1992 the group moved from Kibwetere’s home, in the countryside, and by 1998 the group had become a flourishing natural community who lived together on land bought by combining the money gained from individual sales of their properties. They built churches in amongst the plantations and had their own primary school. The followers all lived together in dormitory style accommodation and local villagers described the members as being completely disciplined and very polite but with some strange habits, such as on certain days speaking entirely through hand signals. The reason for this was so as not to break the ninth commandment (eighth commandment for Roman Catholics and some Lutherans):
     
‘Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.’ (Exodus 20:16; KJV). 
     
    It was in this year that the group had some problems. The local authorities took away its charity licence because the school was breaking public health requirements and there were rumours that children were being poorly treated.
    During this time Joseph Kibwetere merged his leadership with Credonia Mwerinde who had increasingly become a dominant force within the group. She was often referred to by other members as the ‘programmer’ as all of the Virgin Mary’s ‘orders’ were channelled through Mwerinde’s body and voice.
    Some people say that Mwerinde ultimately took over and shadowed all of the other leaders. Kibwetere was just a figure-head for her to use as a pawn in her quest for fame and money. She was seen by many as a violent, vindictive, unstable woman who was a pyromaniac and had killed before. Her ex-husband was quoted as saying: ‘She was only happy when she was making money.’
    With these views circulating does it bring us any closer to the events that were soon to take place?
     
    W ELCOME
     
    Kibwetere and Mwerinde kept their followers isolated. Any contact with people from outside the group was strictly monitored and mostly forbidden. People outside the group were deemed ‘sinners’ but new members were warmly welcomed and always had the nicest food and warmest beds, until they became so reliant on the group that there was no chance of them leaving. When that time came they were treated just like all other members, they were encouraged to be celibate, unable to speak unless in prayer, worked long hours in the fields and lived on a nutrition lacking dish of beans. In order to become a fully fledged member of the movement newcomers were required to read a book entitled A Timely Message from Heaven: The End of the Present Time even though the Bible was the group’s sacred text much of the governance came from this book. It was was written by Kibwetere and foretold the destructions that would come to Earth and wipe out the majority of the human race, due to their evil, disrespectful ways.
     
    S TRUCTURE OF THE  M OVEMENT
     
    The Movement consisted of separate groups. The first group was made up of new members who had read A Timely Message From Heaven. These were the novices and they were required to wear black. The next group were the people who had sworn to follow the commandments, they wore green. The fully fledged members were those who were ‘willing to die in the arc’ and they wore white and green. Although this vow was referring to burial requirements of members, it may have had an ulterior motive for occurrences to come.
    The whole community was based around the ‘second generation’ apostles. It was second generation as the movement believed that at the second coming, both the Virgin Mary and Jesus would return. For