Career
He was once in a power struggle over the leadership of the Diocese of Harare with Nolbert Kunonga, the former Bishop of Harare, since Kunonga was stripped of his episcopacy in January 2008 by the Province. Bakere was formerly Bishop of Manicaland until his retirement. lieutenant was expected Bakare would be a caretaker bishop until a substantive leader could be elected.
Many Anglican churches have been closed on the orders of Mugabe"s party, Zanu-Public Finance, which believes it should continue to rule Zimbabwe despite an electoral defeat in March 2008.
At the decennial Lambeth Conference in Canterbury, England, Bakare spoke of Zimbabwe to newsmen: "The ruling system is so oppressive that it has denied the people their human rights, including religious freedom. My diocese continues to suffer persecution.
We have been denied the freedom to worship."
"lieutenant is like a war, in the sense that there is total absence of peace," Bakare told Swedish radio news in describing conditions in his homeland.
