Caretakers of patients in the Tororo referral hospital maternity ward have been forced to clean wards because of a strike that has lasted five days now.
Retired Justice James Munange Ogoola has challenged the Anglican Church to build a befitting shrine for the Martyrs killed at Namugongo to match its international reputation.
Bishop Timothy Yahaya called on church leaders to protect the House of God against such evils as tribalism, wondering whether the church in Uganda would survive a situation such as the one in Nigeria, where religious violence is experienced daily. He says that bombs and other explosives are planted in churches in Nigeria but Christians frequent the same churches because of their unshakable faith and the strong church leadership.
The MPs were expelled from the ruling National Resistance Movement last month by the central executive committee chaired by Museveni for alleged indiscipline.
Archbishop Bakyenga, who is reading mass at the Catholic Martyrs Shine in Namugongo, picked on the Uganda National Anthem and the national Motto which both place the country in God’s hands to deliver his homily as Christians remember the day the Uganda Martyrs were killed some 127 years ago.
An eight-year old girl in Kakindo sub county Kibaale district has been attacked by a stray fox. Noeline Karungi, a Primary One pupil at Kisaigi primary school was bitten by the wild animal on Saturday morning.
Prayers are underway at Namugongo as Christians remember the day the Uganda Martyrs were killed some 127 years ago. At the Catholic shrine, Archbishop Paul Bakyenga of Mbarara Archdiocese is leading the mass being assisted by the clergy and members of the laity from the same archdiocese. At the Anglican shrine, the main celebrant is Right Reverend Timothy Yahaya, a bishop from Nigeria, being assisted by a team from Uganda Christian University, Mukono.
Some government aided schools in Kibaale District are conducting lessons under trees due to acute shortage of classroom blocks as the pupils enrollment shoots up.
Reynolds Construction Company, which was contracted to build the road, has indicated plans to demolish Habuyonza market, which is a lifeline to hundreds of fresh vegetable dealers.
