The row between the Diocese and the residents has been developing silently and escalated on June 1, after Edward Kagoro, the Bunyoro-Kitara diocese land chairperson issued a notice to the residents saying that the land belongs to the church.
Hajj Ayub Nyende, the General Secretary of Jamat Dawatil Salafiya, says they have resolved to engage government despite the fact that some of their leaders are serving jail time because of the lengthy trial of their colleagues.
Speaking during his farewell tour of Madi West Nile Diocese, Arch Bishop Ntagali noted that cases of GBV and Teenage Pregnancies have continued to increase and called on Christians, the Church and political to collectively fight the vice.
What is supposed to be a spiritual journey, has become mixed with practices that, according to traditionalists, are against the genesis of a long history of pilgrimage in the true religion. Traditionally, the journey of pilgrimage is supposed to come with sacrifices like hunger, pain, exhaustion and enduring extreme weather conditions, among others.
Four Kenyans were knocked dead by a hit and run commuter taxi on May 26, 2019 while walking through Waina Village in Mayuge district along the Iganga-Tororo highway on their way to Namugongo. Ten others sustained serious injuries.
The organizing committee Chairperson George Michael Egunyu says that out of the 447 million shillings required for the event, 160 million shillings has so far been realized.
This sort of relationship began as early as 1964 when the African traditional drums from Uganda were admitted for the very first time into the Vatican Church quarters for the canonization of the 45 Uganda Martyrs. Since that time the African drums continue to sound in the confines of the Church vestries as diverse cultural heritage intoxicates the bloodline of religion.
The Rector of Namugongo Catholic Martyrs’ Shrine, Rev. Vincent Lubega says this year’s celebration has been historic, something he had never witnessed since pilgrimage to the Shrine began more than five decades ago.
At Losakush Primary School, the Head teacher, Betty Acan thought government had declared a public holiday for the burial of the late Premier, Apolo Nsimbabi.
Addressing hundreds of Muslim Congregation in Kibuli, Supreme Mufti Sheikh Siliman Kasule Ndirangwa said that there is need for the government to sensitize more Ugandans on the benefits of Islamic Financing.
Albertina Musinga, a Kenyan pilgrim from Machakos Diocese, says that they felt challenged to leave the place cleaner than they found it. Musinga, who is making her fifth pilgrimage adds that cleaning Namugongo is a way of giving back to the lord for the favors and miracles they have received through the intercession of the Uganda martyrs.
