The funds in question were received under Uganda Multisectoral Food Security and Nutrition Project, a World Bank funded initiative aimed at linking agriculture, nutrition, health and education through school-based demonstration gardens and nutrition education.
The day is commemorated every year in honor of the martyrdom of 45 young men who converted to Christianity between 1885 and 1887 to the annoyance of then King of Buganda, Mwanga II. The young converts were burnt to death after they refused to denounce Christianity.
