On Saturday 3rd December 2022, over 250 delegates of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council- UMSC General Assembly convened at the Council's headquarters at Gaddafi Mosque, Old Kampala. Here they voted for two major officers, the National Chairman and the Deputy National Chairman.
Hundreds of Christians welcomed Mugalu at Bumadu archdeaconry, the proposed seat of Ruwenzori West diocese. Christians in the area are demanding an independent diocese.
Since the martyrs’ day anniversary takes almost two weeks as pilgrims trickle in from all walks of life, business people also throng the area with all sorts of business.
Fireworks were displayed at midnight to usher in Martyrs Day, which is celebrated on June 3rd annually to commemorate the 45 boys and men who were killed on the orders of Kabaka Mwanga between 1885 and 1886.
On Saturday, Rt. Rev. Robert Muhiirwa, the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal, flagged off the pilgrims from Uganda Martyrs Minor Basilica in Munyonyo. The Minister for Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities Tom Butime was among the pilgrims.
According to the building plan, the church intends to set up a 10,000 seater infrastructure. They will later construct extension terraces going up to the existing museum structure to provide enough space for pilgrims who flock to the place.
The walk, which brought together Anglicans, Catholics and Orthodox Christians, commemorates Christ's passion and its connection with the sufferings of injustice experienced in the world today.
In the evening, the Archbishop led the Mass of the Lord's Supper also known as A Service of Worship for Maundy Thursday. This is the Mass that inaugurates the Easter Triduum and commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples.
The Vice President, Jessica Alupo, Ministers from Teso, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC and Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party presidents were some of the dignitaries who graced the occasion.
He was enthroned at a function presided over by His Eminence, Metropolitan, Jeronymos Muzeeyi, the archbishop of the Orthodox Church in Uganda on Sunday 27th, February 2022.
Several Archbishops, Bishops, priests, nuns, special guests, and hundreds of Christians witnessed his installation this morning in the fully packed Lubaga Cathedral. Ssemogerere crossed from Kasana-Luwero Diocese to Kampala Archdiocese today morning before he was installed.
The District Covid-19 Taskforce headed by the Resident District Commissioner Suzan Akany Tuesday directed the suspension of prayers at the martyr’s shrine to curb the spread of Covid-19.
