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Catholic bishops call for reconciliation Friday June 04 2021 A procession of clergy arrives for the Martyrs’ Day Mass at the Uganda Martyrs Catholic Shrine Namugongo, Wakiso District, yesterday. For the second year running, the fete was without fanfare as pilgrims stayed away because of restrictions put in place to check Covid-19 spread. PHOTO | DAVID LUBOWA Summary Bishop Ssemogerere urged security agencies to double their efforts in safeguarding the lives of Ugandans and investigating the...

Ms Ruth Nankabirwa, the former government chief whip, said government was shocked by the shooting

Gina Christian By Gina Christian • Posted June 4, 2021 Some 130 years before #MeToo became a global movement to counter sexual assault, a number of Ugandan youth fended off the unwanted advances of their king — emboldened by their faith in Christ, and at the cost of their lives. Between 1885 and 1887, two dozen Ugandan Catholics (along with several Anglicans) were martyred under King (or “Kabaka”) Mwanga II. Most of them had been pages in the court of Mwanga, a practicing pedophile who...

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Daily Monitor Thursday June 03 2021 The late Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga (left), then Anglican Archbishop Stanley Ntagali (2nd left), and South Ankole Diocese Bishop Nathan Ahimbisibwe (2nd right) at the Catholic Martyrs’ Shrine, Namugongo in 2018. Photo | File. Summary The prelate passed away on April 3 after suffering a heart attack and was laid to rest at Rubanga Cathedral in Kampala. Advertisement Christians will celebrate Martyrs Day without the late Kampala Archbishop Cypri...

But Gen Wamala’s assassination attempt is not a new type of occurence in the country. In fact, the incident mirrors several drive-by killings from the past

Covid-19 forced at least 300,000 Ugandans into poverty, according to the Uganda National Household Survey, 2019/20.  The survey, conducted by Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos), indicates that during the 2019/20 financial year income poverty, which also means living below the poverty line, worsened during Covid-19, increasing from 19 per cent to 22 per cent.  Covid-19 was first declared in Uganda in March 2020 and continues to ravage much of the country, causing loss of jobs and incomes.  Th...

For the second year running, the Martyrs Day celebrations are to be held in line with the standard operating procedures put in place to stop the spread of Covid-19

Daily Monitor Tuesday June 01 2021 Advertisement June 3  is marked as a national holiday in Uganda. Of great significance, Christian brethren commemorate the brutal murder of 45 (known) converts under the orders of Kabaka Mwanga II in the period 1885 -1887. We learn from historians that the period of early evangelisation in Uganda by the Christian missionaries, also inferred as the welfare phase of colonialism, brought about some political, social and cultural dynamics within the royal courts ...

Raised by a mother who struggled to put food on the table for the family, Sserwanja found himself stranded after completing his secondary school education