Uganda Catholic Church front 3 female martyrs for canonization.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe 1226 EAT on Saturday 4th June 2022. The story of the Uganda martyrs is more or less about men. The church has already canonized 22 young Catholic converts who were martyred in Namugongo and other places between 1885 and 1887. The Catholic church had 22 martyrs, the Anglican church 23…

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Stampede at Namugongo as pilgrims scramble for ‘holy’water.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 12:00 EAT on Saturday 4th June 2022. There was a stampede at the Uganda Martyrs Catholic shrine in Namugongo during the Martyr’s day celebrations on Friday afternoon as thousands of pilgrims fought to have at least a drop of water from the famous Martyrs’ lake. All hell broke loose…

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Tayebwa Outlines Parliament’s Commitment On Protection Of Family Institution

Published at 1825 EAT on 3rd June 2022. Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has reiterated Parliament’s stand on the protection of marriage in line with the religious and traditional foundations of Uganda. Speaking during Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations service at the Anglican shrine, Nakiyanja-Namugongo in Wakiso District, Tayebwa said the 11th Parliament like the previous ones…

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Russia’s Missing Defense Minister Resurfaces.

Updated at 2255 EAT on 02nd June 2022. For 12 days , Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu appeared to vanish from public life. His troops were fighting and dying in Ukraine, but Shoigu, a senior aide and friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s, was nowhere to be seen. Some suggested, without evidence, that he had…

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Crowds cheer queen at historic celebrations

Thursday, June 02, 2022 at 1834 EAT By Kafeero Twaha Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (R) stands with Britain’s Prince Charles, Prince of Wales to watch a special flypast from Buckingham Palace balcony following the Queen’s Birthday Parade, the Trooping the Colour, as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee celebrations, in London What you need…

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Chief Justice Dollo closes Supreme court building over ‘flooding’.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1003 EAT on Thursday 2nd June 2022. Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has ordered the immediate closure of the Supreme court building in Kololo until further notice. In a memo dated May 31, 2022, Dollo says that following the fire that gutted part of his chambers earlier in April, there have been water…

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Army denies killing 400 in Karamoja killing aerial bombardment.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0949 EAT on Thursday 2nd June 2022. The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has denied media reports accusing the army of killing over 400 people in Moroto district during aerial bombings.  Early last week, local media quoted Emmanuel Chero, chairperson of Karamoja Youth Agenda Vision 2040 alleging that UPDF…

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