What you need to know:The cancelled martyrs celebrations are not just a disappointment, they are the latest shock in a cascade of economic blows. Residents are asking two questions: how do I recover ...

What you need to know: This comes after President Museveni directed that this year’s national event be postponed as a precautionary public health measure. ​​​​​​​ The Uganda Martyrs’ Catholic Shrine i ...

Pilgrims draw water from the man-made lake at Namugongo yesterday. They believe it to be holy. PHOTO BY ISAAC KASAMANI One of the attractions at Namugongo Martyrs Shrine is a manmade lake surrounding ...

Around this time every year, different groups of pilgrims set out on a journey to Namugongo in Wakiso district to celebrate the Uganda Martyrs Day. While many travel from all corners of Uganda, others ...

Thousands of Christians today walk to Namugongo on pilgrimage. File photo. In an effort to curb the Christian influence and try to regain the traditional and customary authority over his subjects, ...

WAKISO - Charles Ssekate, a boda boda rider at Kyaliwajala said, “Though the security measures have been extremely tight, it was necessary to secure the many people who have turned up to celebrate the ...

For weeks, Christian Congolese pilgrims had been walking. From the crowded trading centres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, from villages shadowed by militia violence and chronic displacement, ...

Thousands of Pilgrims descended at the Namugongo Martyrs Shrine on 3rd June after a two-year hiatus following the covid 19 pandemic when the government announced a two-year lock down to stem the ...

Catholic sisters are among the crowd gathering at the Uganda Martyrs Shrine of Namugongo in Kampala, Uganda's capital, to honor the 22 Catholic and 23 Anglican martyrs killed between 1885 and 1887.

Kampala — Today, Christians mark 119 years of 45 Uganda Martyrs, some of whom were killed at Namugongo. Kabaka Mwanga ordered their execution. Stephen Ssenkaaba delves into the mystery of Namugongo's ...