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 ...

At least 70 suspects are in police custody on theft charges for allegedly stealing from pilgrims who have thronged Namugongo, Wakiso District for the Uganda Martyrs’ Day commemoration. Two of the ...

What you need to know: A raging Ebola outbreak is affecting northeastern DRC, with an estimated 135 deaths and several patients hospitalised Close to 500 foot pilgrims from Kenya trekking to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni said the decision follows consultations with key stakeholders in the east African ...

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 ...