THE UGANDA CHRISTIAN MARTYRS - NUMUGONGO SHRINE

CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGE AT THE NAMUGONGO MATYR'S SHRINE, (1/2 DAY)

After breakfast i.e 9am, from your hotel, you will be picked up and taken to Namugongo matyr's shrine. You will be conducted around the place, one for the Protestants & the other for the Catholics. Each denomination maintains a church there and a service may be conducted while there, or after the service you will be taken around and given the background of the place and its historical and religious importance to the country. You will then be brought back to your hotel.

Background:

In Uganda, 3rd June of every year is martyrs' day which is celebrated in remembrance of 25 young boys both Anglican and Catholic who were killed and barbecued for rejecting to renounce their faith in Jesus Christ or Christianity. The execution took place at Namugongo on 3rd June 1886 orders of King Mwanga. The Kabaka (king) thought the Whites were poisoning his subjects with Christianity to cause rebellion against him. As a result he killed most of his savants at Namugongo. Pilgrims come from all over the world to hour these Martyr's. It is a public holiday dedicated for the commemoration of the Christian martyrs and its historical and religious importance to the country.