The Bishop of Rwanda-Burundi, Innocentios Byakatonda enthroned Bishop Nektarios Kabuye on Saturday in the Arch Diocese of the Orthodox in Gulu City in Koro Rom Cell in the Eastern Division of Laroo-Pece.
Bishop Kaziimba, who has been at the helm of Mityana Diocese for the last 11-years says that both the laity and clergy have focused more on personal battles, creating cliques within the Church, and fighting each other than spreading the Gospel. He says that in the end, several activities in the Diocese have been affected.
It is alleged that the suspects organized a political rally at Bunyiiro primary school in Nakalama Sub County in Iganga district on Sunday night leading to their arrest. Shortly after his arrest on Sunday night, Lugwire posted message on a WhatSapp group claiming that he had been roughed up by gunmen in a saloon car
Charles Serwanja, the IRCU Health Program Manager, says it is the mandate of religious leaders to use their platforms to sensitize their communities on the HIV/AIDs epidemic.
Ntagali said the Church was bidding farewell to a man who served the Lord very well. He said the late Bishop Bamwoze was present in the House of Bishops in 1977 when the former Archbishop Janan Luwum was whisked away and killed during the reign of President Idi Amin Dad
According to the Bishop of the diocese, Reuben Kisembo, this was the time when Christians in East Africa and Ruwenzori inclusive started to openly accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.
Several military and police trucks laden with heavily armed soldiers and police personally deployed strategically around the church premises located in the trading center of Ntinda.
