Security agencies have beefed up security on roads leading to Namugongo and the surrounding suburbs ahead of today’s Uganda Martyrs’ Day celebrations. Criminals used to target pilgrims in the ...

Every June 3, Namugongo becomes a focal point of national and international attention as pilgrims converge to celebrate Uganda Martyrs Day. These pilgrims, many of whom trek several days from ...

Topista Kibatenga 63, Lusiya Tumusiime 56 and Jane Tigiita 53, have been braving the long journey and trekking to Namugongo for the last six years. They are among the first group of people that ...

Security has been heightened at the Catholic shrine and Anglican site ahead of the Martyrs Day celebrations held every June 3. The celebrations attract thousands of pilgrims.

Many of the pilgrims to Namugongo walk to the place, sometimes from as far as the ends of Uganda like Kabale, West Nile, Karamoja and even outside Uganda like Kenya. They can walk up to 400km for ...

A FEW years ago, those who resided in the affluent neighbourhoods of Kampala city such as Kololo, Muyenga, Nakasero and Bugolobi, would mention the areas with a lot of pride.

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 ...

Opinion - The road to Namugongo branches from the Jinja-Kampala Highway at Kireka, a ten-minute drive from the centre of Kampala City. For a trading centre about 30 kilometres outside Kampala, the ...

Christians from around the world, mainly East Africa, have flocked to the central Ugandan town of Namugongo to observe Martyrs’ Day, the largest religious event in the region. Tens of thousands ...