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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Religious leaders in Acholi have petitioned the speaker of Gulu district council protesting the establishment of Gulu district headquarters in Cwero sub county. Led by their chairperson, Retired Bishop Nelson Onono Onweng, the clergies under their umbrella the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative-ARLPI say …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Religious leaders in Kasese district are rallying advantaged Ugandans in the region to contribute relief towards persons affected by the ongoing lockdown and floods. Residents from various places have increasingly been storming the RDC’s compound demanding for relief since the extension of the lockdown …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With just five days to the end of the 21 day lockdown and government still struggling to distribute food to vulnerable groups in Kampala and Wakiso districts, President Yoweri Museveni has allowed religious leaders to join the effort. Museveni met the religious leaders at …

Kabarole, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Bishop of Ruwenzori Diocese, Reuben Kisembo, has asked the government to buy airtime and space in the different media houses across the country to enable religious leaders to share spiritual messages. In his statement about the outbreak dated March 20th, Bishop Kisembo notes that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Religious leaders under their organization, the Inter religious Council of Uganda-IRCU have expressed concern over the decision by Electoral Commission to stop registering new voters, a full one year before the 2021 general elections. Speaking at their offices in Mengo along Ssentema road on Monday, IRCU …

Jinja, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje has expressed concern over individual led religious discrimination in the country.  Speaking to journalists after inspecting different Muslim led projects in Jinja district on Friday, Mubaje, says it is unfair for people created by the same God …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has said that religious leaders are to blame for the delayed enactment of the Marriage law. The law which covered a wide range of marriage, divorce and gender issues, including bride-wealth, marital rights, dissolution of marriage, and the rights …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Acholi religious leaders have mourned Bishop Emeritus of Kitgum Diocese, Benjamin Ojwang, who died on Monday. Bishop Emeritus Ojwang, 67, succumbed to high blood pressure and diabetes. In September, he suffered a stroke. The Bishop of Kitgum Diocese, Rev. Wilson Kitara, who served under Ojwang’s …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has asked religious leaders to speak out against human rights abuses in Uganda.   He argued that more and more Ugandans are facing injustices without an opportunity to receive a fair hearing in the judicial system, and can …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Priests and other religious leaders have been cautioned against living a life of pomp and exaggerated self-importance as they execute their duties. The call was made by Rt Rev Francis Aquirinus Kibira, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kasese during the profession of nuns …