2021 Uganda Martyrs Day celebrated virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic
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At the neighboring Anglican Shrine, under the stewardship of Retired Arch Bishop Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo (RIP) is a dedicated a Martyrs Museum at the spot of their execution in 1886 with impressive live size sculptures depicting the martyrdom of the 23 Anglican martyrs who were bound and set on a pyre of fire by the kabakas chief executioner, Mukajanga and his men.
Ironically the martyrdom sowed the seeds of Christianity in Uganda as both Kabaka Mwanga, whose father Musesa I had invited missionaries back in 1875, and his chief executioner converted to Christianity before their deaths.