Daily Monitor
Friday May 21 2021
Summary
Security agencies during the campaigns arrested, and still hold, hundreds of Opposition supporters, especially those of National Unity Platform (NUP) led by Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, the runner-up in the January 14 vote.
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President Museveni and his government have been urged to release all political detainees, especially the youths, most of whom were abducted by security operatives and imprisoned before, during and after the 2021 general election.
The appeal was made Friday by Bishop Anthony Zziwa, the chairperson of the Uganda Episcopal Conference during the 26th graduation ceremony of Uganda Martyrs University at Nkozi main campus in Mpigi District.
Fare-thee-well Archbishop Lwanga
Friday April 09 2021
Catholic bishops at the grave during the burial of Archbishop Lwanga at Rubaga Cathedral in Kampala yesterday. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA
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In a condolence message read by Vice President Edward Ssekandi, President Museveni described Archbishop Lwanga as a humble and faithful servant of God whose noble actions and wise counsel facilitated the growth of the Christian faith in Uganda and beyond.
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Rubaga Cathedral yesterday exploded into loud wails and outpouring of emotions as the casket bearing the remains of late Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga was lowered into a crypt inside the Church.
The cathedral pews and the marques on the church grounds teemed with mourners who braved the scorching sun to witness the burial of a man revered as generous and pragmatic shepherd.
Ugandan archbishop found dead in his room on Holy Saturday
Archbishop Lwanga was known as a defender of the rights of the poor and downtrodden
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Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Kampala. (Photo: news.freeads.world)
Catholic bishops in Uganda are mourning Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Kampala, who was found dead in his room April 3.
His death shocked the East African nation, where the archbishop had come to be known as a defender of the rights of the poor and the downtrodden. The cause of death was not released immediately.
The 68-year-old archbishop will be buried April 8 at St. Mary’s and Sacred Heart Cathedral Rubaga in Kampala.
NAIROBI, Kenya Catholic bishops in Uganda are mourning Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Kampala, who was found dead in his room April 3.
His death shocked the East African nation, where the archbishop had come to be known as a defender of the rights of the poor and the downtrodden. The cause of death was not released immediately.
The 68-year-old archbishop will be buried April 8 at St. Mary’s and Sacred Heart Cathedral Rubaga in Kampala.
Bishop Joseph Antony Zziwa, chairman of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, expressed the bishops deep regret at the death of the archbishop.
On April 2, the country had watched the archbishop join other Christian leaders in a Way of the Cross procession in St. Paul s Anglican Cathedral. The activity had been organized by the Uganda Joint Christian Council, an ecumenical grouping of Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox Churches.