But during today s 32nd Heroes Day Anniversary ceremony at Kololo Independence Grounds held under the theme, “Remembering those great men and women who put the nation first in pursuing freedom for our motherland Uganda, Museveni admitted that mistakes were indeed made by the same security forces that he previously praised.
The president said that one of the things that pushed them into the liberation struggle in 1980 was to stop extra judicial killings and killing people outside the law. Museveni acknowledged that security forces might have overreacted to some situations in the lead up to the general elections, something he attributed to poor leadership like lack of proper briefing of soldiers by their superiors.
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.
Speaker Among’s rise and depth of her power
June 2, 2021 Deputy speaker Anita Among
Anita Among’s election on May 24 as deputy speaker of parliament, completed her five-year-long meteoric ascension to the apex of the elite legislative branch of government.
She garnered an overwhelming 415 votes to ultimately claim the crown and consign her opposition contenders; Mawokota South MP Yusuf Nsibambi (FDC) (35 votes) and Kampala Central MP Muhammad Nsereko (Independent) (24 votes) to oblivion.
The Bukedea woman MP has used individual political brilliance and unquestioning loyalty to the powers-that-be to scale the heights of politics. In terms of influence, access to resources and to the highest office in the land, Among continues to overshadow many lawmakers and ministers.