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At least 55 pilgrims narrowly escaped death on Tuesday, June 4, after the bus they were travelling in overturned at Opedede ...
Before the start of Mass at the Uganda Martyrs Shrine in Namugongo on Tuesday, a number of pilgrims claimed to have witnessed ...
The Catholic shrine and Anglican martyrs site attract thousands of pilgrims and tourists every June, putting security and ...
The Namugongo shrine is where St. Charles Lwanga, a Ugandan convert to the Catholic Church, and his companions were burned to ...
A bus carrying 30 Kenyan pilgrims to Uganda’s Martyrs Day celebrations crashed on June 14, injuring passengers. The driver ...
Traders usually anticipate a business boom at the end of the celebrations, but some instead counted losses as they struggled ...
Historical records from various sources indicate that the first official pilgrimage to Namugongo was made by the Mill Hill ...
Over 30 Kenyans are currently hospitalised in neighbouring Uganda following a road accident involving the bus they were ...
By 11 a.m. this morning, the security team at the Namugongo Catholic Martyrs’ Shrines had recovered 11 mobile phones ...
President Museveni has instructed that Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations be formally included in the government's annual budget, ensuring consistent financial backing for one of the country's most ...
State Minister for Tourism, Martin Mugarra, said authorities aimed to keep actual attendance records this year, but estimates suggest that 2.5 to 3 million people took part in Martyrs' Day activities, ...