Ua hoʻopau ka hale pule Katolika i ka hoʻolauleʻa lā Lākana i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma Namugongo i Uganda i hāʻule i ka lā 3 o Iune COVID-19 coronavirus pilikia kūpilikiʻi.
Wahi a kahi leka i kākau ʻia ma ka lā 29 ʻApelila 2020, i pūlima ʻia e Rt. ʻO Rev. Joseph Antony Zziwa, ka luna o ka Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC), he kino umbrella o nā Pihopa āpau ma Uganda, ʻo ka Masio Diocese i manaʻo ʻia e alakaʻi i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻaʻole ia i kahi kūlana e hoʻonohonoho i ka 2020 Namugongo Martyrs Day Celebrations. ma muli o nā kapu i kau ʻia e ke aupuni e hoʻopau i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi.
"ʻO ka Bihopa o Masaka Diocese, Rt. Ua haʻi ʻē ʻo Rev. Serverus Jjumba, i ka ʻaha kūkā kamaʻāina ʻo Uganda Episcopal, ʻaʻole hiki i kāna diocese ke hoʻonohonoho i ka hoʻolauleʻa lā no ka Namugongo Martyrs 2020, "wahi a Bishop Zziwa o Kiyinda Mityana.
ka ʻO Martyrs Uganda ua pepehi ʻia ma ke kauoha a Mwanga II, ke kabaka (ke aliʻi) o Buganda no ka hana ʻana i ko lākou manaʻoʻiʻo ma Iune 3, 1886. He hui lākou o 23 Anglican a me 22 Katolika i hoʻohuli ʻia i Kristiano ma ke aupuni mōʻaukala o Buganda, i kēia manawa he ʻāpana o Ukanada. Ua hala nā make i kahi manawa i kahi hakakā haipule 3-way no ka mana politika i ka hale aliʻi ʻo Buganda. Ua kū ʻē nō ka hanana i ke kāʻei kua o ka "Scramble for Africa" - ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana, ka hana ʻana, ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana, ka noho aupuni ʻana, a me ka hoʻohui ʻāina o nā ʻāina ʻApelika e nā mana o ʻEulopa.
Ua lilo ka wahi o kēia mau hoʻopaʻi i mākēneki e hoʻomanaʻo ai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i kēlā me kēia Iune 3 e hana ana i ka huakaʻi mai kahi mamao loa a hiki i Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, a me ka Lepupalika Kemokalaka o Kongo (DRC), a ʻo kekahi poʻe hoʻi e huakaʻi nui ana mai Nigeria ma. ʻApelika Komohana, ʻEulopa, USA, a me Kanada. Ma kahi o 3 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i komo i kēia huakaʻi i ka 2019.
Ua kipa ʻo Pope Francis iā Uganda mai Nowemapa 27-29, 2015. ʻO ke kolu kēia o ko ka Pope hele ʻana mai ko Pope Paul VI kipa ʻana i ka makahiki 1969 a me ko Pope John Paul kipa ʻana i ka makahiki 1993.
