Ua iho nā kaukani Pilgrims i ka Namugongo Martyrs Shrine i ka lā 3 Iune ma hope o ka hoʻomaha ʻana o ʻelua makahiki ma hope o ka maʻi maʻi covid 19 i ka wā i hoʻolaha ai ke aupuni i kahi paʻa ʻelua makahiki e pale i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka maʻi ma Malaki o 2020.
ʻO nā hana hoʻomana āpau e pili ana i nā lawelawe hale pule, nā hale pule a me nā ʻano hoʻomana ʻē aʻe i ka lehulehu ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma kahi ʻano hana ʻole.
I ka makahiki 2021, ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻia nā hoʻolauleʻa kokoke me 200 wale nō ka poʻe pilgrims i ʻae ʻia e hele i nā hoʻolauleʻa ma 23-acre shrines. https://eturbonews.com/2021-uganda-martyrs-day-celebrated-virtually-due-to-covid-19-pandemic/.
Ua hoʻolalelale ʻo Fort Portal diocese i ka liturgy Katolika ʻoiai ma ka kahua Anglican ma Namugongo, alakaʻi ʻo Bishop Stephen Kazimba ma luna o 20 mau pīhopa a me nā mea hanohano i ka pule.
ʻO ka Pelekikena o Uganda ʻo Yoweri Museveni i pani ʻia e kona Hope Peresidena, ʻo ka mea hanohano ʻo Jessica Alupo ma ka Anglican Shrine, a ʻo ka Rt hanohano Kuhina Robinah Nabbanja ma nā hale pule Katolika Roma. Ua noi aku ka Pelekikena i nā Ugandans e kākoʻo i ka hoʻopono a ola i nā loina o kā lākou mau hoʻomana.
” Ua kūʻē kēia poʻe ʻōpio a me kekahi poʻe ʻelemakule Uganda i ka naʻaupō a me ka palaho o Kabaka Mwanga, ka mea e hakakā nei i nā manaʻo hou e pili ana i ke Akua. Ke ʻoki ʻia nā poʻo, ʻaʻole e ulu hou”.
Ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia "Makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi aku i nā Balamazi (Pilgrims) a pau i hele i kahi lōʻihi a pōkole no #MartyrsDay2022. Makemake au e hoʻokipa i ka poʻe malihini i Uganda, i waena o nā malihini, i hele mai e hauʻoli i nā pōmaikaʻi o kēia lā me mākou. Makemake wau iā ʻoe i kahi noho poina ʻole ma Uganda".
Nui nā Pilgrims mai nā wahi a puni o ʻApelika i ka weliweli iā Namuongo. Ua hopu ʻo Monica Kampamba mai Zambia i nā pūnaewele ma ke alahele a ua hoʻopuka koke ʻo ia i kahi puke ma ka Uganda Martyrs e hoʻonaʻauao i kona mau hoa Zambia. Ke hahai nei ka poʻe Tanzania i ka lā e hāʻule ai ma hope o ka lā Julius Nyerere ʻO Tanzania ke alakaʻi kūʻokoʻa mua ma Iune 2.nd ka mea e hele ana i ke ala hemolele.
I nā pule e hiki ai i ka hoʻolauleʻa makahiki, ua hele kekahi mau Pilgrims i ke ala ma hope o ka hele ʻana ma luna o 300 km me Bernaldo Tibyangye he haneli mau makahiki. ʻO kekahi Jackeline Alinaitwe, 49, ʻaʻole ia i laki i kona hāʻule ʻana a make i ka hōʻea ʻana i Namlguonlgo e kuhikuhi ana i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka manaʻoʻiʻo i nā martyr o kēia mau lā i nā wāwae o nā poʻe hoʻohuli Karistiano 45 i hoʻopaʻi ʻia i ka make ma waena o 1885 a me 1887 ma ke kauoha a ka mōʻī e noho aliʻi ana o ke aupuni ʻo Buganda no ka hōʻole ʻana e hōʻole i ko lākou manaʻoʻiʻo ma ka makemake i ka hoʻomana Karistiano.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ua iho nā kaukani Pilgrims i ka Namugongo Martyrs Shrine i ka lā 3 Iune ma hope o ka hoʻomaha ʻana o ʻelua makahiki ma hope o ka maʻi maʻi covid 19 i ka wā i hoʻolaha ai ke aupuni i kahi paʻa ʻelua makahiki e pale i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka maʻi ma Malaki o 2020.
- One Jackeline Alinaitwe, 49, was not so lucky as she collapsed and died on arrival at Namlguonlgo underlining the test of faith in modern-day martyrs in the footsteps of the 45 Christian converts who were sentenced to death between 1885 and 1887 .
- The President implored Ugandans to uphold justice and live by the principles of their religions He condemned all forms of injustices in reference to the killing of the Uganda Martyrs by Kabaka .
