{"id":119999,"date":"2026-02-17T08:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/imam-kasozi-urges-uganda-to-confront-historical-injustices"},"modified":"2026-02-17T08:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:37:30","slug":"imam-kasozi-urges-uganda-to-confront-historical-injustices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/imam-kasozi-urges-uganda-to-confront-historical-injustices","title":{"rendered":"Imam Kasozi Urges Uganda to Confront Historical Injustices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong> <\/span><b>Academic and political analyst Idd Kasozi has described the annual commemoration of Archbishop Janani Luwum as both sensitive and emotional, arguing that public reactions to the slain church leader\u2019s legacy are shaped largely by personal experience and political perspective.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Monday morning on NBS Television\u2019s Morning Breeze programme, Kasozi said the long-running debate over whether Luwum\u2019s memorial should be viewed as a celebration or a solemn reflection remains unresolved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt depends where you are standing. This matter is both sensitive and emotional,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Luwum was killed in 1977 during the regime of Idi Amin, in circumstances that remain historically contested.<\/p>\n<p>While he is widely regarded as a martyr who stood against state brutality, Kasozi said differing accounts and political interpretations continue to shape public opinion about his death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you read different writers, you find different stories,\u201d he said, pointing to conflicting narratives surrounding the archbishop\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n<p>Kasozi stressed that, regardless of interpretation, Luwum\u2019s death was unjustifiable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a human being. The way his life was taken brutally is not acceptable. Nobody should justify it, nobody should wish it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, he argued that Uganda\u2019s history contains many other painful episodes that have not received similar national recognition, creating what he described as contradictions in public memory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are families who lost loved ones in similar circumstances who may ask why this one is commemorated and theirs is not,\u201d he said, referring to past politically charged killings and unresolved deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Kasozi also questioned whether it is contradictory for a government accused of human rights violations to champion Luwum\u2019s commemoration as a public holiday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same government that declared the day a public holiday has, for years, neglected the memorial site,\u201d he said. \u201cIs it a contradiction? Somehow it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He urged Ugandans to move beyond political symbolism and instead treat the commemoration as a collective commitment to preventing future violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us look at it from a human perspective,\u201d he said. \u201cAll of us should stand up and say never again in our history should we see people killed in unstable political transitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He warned that ongoing incidents of violence and unresolved grievances suggest the country has yet to fully learn from its past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are seeing it,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are families still crying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luwum died on February 16, 1977, after being arrested and later killed on the orders of President Amin. The third Archbishop of the Church of Uganda had spoken out against human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings.<\/p>\n<p>Although authorities initially claimed he died in a car crash, it later emerged that he had been shot.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda commemorates him every February 16, with 2026 marking the 49th anniversary of his death.<\/p>\n<p>He is honoured globally as a Christian martyr, with a statue at Westminster Abbey. National prayers, pilgrimages to Mucwini, and community events continue to mark his legacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Uganda<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Academic and political analyst Idd Kasozi has described the annual commemoration of Archbishop Janani Luwum as both sensitive and emotional, arguing that public reactions to the slain church leader\u2019s legacy are shaped largely by personal experience and political perspective. Speaking on Monday morning on NBS Television\u2019s Morning Breeze programme, Kasozi said the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":119998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-119999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Imam Kasozi Urges Uganda to Confront Historical Injustices - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Uganda. 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