{"id":26378,"date":"2022-02-15T16:39:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T16:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=26378"},"modified":"2022-02-15T15:32:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T15:32:53","slug":"museveni-to-grace-janani-luwum-day-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/museveni-to-grace-janani-luwum-day-tomorrow","title":{"rendered":"Museveni to grace Janani Luwum Day tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>President Museveni is set to grace the 7th Janani Luwum Day celebrations slated to take place tomorrow at Kololo Independence Grounds, government has announced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis Excellency the President, will be the chief guest in this year\u2019s celebrations to mark St Luwum Day [together with] other senior government officials,\u201d Ms Rose Lilly Akello, the State Minister for Ethics and Integrity, said yesterday while addressing a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cConsider this day to take a moment and reflect on the seeds of good value that St Janani Luwum sowed, water them to grow for a greater peaceful and prosperous Uganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Akello said Luwum was known for speaking the truth at all times irrespective of the repercussions.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the Archbishop\u2019s ability to speak against the brutality of the State towards Ugandans during Idi Amin\u2019s regime was a sign of unwavering courage.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said Luwum strived to see the public involved in gainful employment thus promote hard work for self-reliance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was passionate about development in all areas where he served with emphasis on poverty reduction and rural development,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Akello noted that because of his love for the country and work of God, Luwum willingly took on responsibilities given not only for his personal well-being but also for the community he served.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of his brave character and dedication to the Church, Archbishop Luwum has been referred to as \u201cBlessed Janani\u201d in the special prayers (collect) of the Church of England,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for this year\u2019s celebrations is Hope Beyond Affliction from the book of Lamentation 3:21-26\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The main commemoration service will be led by Church of Uganda Archbishop Stephen Kazimba Mugalu.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow will mark 45 years since Luwum\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>A service will also be held at Wii Gweng Mucwini, Kitgum District where Luwum was buried tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><b>Background<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Janani Luwum was killed on February 16, 1977.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, President Museveni declared February 16, a public holiday to remember the fallen Archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-Zaire, who was killed by then President Idi Amin for standing up against inhumane treatment of Ugandans by State agents.<\/p>\n<p><b>[email protected]<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. President Museveni is set to grace the 7th Janani Luwum Day celebrations slated to take place tomorrow at Kololo Independence Grounds, government has announced. \u201cHis Excellency the President, will be the chief guest in this year\u2019s celebrations to mark St Luwum Day [together with] other senior government officials,\u201d Ms Rose Lilly Akello, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":26377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-26378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","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>Museveni to grace Janani Luwum Day tomorrow - 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