President Museveni has urged to support the Bishops from Rwenzori Dioceses to ensure that the Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations slated for 3rd June 2024 are a success.
The president made these remarks yesterday when he met and had a discussion with the Bishops who paid him a visit at the State House Entebbe.
During the meeting that was led by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Reuben Kisembo told President Museveni about their progress ahead of the Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations on 3rd June 2024.
Bishop Kisembo from the greater Rwenzori sub-region thanked the government of Uganda for its support and partnership with the Church of Uganda.
The president urged the religious leaders to mobilize believers to embrace wealth creation programs to fight poverty.
The president also added that there are some set backs that maintain some sections of the population in the country to stop poverty and also urged the Bishops to resolve the issue.
“Part of the problem that you must work on is that of subsistence farming and land fragmentation based on inheritance. This is very dangerous. The land is disabled because of bad human settlement. Then three, lack of proper enterprise selection. In Kasese for example coffee and apples could do very well because of the favourable terrain and climate,” he noted.
The Rwenzori cluster will this year host Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations at the Anglican Martyrs Shrine in Namugongo under the theme: “United for Sustainable Services and Growth”.
