Museveni made the promise while commissioning the refurbished Uganda Martyrs Cathedral of Lira Diocese.
President Yoweri Museveni Wednesday donated up to 300 million to support in the renovation of the Uganda Martyrs Cathedral of Lira Diocese.
‘’I will also contribute Shs300 million towards the construction of the bishop’s house. To the priests, I will donate 5,600 iron sheets while the women’s guild will get a vehicle,’’ the President made a promise before adding that he will also give the church six tractors.
‘’To support these efforts, I will give the church here six tractors. The diocese can rent them out, plus other farming machinery, at an affordable cost to farmers. ‘’
Museveni made the promise while commissioning the refurbished Uganda Martyrs Cathedral of Lira Diocese. He congratulated the Christians of the diocese on this milestone, achieved as they mark their Golden Jubilee.
The President also applauded the role played by the area Archbishop, John Baptist Odama in leading a critical push among the people to create wealth through commercial cassava farming.
‘’We must thank God that 50 years later, Uganda is now peaceful with freedom of worship as one of the liberties enjoyed minus restriction. I also applaud the Christians for leading the push to renovate the church, with us, the outsiders, only lending a hand,’’ Museveni said.
‘’Archbishop John Baptist Odama is leading a critical push among the people to create wealth through cassava growing for commercial purposes. I thank him and all the other clergy involved in these wealth creation drives. This is a true reflection of walking in Jesus footsteps.’’
Speaking about the bus he had promised to the diocese, Museveni said that he will engage the Attorney General and also follow up with his office on the question of compensation for the Barlonyo victims.
Meanwhile, the Golden Jubilee was held scientifically as a response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The President thanked the organizers of the function for observing the necessary Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus.
‘’Finally, I thank the organizers of this function for observing SOPs and ensuring social distancing. We must continue with this discipline if we are to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic. I thank you,’’ Museveni added urging that Ugandan can only defeat the virus in case everyone gets involved.
This comes at a time when the coronavirus cases continue to surge in the country. The Ministry of Health on Thursday announced 108 new cases from COVID-19 tests done on 21st October 2020 pushing the total number of cases to 11,041.
As of today, a total of 7,210 individuals have since been discharged in Uganda from various referral hospitals countrywide after they recovered from the virus while 98 have so far succumbed to it.
