The commemoration of St. Janani Luwum Day will be conducted both scientifically and physically, the local and national organizing committees of the event have decided.
The day commemorated every year on February 16th, is dedicated to the life and service of Janani Luwum, the former archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-Zaire, one of the most influential leaders of the modern church in Africa and a leading voice in criticizing the excesses of Idi Amin’s regime
He was killed on February 16, 1977, shortly after delivering a note of protest to Amin against arbitrary killings and unexplained disappearances of civilians and soldiers.
The next day, Radio Uganda announced that Luwum and three others, among them two government ministers; Charles Oboth Ofumbi and Lt. Col. Erinayo Oryema, had died in an accident in Kampala.
In his memory, thousands of pilgrims from across the country trek to Wii Gweng in the Mucwini sub-county, in the Kitgum district, where St. Janani Loum was buried.
But because of the restrictions that came with the spread of COVID-19, authorities have taken a decision to split the event, to avoid having people crowded in one place.
Jackson Omona, the chairperson of the joint organizing committee, says that the decision was made during a meeting between the local and national organizing committee of the celebration on Tuesday this week.
Besides the two major events, each of the 37 dioceses of the Church of Uganda will be expected to celebrate the event from their own diocese.
