President Yoweri Museveni took off time today\nfrom his busy schedule of wealth and job creation sensitization tour of the\nRwenzori Sub-Region in Western Uganda, to pray with the Christians of St.\nCharles Lwanga Catholic Parish, Maddu, Gomba District in the Central Region of\nUganda. The Bishop of Kiyinda Mityana, Rt. Rev. Anthony Zzziwa, hosted the\nPresident and his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President told Christians who turned up for\nMass that the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has historical attachment to\nsome churches in the country adding that he will always keep in touch with\nthem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are churches and mosques that have\nhistorical attachment with the NRM Government and so checking on them once in a\nwhile is in order,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the Mass that was also attended by Church\nof Uganda Diocesan Bishop of Central Buganda, Rt. Rev. Michael Lubowa, among\nothers, President Museveni expressed happiness to be with the people of Maddu saying\nthat he will also visit other religious institutions attached to the NRM government\nsuch as Bukalammuli in Mityana, Kyakwanzi, Kasana-Luwero, Kilema Church of\nUganda in Luwero and some mosques among other religious institutions that have strong\nhistorical roots with the National Resistance Movement Government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He commended Christians of St. Charles Lwanga Parish\nfor utilizing properly the contributions to the Parish Church to the appreciable\nlevel that it is now on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIam happy that the work we started here is\nprogressing on well,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He emphasized the need for people to engage in\ncommercial agriculture to create wealth adding that the only way to address their\nchallenges is to abandon the traditional way of doing things and embrace the\nmodern commercial farming mode in order to get income for their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Museveni contributed Shs.50 million in\ncash towards the construction of St. Charles Lwanga Parish Hall and pledged\nmore support to the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bishop Joseph Anthony Zziwa of Kiyinda-Mityana Diocese asked Christians to work hard to fight poverty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He saluted the efforts of the President with regard to wealth creation campaign wealth creation saying that Kiyinda-Mityana\u00a0 Diocese is engaged in a number of development activities whose aim is to uplift the standard of living of the people in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
St. Charles Lwanga Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Elinewo Lukwago thanked President Museveni for the support towards the construction of the church to the level it is now on. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Yoweri Museveni took off time today from his busy schedule of wealth and job creation sensitization tour of the Rwenzori Sub-Region in Western Uganda, to pray with the Christians of St. Charles Lwanga Catholic Parish, Maddu, Gomba District in the Central Region of Uganda. The Bishop of Kiyinda Mityana, Rt. Rev. Anthony Zzziwa, hosted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":10539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n