St. Mary's Kitende buys 50 rosaries

By Juliet Lukwago

St. Mary’s Kitende Secondary School on Entebbe road has joined other companies to contribute towards the renovation of the martyrs shrines at Namugongo and Munyonyo.

The school director, Lawrence Mulindwa, on behalf of the school management, handed over sh5m to Vision Group CEO Robert Kabushenga at the school campus at A’Level premises on Tuesday.

Mulindwa said: “let me take this chance to thank Vision Group and Archbishop of Kampala Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga for the work they are doing to see that the renovation of the martyrs’ shrines is done.”

“Thank you for bringing the rosaries which are going to be our souvenir as we remember the visit of Pope Francis in Uganda. This is a good idea to all of us Ugandans, most especially us since our school patron is the Virgin Mary,” he added.

He said this is the beginning and he promised to continue buying more rosaries before the Pope’s visit next week. He said he got a chance to see Pope John Paul II in 1993.

Mulindwa said he had bought the rosaries as part of fundraising towards the reconstruction of the martyrs’ shrines. He said he was not only buying them to contribute towards the noble cause, but that they will recite them because they know what Mother Mary does for them as a school and they treasure her.

“I call upon other Ugandans to help as Vision Group did,” Mulindwa said.

Kabushenga thanked St. Mary’s Kitende for the contribution and said starting next week, Vision Group TV stations will be airing different programmes of the Pope. He also called upon other schools, organisations and companies to emulate St. Mary’s Kitende and other companies which have already bought the rosaries as contribution to the noble cause.

“We have only one week, I call upon Ugandans to come and buy the rosaries, so that we renovate the last part of the martyrs’ shrines before our visitor comes,” Kabushenga said

UPDF joins work at Namugongo

By Nicholas Oneal and Chris Kiwawulo

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has joined Roko Construction Company at Namugongo to ensure that the construction of the new grounds at the shrines is completed on time.

Roko was supposed to hand over its works by November 21 this week, but the heavy and daily rains have slowed down progress.

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Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Engineering Brigade helping out in the construction works at the Namugongo shrines. Photo by Nicholas Oneal

To help expedite the process, 140 men from the UPDF engineering brigade have been deployed to help in the construction so that they beat the deadline. The deputy army spokesperson, Maj. Henry Obbo, confirmed the deployment.

“We have deployed a total of 140 soldiers from the engineering brigade to help expedite the reconstruction of the shrine,” he said. Obbo explained that it was not the first development project the army’s engineering brigade has worked on. “Worldwide, military engineers play big roles in construction projects. It is not Kitende buys 50 rosaries

Sh7.8m raised at Bukalango

By Vision Reporter

Rosaries worth sh7.8m were sold at Mount Zion Prayer centre Bulalango on Hoima Road in Wakiso district.

Vision Group visited the place yesterday to sell Papal rosaries from Rome. The Vision Group CEO, Robert Kabushenga, who led the team, hailed all Christians who contributed towards the Papal Walk on October 31 and called upon them to do the same by buying the rosaries, so that the construction of martyrs shrines can be completed before the Pontiff comes on November 27.

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Msgr. Expendicto Magembe display the Papal rosary at Bukalango. Photo by Juliet Lukwago

“This is a special rosary, made in Rome and blessed by Pope Francis. We have a few remaining and we want to sell them by the time the Pope arrives,” Kabushenga said.

“All the money we raise will be handed over to the Church. Vision Group will not take a single coin,” he said. After the Holy Mass led by Msgr. Expedicto Magembe, the director of Bukalango, Christians lined up to buy the rosaries. At the same place, many books about the Pope, which were published by Bukedde , a sister paper of New Vision.

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Kabushenga hands over rosaries to some of employees of Housing Finance Bank Kampala as the managing director, Matthias Katamba, looks on. Photos by Juliet Lukwago

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Kabushenga receives a cheque of sh4.2m for Papal rosaries from commercial director of Davis Shirtliff at their company premises on Jinja Road

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Vision Group circulation manager Perez Kawumi thanks Fr. Joseph Ssebayigga after receiving over sh3m from Parishioners of Bugonga Parish in Entebbe, as one of them, Edith Munube looks on