Pastor Patience Rwabwogo to host post-election thanksgiving

KAMPALA - As Uganda reflects on a largely peaceful election season, religious leaders are calling for a national moment of gratitude, unity, and spiritual reflection.

Pastor Patience Museveni Rwabwogo, the lead pastor at Covenant of Nations Church, has invited believers across the country to gather for a thanksgiving event under the Independence Alliance, scheduled for March 28, 2026.

Speaking in a recorded message, Rwabwogo emphasised the importance of returning to God in gratitude following months of prayer and intercession that preceded the elections.

“We will be gathered together as the Body of Christ to give thanks to the Lord for the peaceful election season that we have come through,” she said.

The planned gathering will take place at Kololo Independence Grounds, a site she described as spiritually significant, having hosted similar prayers last year under the theme, Light Up Uganda for Jesus.

According to Rwabwogo, the 2025 meeting brought together Christians from different denominations for repentance, deep intercession and national prayer.

“At the same time last year, the Lord sent us a word that the Body of Christ should come together and seek Him and intercede on behalf of the nation,” she said.

“It was a time of deep repentance and prayer as we sought God for a crossing as a nation.”

She noted that the outcome of the recent elections, marked by relative calm, was seen by many believers as an answer to those prayers. As a result, this year’s gathering is being positioned as a moment of thanksgiving rather than supplication.

“The Lord in His goodness and mercy answered our prayers, so we feel that it is fitting and right to come together and give thanks,” she added.

Drawing from scripture, Rwabwogo referenced the biblical story of the 10 lepers healed by Jesus, of whom only one returned to express gratitude.

She urged Christians not to overlook the importance of thanksgiving in times of answered prayer.

“Jesus asked: ‘Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the nine?’ We do not want to be among those who forget to return and give thanks,” she said.

The event is expected to draw pastors, ministry leaders and believers from across Uganda, as well as individuals of goodwill, regardless of denomination.

Rwabwogo also extended an open invitation to all Ugandans, particularly members of the Christian community, to participate in what she described as a defining moment of gratitude.