Vision Group pledges to support Anglican Martyrs' Day 2024 preps

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 UGANDA MARTYRS DAY 2024 

Uganda's multimedia company Vision Group on Thursday pledged to support the Church of Uganda in its preparations for next year's Martyrs' Day celebrations at the Anglican shrine at Namugongo.

Vision Group's CEO Don Wanyama made the commitment as he interacted with Bishop Reuben Kisembo of Rwenzori diocese, who is leading the committee organizing the 2024 Anglican celebrations.

This was during a courtesy visit by Kisembo and his team to CEO Wanyama at the Vision Group head office in Kampala.

The cluster of six Greater Rwenzori dioceses ((Rwenzori, South Rwenzori, East Rwenzori, West Rwenzori, Bunyoro-Kitara and Masindi-Kitara) was chosen by the House of Bishops to organize the 2024 commemorations at the Uganda Martyrs Anglican site in Namugongo.

Marked annually on June 3 as a public holiday, the Martyrs' Day celebrates a group of young Ugandans killed on orders of then-reigning Buganda king Mwanga II for converting to Christianity in the late 19th century.

Bishop Kisembo is the chairman of the Rwenzori cluster of dioceses tasked with the Anglican preparations.

Next year's celebrations are themed: "Conforming to the truth of God's word, not to the patterns of the word", extracted from Romans 12:1-2.

On Thursday morning, Kisembo and his team, including Bishop George Kasangaki of Masindi-Kitara diocese and Bishop Sam Kahuma of Bunyoro Kitara diocese, paid Vision Group CEO Don Wanyama a courtesy call. 

Also in attendance was Vision Group's Gervase Ndyanabo (Deputy Managing Director) and Barbara Kaija (Editor-in-Chief).

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EIC Barbara Kaija received the high-profile visitors at the Vision Group head office in Kampala.

In the picture below, she leads Bishop Kahuma to the meeting venue.

Deputy MD Gervase Ndyanabo (left) was present for the engagement held inside the CEO boardroom.

Here, Don Wanyama, Vision Group's CEO, greets and welcomes Bishop Reuben Kisembo and his team.

Bishops Kisembo and Kahuma appeared in good spirits during the courtesy visit.

"Our relationship with the faith-based institutions is a very strong one," said Wanyama.

"We do a couple of things, like partnerships, with the Church. We take this relationship seriously."

"For the June 3 Martyrs Day celebrations, on the Catholic side we are usually their official media partners, but also our relationship with the Anglican side has improved," said Wanyama.

"We are also the official media partners.

"We shall support you on this. Our biggest resource is that we control the media and we can use the media to rally people towards the cause, especially a cause as noble as this one.

"We are going to work out a support package for you," said the Vision Group chief executive.

On his part, Bishop Kisembo said his team have already started meetings for next year's commemoration.

"We thought we should begin telling the public about the preparations, theme and our budget."

"We need to begin organizing resources early enough because if we don't, we might not perform well," said Kisembo.

"We appreciate Vision Group for the support you have given us in the past years when different regions have been leading.

"This is our turn now. Just like you have assisted the other regions, we are here to ask for your support."

Kisembo said they have confirmed their budget for organizing next year's June 3 event at Namugongo.

"It is a total of sh2.4 billion."

The guest preacher at the Anglican shrine will be The Most Rev. Henry Chukwudum Ndukuba, the Archbishop of Nigeria's Anglican Church.

Commenting on next year's theme, Kisembo said Christians ought to stick to the principles of God's word, "not allowing other things to influence us, which are against God's word".

Here, CEO Wanyama presents gifts to his guests at the end of their fruitful engagement.

A group photo inside the newsroom with some Vision Group staff.

And a prayer...

Then goodbyes.