Bishop wins Guiness award

Jan 16, 2002

Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL), Brewers of Bell beer ,have awarded the Bishop of northern Uganda Diocese, the Rev. Nelson Onono Onweng, the Guinness Power of Goodness Award.

Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL), Brewers of Bell beer ,have awarded the Bishop of northern Uganda Diocese, the Rev. Nelson Onono Onweng, the Guinness Power of Goodness Award. The prize-giving ceremony will be held at 2pm in Kampala tomorrow.This is now the second prize Onono is getting. The first prize was given to him just less than a month ago, after he returned home from Paris with a prestigious Peace Education award given by UNESCO on Dec 13, 2001.“I am very happy to be given the Guinness Power of Goodness award. I see it as an appreciation of the joint efforts to find a peaceful solution to the end of the war in northern Uganda, which caused maximum suffering and pain to the people,” Onono was quoted as saying.The deputy headmistress, Aboke Girls Secondary School, Rachele Fassera was also recognised for her outstanding work in securing the release of 109 abducted girls by Kony’s LRA rebels.

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