Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Diocese has embarked on the construction of a one-kilometer-perimeter wall to protect Nakanyonyi church land from encroachment, the outgoing Bishop, James William Ssebaggala has revealed. The Diocese owns 426 acres of land in Nakanyonyi village, Nakifuma-Naggalama town council in Mukono district. The land is …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Diocese is hunting Shillings 702 million for the installation of Rev. Can. Enos Kitto Kagodo as the new Bishop on February 26, 2023. The Church of Uganda House of Bishops elected Rev. Can. Enos Kitto Kagodo, the Provost of St. Phillips and Andrew’s Cathedral …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Diocesan Bishop James William Ssebaggala has appealed to Christians to stop pushing the nomination committee which was tasked with a role to identify a new head of the diocese. Bishop Ssebaggala noted that several Christians keep bothering members of the nomination committee to reveal …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A row has erupted between the former Mukono LC5 chairperson Andrew Ssenyonga and Mukono Diocese over school land. Trouble started on Monday last week when Ssenyonga laid claim to part of the land hosting Namataba primary and secondary school in Namataba town council, Mukono district. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Diocese has embarked on the search for a new bishop ahead of the retirement of Right Reverend James William Ssebaggala after clocking 65-years of age. The Province of Church of Uganda confirmed Ssebagala’s retirement in March this year prompting the Mukono diocesan synod to appoint …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Col. Edith Nakalema, the head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit has ordered Mukono diocese and Buganda Land Board-BLB to carry out a joint verification of tenants on Nakanyonyi church land. The land measuring 426 acres is under contention between the residents, who claim to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The race for the Mukono municipality parliamentary seat has revived the tension between the incumbent Member of Parliament, Betty Nambooze and Mukono diocese on the management of Bishop schools. While addressing her supporters at the National Unity Platform-NUP party offices in Mukono this week, Nambooze …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Diocese has decided to use one of its biggest conference centers to produce face masks to generate income for the diocese and create employment for its flock during the lockdown. The center is found in the Diocesan Entrepreneurship Center at Nakanyonyi in Nabbaale sub-county …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono municipal authorities have posted a partial payment of 100 million Shillings to Mukono Diocese for a lease on land housing the administrative headquarters. The municipality entered into an agreement with the diocese to pay 200 million Shillings in a period of four years …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Church of Uganda lay readers in Mukono Diocese are enduring hardship as the government maintains a ban on public gatherings implying that even churches will remain closed. Lay readers are ordinary worshipers usually members of the congregation called to preach or lead services but …
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