By Gerald Businge on June 1, 2011
History of Uganda Matryrs, Matiya Mulumba Kalemba, Uganda Martyr
People, Society & Leisure
“My God, My God!” These were the only words that came out of the lips of Matiya Mulumba Kalemba when the executioners tied up his arteries leaving him to face an awfully painful death. On the way to Namugongo for execution, Kalemba is said to have stopped and asked to be put to death there […]
By Gerald Businge on June 1, 2011
Charles Lwanga, Uganda Martyr
People, Society & Leisure
Charles Lwanga is considered an astute moral leader of the Uganda Martyrs despite the fact that he was baptized just the night before being put to death. The chief of the royal pages, Lwanga instructed his friends in the Catholic Faith and personally baptized boy pages. Lwanga was burnt to death on Mwanga’s orders on […]