The High Court in Uganda overturned a decision by the government to categorize the Watoto Church property in Kampala as a heritage site, which had blocked the owners from redeveloping it into a modern church complex.
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The death of a supreme court judge in Uganda has sparked a hot public debate on the burial rights of the dead and surviving spouses in church marriages. The debate started after the death of Justice Stella Arach-Amoko, who succumbed to cancer at Nakasero Hospital in Kampala on June 17.
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Reuters reported that more than 30 African countries, including Uganda, already ban same-sex relations. But the new law emerging in Uganda would be the first to outlaw people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer, according to Human Rights Watch.
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While urban churches in Uganda have moved online during the pandemic, rural churches with less Internet access have gotten more creative. Using “horn” speakers, they are broadcasting daily gospel music, prayers and preaching to their communities inside their homes, and allowing community leaders to address the neighborhoods with health announcements and guidance.
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Christians from different denominations plan to walk a 500 km route over 14 days to honor the late Church of Uganda archbishop Janani Luwum, murdered in 1977 by the brutal regime of Uganda’s former dictator Idi Amin Dada. Luwum was one of the most influential leaders of Christianity in Africa at the time of his death and a fierce critic of the Ugandan government’s abuses.
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The Ugandan government closed nearly 12,000 churches and NGOs this month under a registration policy some are calling illegal. It’s the latest move by the government threatening religious freedom under the guise of fighting corruption, pastors say.
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