Icawa yamaKatolika irhoxisile imibhiyozo yoSuku lwabafeli-nkolo minyaka le eNamugongo e-Uganda eza kuba ngomhla wesithathu kweyeSilimela I-COVID-19 yemiceli mngeni yesifo secoronavirus.
Ngokweleta yomhla ka-Epreli 29, 2020, isayinwe nguRt. UMfu uJoseph Antony Zziwa, uSihlalo weNgqungquthela ye-Episcopal yase-Uganda (i-UEC), umbutho we-Bishops e-Uganda, i-Masaka Diocese ebefanele ukuba ikhokele lo mbhiyozo ayizukukwazi ukulungiselela imibhiyozo yoSuku lwe-Namugongo Martyrs Day ka-2020. ngenxa yezithintelo ezibekwe ngurhulumente zokumisa ukusasazeka kwe-coronavirus.
“Ubishophu weDayosisi yaseMasaka, uRt. U-Mfu Serverus Jjumba, wazise ngokusesikweni i-Uganda Episcopal Conference ukuba i-diocese yakhe ayinakubanakho ukuququzelela i-2020 Namugongo Martyrs Day Celebrations, ”utshilo u-Bishop Zziwa wase Kiyinda Mityana.
The Abafeli-nkolo baseUganda babulawa ngokwemiyalelo kaMwanga II, ikabaka (inkosi) yaseBuganda ngokwenza inkolo yabo ngoJuni 3, 1886. Babeliqela lama-Anglican angama-23 kunye nama-22 amaKatolika aguqukele kubuKrestu kubukumkani bembali yaseBuganda, ngoku eyinxalenye Yuganda. Ukusweleka kwenzeka ngexesha apho kukho umzabalazo wenkolo yeendlela ezintathu kwimpembelelo yezopolitiko kwinkundla yasebukhosini yaseBuganda. Esi siqendu senzekile ngokuchasene nemvelaphi ye- "Scramble for Africa" - uhlaselo, ukuhlulwa, ukwahlulwa, ukoloniyali, kunye nokuhlonyelwa kwemimandla yaseAfrika ngamagunya aseYurophu.
Indawo yokubulawa kwabantu isuke yaba ngumazibuthe abakhumbula rhoqo nge-3 kaJuni besuka kude njengeRwanda, iKenya, iTanzania, neDemocratic Republic of the Congo (iDRC), kunye nabanye abahamba ikakhulu bevela eNigeria. ENtshona Afrika, eYurophu, e-USA nase Canada. Malunga nezigidi ezi-3 zeendwendwe ezithathe inxaxheba kolu hambo kwi-2019.
UPope Francis watyelela iUganda ukusukela nge 27 kuNovemba 29, 2015. Olu yayilutyelelo lwesithathu lukaPopu ukusukela kutyelelo lukaPopu Paul VI ngo-1969 noPopu John Paul ngo-1993.
