Church of Uganda backs postponement of Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations over Ebola fears

Posted on May 21, 2026 
Filed under Africa

“The Church of Uganda has backed the postponement of this year’s Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations at Namugongo, after President Yoweri Museveni’s government delayed the June 3 observances because of the Ebola outbreak in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.

In a 18 May 2026 statement posted to its official Facebook page, the Church of Uganda said it had ‘taken note of the guidance issued by H.E. the President of the Republic of Uganda regarding the postponement of the Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations that were scheduled to take place on 3rd June 2026 at Namugongo’. …”

– From George Conger at Anglican.ink.