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Bishop Baluku asks local governments to protect green belts and forest reserves

The South Rwenzori Diocesan Bishop the Rt. Rev. Nason Baluku has called upon the authorities at Kasese Municipal Council and Kasese District Local Government to lay stringent measures aimed at protecting green belts and all pieces of land earmarked as forest reserves and woodlots. The bishop expressed concern that some of the pieces of land …

Embrace both the Church and Government programs-Bishop tells Christians

The Bishop of South Rwenzori Diocese, the Rt. Rev. Nason Baluku has reiterated the need for believers in Christ and the entire population to embrace both the church and government programs that are aimed at pushing them out of poverty. The Prelate advises that as the government continues to disburse millions of money through her …

Bishop Nason Baluku launches Apiary project in South Rwenzori Diocese

South Rwenzori Diocese has rolled out Apiary project by supplying of beehives to the communities with an aim of mitigating swamp drainage and protecting the buffer zones of rivers streaming from the Rwenzori Mountains. The rolled-out project funded by the Barnabas Aid – UK saw 240 beehives handed to Maliba Archdeaconry, Kibalya Parish and Misika …

Lost hope regained as Rt. Rev. Nason Baluku of South Rwenzori Diocese opens up a merchandise shop for Esther Mbambu, 36 years from Maliba sub county in Busongora County North, Kasese district whose hands were brutally amputated by the husband in a domestic brawl.

On March 21, 2025, Esther Mbambu, a mother of three was injured by her husband, Hassan Kadogo in a brawl related to domestic violence in Nyakasojo Lowere Cell in Bulembia Division, Kasese Municipality.Mbambu who was a vendor at Shauliyako Market in Kasese town was that evening found bleeding profusely near her home before being rushed …

Rt. Rev. Nason Baluku hands over a well-furnished building to a 42-year-old disabled single mother of two and her weak father.

A 42-year-old woman from Kyanya Upper cell in Ibanda – Kyanya Town Council, Busongora County North has a reason to smile after the Rt. Rev. Nason Baluku of South Rwenzori Diocese handed her a well-furnished self-contained house with a separate room for her weak father. Jemima Kabugho, a physically disabled single mother of two was …

No more doubts, Uganda Christian University – Kagando University College is finally inaugurated!

On April 04 2025, the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, His Grace The Most Rev. Dr. Samuel Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu officiate the Inauguration of the Uganda Christian University – Kagando University College at Kagando Rural Development Center – KARUDEC. This was described as a greatest achievement for the Diocese to have a University at …

The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, The Most Rev. Dr. Samuel Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu visits St. Paul’s Vocational Secondary School in Kasese Municipality.

The Archbishop paid a courtesy visit to St. Paul’s Vocational Secondary School to lay foundation stones on the Boys’ and the Girls’ Hostels respectively. They have officially been names SRD Jesus Reigns Boys’ Hostel and SRD Amazing Grace Girls’ Hostel respectively. He also laid another foundation stone at the school’s Multipurpose Hall. Shortly after commissioning …