Cocin Katolika ta soke bikin ranar Shahidai na shekara-shekara a Namugongo da ke Uganda wanda ya yi daidai da 3 ga Yuni, kamar yadda suka ambata COVID-19 coronavirus ƙalubalen annoba.
A cewar wata wasika mai kwanan wata 29 ga Afrilu, 2020, wacce Rt ya sanyawa hannu. Rev. Joseph Antony Zziwa, Shugaban taron Bishop Bishop na Uganda (UEC), gamayyar dukkanin Bishop-bishop a Uganda, Masaka Diocese wanda ya kamata ya jagoranci bikin ba zai kasance a matsayin da zai shirya Bikin Ranar Martyrs na Namugongo 2020 saboda takurawar da gwamnati ta sanya don dakatar da yaduwar kwayar cutar coronavirus.
“Bishop din Masaka Diocese, Rt. Rev. Serverus Jjumba, ya sanar a hukumance a taron Bishop na Uganda cewa diocese ba za ta kasance a cikin wani wuri don shirya Bikin Ranar Shahada na Namugongo na 2020 ba, ”in ji Bishop Zziwa na Kiyinda Mityana.
The Shuhadah Uganda an kashe su bisa ga umarnin Mwanga II, kabaka (sarki) na Buganda don yin addininsu a ranar 3 ga Yuni, 1886. Sun kasance rukuni na 23 Anglican da 22 Katolika da suka tuba zuwa Kiristanci a cikin masarautar tarihi na Buganda, yanzu ɓangare na Uganda. Mutuwar ta faru ne a lokacin da aka yi gwagwarmaya ta hanyoyi 3 don tasirin siyasa a kotun masarautar Buganda. Har ila yau wannan labarin ya faru ne a bayan asalin “Scramble for Africa” - mamayewa, mamaya, rarrabuwa, mulkin mallaka, da mamayar yankin Afirka da ikon Turawa.
Wurin da ake zartar da wannan hukuncin ya zama wani abin magana wanda mahajjata ke tunawa da shi duk ranar 3 ga watan Yuni suna yin tafiya daga nesa kamar kasashen Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, da Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Congo (DRC), da kuma wasu da ke yin balaguro musamman daga Najeriya a Afirka ta Yamma, Turai, Amurka, da Kanada. Kimanin mahajjata miliyan 3 ne suka halarci wannan tafiya a shekarar 2019.
Paparoma Francis ya ziyarci Uganda daga 27 zuwa 29 ga Nuwamba, 2015. Wannan ita ce ziyarar Papal na uku tun bayan ziyarar Paparoma Paul VI a 1969 da Paparoma John Paul a 1993.
