Summary:
- According to the Diocesan Bishop, Rt. Rev. Gaddie Akanjuna, the launch is scheduled for Saturday at St. Peter’s Cathedral, Rugarama in Kabale District, with President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as the chief guest.
KABALE: Preparations are in high gear ahead of the launch of the Bishop’s Development Fund (BDF), aimed at mobilizing resources for the construction of a 3.1 Billion Ugx Kigezi Shopping mall by the Diocese of Kigezi in Kabale Municipality.
According to the Diocesan Bishop, Rt. Rev. Gaddie Akanjuna, the launch is scheduled for Saturday at St. Peter’s Cathedral, Rugarama in Kabale District, with President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as the chief guest.
Addressing the press at the diocesan headquarters on Thursday, Bishop Akanjuna shared that the event will begin with a church service led by the Most Rev. Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu, Archbishop of the Church of Uganda. The preacher for the service will be the Most Rev. Dr. Laurent Mbanda, Archbishop of the Church of Rwanda.
The planned shopping mall will be constructed on the site of the current diocesan bookshop in Kabale town along the Kabale-Kisoro road. During a dinner organized by the Diocese of Kigezi Kampala Chapter in July at Kembabazi Catering Services in Naguru, Canon Johnson Baryantuma Munono, the Diocesan Head of Laity and Chairman of the 15-member Program Committee, announced that construction is expected to begin in November 2024, having already secured approval from all diocesan stakeholders.
Bishop Akanjuna emphasized that the business community in greater Kabale District, as well as Christians within and beyond the diocese, have been mobilized to support the initiative.
CUE IN BISHOP AKANJUNA……ON BDF LAUNCH… RR/ENG//
