Kabale Diocese is hunting for Shs850 Million for the renovation of the 68 year old Immaculate Heart Rubanda Kiizi catholic parish church in Rubanda County West Rubanda District, one of the earliest churches in the Diocese.
Rev. Fr. Aurelius Maguru, the Rubanda Catholic Parish Priest says that Rubanda Church which accommodates over 2000 Christians has never been renovated since 1954 when it was constructed.
He says that they expect to generate the money from the catholic community because they don’t have any other sources of revenue.
Fr. Maguru says that the Bishop of Kabale Diocese Rt Rev. Callistus Rubaramira told the stakeholders to hire a contractor to undertake the renovation using the meager resources available. He also asked Christians not only to point at the church renovation but should also consider renewing their way of life mostly in this lent period.
On Sunday, the fundraising campaign was launched at Immaculate Heart Rubanda Kiizi catholic parish church in Rubanda County West Rubanda District and it was presided over by Rubanda County West MP Moses Kamuntu Mwongyera. He contributed Shs10m out of the Shs58 million that was raised.
Kamuntu asked Government to consider gazetting land for the residents before sending them out of wetland saying that these wetlands have been productive especially to farmers as different activities have been done there for more than 100 years.
“We have been in swamps for over 100 years where does NEMA want the people to go? We even told the President about that and we agreed with him that if the people are to go, government needs to get an alternative place but not just chasing them away as NEMA is doing now,“said Kamuntu.
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