Namugongo

Namugongo is in Kyaliwajjala Ward, in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Uganda's capital Kampala.

[1] The township is bordered by Nsasa to the north, Sonde and Bukeerere to the east, Bweyogerere to the south-east, Naalya and Kireka directly to the south, Kyaliwajjala to the south-west, and central Kira to the west and north-west.

[2] On 3 June 1886, 32 young men, pages of the court of King Mwanga II of Buganda, were burned to death at Namugongo for their refusal to renounce Christianity.

Many pilgrims come from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and all over Uganda to take part in the Ugandan Martyr's Feast Day at Namugongo, and many others follow the celebration on national television.

The mixed boarding school is a partner with the Stephen Shames Foundation, based in Brooklyn, New York, in the instruction of information technology methods and applications to high-school students in Uganda.

Uganda Martyrs Museum Namugongo.
Uganda Martyrs Museum Namugongo.
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Torturing Chambers of Uganda Martyrs in Namugongo
Located at the place where 22 Catholic and 23 Protestant Uganda martyrs were killed by Mukajanga in 1806. The same location has a museum, church, and a seminary and Mukajanga's well.