President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni recently met with Mama Maria Nyerere at the State Lodge Nakasero.
During their meeting, President Museveni commended Mama Maria for her initiative to pray through the Uganda Martyrs for the canonization of the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.
“Our mother, Mama Maria Nyerere, you are most welcome. I’m very happy that you thought of this idea of praying through the Martyrs of Uganda to pray for the canonization of our father, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, and it has brought us together,” President Museveni said.
“Each year when you come, you see how many people turn up from all parts of Africa, and that was my vision. So, we who are still alive, led by you, are still pushing the vision in different ways. This is another way of looking at African integration,” he added.
President Museveni also expressed his gratitude to God for giving Mama Maria a healthy life and for enabling her to visit Uganda annually for this noble cause.
“You are most welcome, and I support this effort,” he said.
On behalf of Mama Maria, Sr. Elidina Michael Ntandu thanked President Museveni for his affection towards the people of Tanzania and for always giving them a warm reception during their visits to Uganda.
“On behalf of the people of Tanzania, we thank God for giving us the opportunity to be here with our beloved father, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni,” Sr. Elidina said.
“We thank you for always supporting Mama Nyerere in the cause of the beatification of Mwalimu Nyerere. We thank you for all that you have done for us. We pray that God grants you all that you pray for,” she added.
Every 1st of June, ahead of the Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations held on the 3rd of June, Mama Maria attends the Nyerere Beatification Prayer Day at Namugongo Catholic Shrine.
On May 13, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI declared Nyerere a servant of God, marking the first step towards his beatification and eventual canonization as a saint.
The former President of Tanzania, Mwalimu Nyerere, passed away on October 14, 1999, at the age of 77.
Since 2009, the faithful have gathered for Mass at Namugongo ahead of the Martyrs Day celebrations, with the congregation praying for Nyerere’s beatification.
Nyerere’s family is always represented in these prayers by Mama Maria Nyerere.
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