The Jinja Catholic Diocese is seeking a whopping sum of Shillings 2.2 billion in preparation for the upcoming annual Uganda Martyr’s day celebrations scheduled for June 3rd.

The ambitious quest was reveled by Bishop Charles Martin Wamika who was briefing the press on the roadmap and organisation of this year’s fete at the Uganda Catholic secretariat in Nsambya

The said amount is twice the amount that was requested by the Fort Port Diocese last year, and also more than three folds from what Gulu diocese budgeted for in 2019, indicating that this is a significant sum of money.

With the sums of organizing the fete raising every year, there have been concerns from the faithful on what is described as extravagant budgets for church events. However, Bishop Wamika said that the budget is looking at the entire event including all items from security, health with a presumption that this will all be paid for by the organising committee.

But, Wamika shared that they have high hopes that some items listed might be covered by several relevant government agencies since this is a public event thus reducing the budget.