Based on what I have heard, the independent forensic investigation into what caused the death of Janan Luwum was supposed to involve an exhumation of his body so as to be clear about what actually killed him? That would have been followed by a grand reburial at Namirembe Cathedral.
The World Council of Churches, the ones conducting the independent probe, was alledgedly prepared to do the forensics and as we all know, their investigation would have led to Sainthood for Janan Luwum. Central to the process of awarding Sainthood is how and why he died. The other obviously bigger part of the WCC probe looks at how Janan Luwum led his entire life while alive. Officially denying Janan Luwum sainthood in the 80's meant that, though he appeared religious, his activities weren't!?! I personally understand the WCC position. I stood in front of the weapons displayed at Namirembe Cathedral grounds next to the blue truck painted with a Pepsi sign. The book "Sowing The Mustard Seed" expounds on the details of that operation and even gives names of those who were driving the trucks. So before even exhuming the body for investigative forensics and possible reburial at Namirembe Cathedral, the Sainthood process came to a brutal end...possibly forever!?! Sadly, Janan Luwum himeself had crossed the Church's red line. Many people ask me about that event but the above is exactly what I tell them. The only other official investigation on record besides the one conducted independently by international investigators from the Church, is the official Uganda government statement. The rules and regulations for Sainthood are so stringent and sadly, so time consuming that even Pope John Paul II is awaitng his. But the investigation that disqualified Janan Luwum might also be the very one that disqualifies the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere for whom calls have been made to grant him sainthood as well. Based on records including "Sowing The Mustard Seed", Mwalimu Julius Nyerere was the main facilitator of the subversive activities that led to the seized weapons that had themselves led to Janan Luwums disqualification from sainthood. So if Janan Luwum couldn't be a saint, isn't it irrational for Nyerere to be one? Because from the Churches perspective, Janan Luwum literally isn't, wasn't and will never be a Saint. -- Hussein Juruga Lumumba Amin Kampala, Uganda
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