This festival was announcing duringa press briefing that was held at the Media Center in Kampala by His Eminence Metropolitan Jeronymos Muzeeyi, the Archbishop of the Uganda Orthodox Church.
Muzeeyi is the Co- Chair of the Inter-Religious Council of Presidents at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala on Tuesday.
They released a statement saying that:
“Celebrating Faith, Family, and Freedom: One Family under God for African Renaissance. The Family Festival is aimed at celebrating the vision of our African families to become the centre of World Peace. This is a platform to launch the ability of parents to nurture children and extended family members in mitigating climate change. It’s the code that unites us. Let’s all stand as one human family.”
Also, Hon. Wilson Muruli Mukasa, the Minister of Public Service, said the event will be celebrated every year as a family.
“This is going to be the first Family Festival to be commemorated not only in Uganda but the entire African Continent. We shall not only celebrate but promote the African cultural heritage”, he said.
Bishop Andrew Lugoloobi, the Secretary General of the Born Again Faith in Uganda and the Board member of the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda, said the Family Festival will also address domestic violence challenges in families.
