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Pope Francis: The third visiting Pope who left an indelible mark on Uganda in 2015

Pope Francis, who died today aged 88, left an indelible mark during his visit to Uganda in 2015.

27th November, 2015 will forever be etched in history as a memorable day of the third papal visit to Uganda, and remains a symbol of religious significance to many Catholic faithful.   Pope Francis who died today, aged 88, became the third Pope to visit Uganda following in the footsteps of his two predecessors- Pope Paul VI visit in 1969, and Pope John Paul (now a Saint) visit in 1993. Pope Francis’ visit to Uganda started from Nairobi, Kenya on November 27, 2015. Again like his two predecessors, he came as a pilgrim to venerate the holy martyrs, at Namugongo…

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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