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Reasos for the killing of the Uganda martrys​

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The Uganda Martyrs are a group of 23 Anglican and 22 Catholic converts to Christianity in the historical kingdom of Buganda, now part of Uganda, who were executed between 31 January 1885 and 27 January 1887. They were killed on orders of Mwanga II, the Kabaka (King) of Buganda.

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The Uganda martyrs were persecuted because of the influence of the foreign religious teachings that made the pages disobedient to the traditional religion such as stopping worshiping, sacrificing and offering in the shrines a factor that made Mwanga annoyed forcing him to order for their death.

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