Busega Matyrs Memorial (original) (raw)

The Busega Matyrs Memorial is the site where the first three Uganda Matyrs were killed in 1885. The Uganda Matyrs were new Christian converts in Buganda kingdom who defied their new king Kabaka Mwanga and refused to denounce their new found religion. As a result, the King ordered for their killing and most of them were killed on another Matyrs site called Namugongo. Busega Matyrs memorial site is also Known as Busega Mpimaerebera, Mpiima is a Luganda word for a cane made from hippopotamus skin.