Nkoyoyo to be accorded official burial-government
Kampala.
Government has said former Archbishop Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo will be accorded official burial.
The minister for presidency Esther Mbayo told this reporter in a phone interview that president Museveni directed that the retired archbishop be accorded an official burial.
"We had meeting with family members, clergy and others this morning to agree on the burial arrangements," she said.
Meanwhile, Church of Uganda has released a revised funeral programme for the retired archbishop.
According to the new programme, his body will be at All Saints Cathedral Nakasero on Sunday between 2-5:30 pm before being taken to St Paul’s Cathedral Namirembe at 6 pm for a night vigil.
On Monday at 10 am, another service will be held at St. Philip and Andrew’s Cathedral in Mukono; thereafter the body will be taken to his home at Nakabago for an overnight service.
A special funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 9am at the Anglican Shrines of the Uganda martyrs in Namugongo before burial later in the day.
The retired archbishop died Friday from Kampala hospital after succumbing to pneumonia, having undergone successful treatment for cancer in the UK early last year.
