The Archbishop of church of Uganda Luke Orombi has assumed the leadership of the Uganda joint Christian council (UJCC) and replaced the Orthodox Church head Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga.

This culminated into the hand over of the leadership of UJCC by the incumbent chairperson Metroplitan Jonah Lwanga to the Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi at the closing of the UJCC General Assembly  OF 2011 at pope Paul hall in Lubaga.

Handing the office Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga pledged to work closely with Archbishop Orombi in the execution of his mandate as a leader of UJCC.

Archbishop Henry Luke-Orombi

Archbishop Orombi commended the outgoing chairperson of UJCC Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga for his wise leadership during his term of office in UJCC.

He asked the religious leaders to examples of the community and politicians in handing over power peacefully to others.

Orombi appealed church leaders to double their effort towards fighting corruption which is eating the Uganda society.

He warned the public against destroying the environment and urged them to abandon the habit of   littering the rubbish all over the roads while travelling in vehicles.

By Isaac Senabulya