STORY BY: ATWIINE RHONET; EDITING BY: TUMUSIIME JOHNIOUS
After six months of the closure of all public gatherings including places of worship, open church Sunday services resume on the 27th of September, 2020 following the presidential speech last week.
According to President Museveni, during his national address on the status of COVID-19 in the country, all worship places were allowed to open following strict SOPs to ensure the safety of worshipers.
"Church leaders must ensure this directive is adhered to along with other SOPs of social distancing, wearing masks and washing hands before entering places of worship," Museveni says.
On top of that, only seventy people are allowed inside the church per service. However, night prayers and Sunday school for children were canceled as they monitor the situation.
In a bid to put all these measures in action, churches like Lubaga Cathedral have been seen registering worshipers before entering the church, a limited number of attendance, and sanitizing their hands as well.
However, reports indicate that the number of people in churches exceeds seventy but with social distancing observed.
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Samuel Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, Ugandan Anglican Bishop says, it's challenging to choose the seventy people to attend church. Thus, people to attend church are to be chosen in good faith and others will pray online. Letting all people pray on Sunday means having 75 church masses a day which is impossible
In addition, more requirements like sanitizers, masks for church choirs, and materials for offertory collection are needed to ensure safety. Therefore people should be patient and should also continue conducting family prayers at home as it has been.
Currently, prayer services have been adjusted from three to four in order to have more people attending church. However, the usual church services have been cut by thirty minutes.
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