Every June 3, millions of pilgrims throng the Martyrs' Shrine in Namugongo to commemorate the nearly 50 Christian men and boys who were killed between 1884 and 1887.
They were killed on the orders of Kabaka Mwanga of Buganda for rebelling against him and denouncing the traditional Lubaale religion.
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