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By David Mafabi, Daily Monitor

The Mt. Elgon sub-region district local governments in partnership with Diocesan bishops of eastern Uganda have sealed discussions intended to start an African Anglican University (AAU) a living memorial to African martyrdom.

The proposed university will be established at the Bishop Usher Wilson Theological College, Buwalasi in Sironko.

It is to be a living memory of particularly Bishop Jonan Luwum and Dr. Martin Luther King Junior and a South African martyr, Manche Masemola.

While talking to Sunday Monitor at Manafwa District headquarters on Friday, the committee chairman, Mr Charles Walimbwa Pekke, said the proposed institution is a private-public partnership involving the Church of Uganda dioceses in eastern Uganda and the government.

“The university will be set up as a multi- disciplinary campus and will be located in various dioceses of eastern Uganda. Building will start soon,” said Mr Walimbwa.