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Abahowe Imana b'ibuganda |
Aba
batagatifu bose kiliziya ibizihiza kuwa 26 Gicurasi. Iyi nkuru yubakiye ku byakusanyijwe
na padiri Théophile TWAGIRAYEZU, umusaseridoti bwite wa diyosezi ya Byumba.
Mutagatifu Diyoniziyo Ssebuggwawo
Kuri
25 Gicurasi 1886 ku gicamunsi, nibwo umwami yahamagaye Mwafu, aramubura, Mwafu
yari umwana w’umutware w’intebe akaba mu kigero cy’imyaka 14. Diyoniziyo we
yari amaze kugira imyaka 17. Yari amaze igihe gito abatijwe, yakundaga Imana,
agakunda no kwigisha bagenzi be iby’Imana. Mwafu ngo aze, umwami ati: “wari
wagiye he?” undi ati: “Nigaga gatigisimu. Ni Sebuggwawo watwigishaga.” Umwami
abyumvise ahita abisha. Ni ko guhamagara Sebuggwawo. Umwami ati: “mwari mu biki
na Mwafu? Undi ati: “Nahoze mwigisha gatigisimu”. Nuko umwami ashikuza icumu,
aritera Sebuggwawo ku ijosi yitura hasi. Mwafu na we aba yarahaguye ni uko
Mwanga yagiriye Se. Umwami ategeka uwitwa Kyayambadde kumuhwanya. Amujyana ku
irembo, araruza icyuma kibaga ihene, aba ari cyo amubagisha. Mutagatifu
Diyoniziyo Sebuggwawo Kiliziya yamugize umuvugizi n’umurinzi w’abaririmbyi,
abanyamuziki n’amakorari.
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Mutagatifu
Andereya Kaggwa (1855-1886)
Andereya Kagwa yavukaga mu banyoro, aba banyoro
n’abaganda bakaba bari bafitanye urwango karande. Akiri muto, yari yarafashwe
bugwate n’abaganda bateraga udutero shuma mu nkengero z’ubwami bwa Bunyoro, ahitwa
Bugangazi. Yari umuhungu uteye neza kandi warezwe neza. Ubwo rero yajyanywe i
bwami kumurikwa mu minyago bamurikiraga umwami. Yahise ashyirwa mu ntore z’
ibwami abikesha ko yarangwaga n’ubwitonzi ndetse. Ibyo kandi bigatuma akundwa
na bose. Igihe Stanley ageze mu Bungande, yahazanye ingoma nziza, umwami Mutesa
I arazikunda, aguraho 12, maze yohereza Kaggwa kwa Toli kwiga kuzivuza. Uyu Toli akaba umuyisilamu wavukiye
mu gihugu cya Madagasikari, izi ngoma akaba yari yaragiye mu Bufaransa
kwimenyereza kuzivuza. Kaggwa ageze kwa Toli ahinduka umuyisilamu. Ariko uyu
Toli, yakoraga umurimo w’ububaji mu bamisiyoneri b’abagatolika. Uyu Toli rero
yaba ari we wajyanye Kaggwa kumwereka abamisiyoneri.
Icy’ukuri kizwi ni uko Kaggwa yiyandikishije mu bigishwa
b’abagatolika muri Kamena 1880. Kaggwa wari uri mu kigero cy’imyaka 25 yahise
agirwa ukuriye abavuzi b’ingoma z’umwami, kandi akayobora abanyamuzika bose
b’ibwami harimo abavuza impanda za kizungu ndetse na za ngoma za kizungu.
Ndetse kubera ubwo butoni bwose, yagabiwe ubutaka ahitwa Nateete, hafi y’umurwa
mukuru w’ ibwami. Aho ni ho yubatse inzu, maze amaze gushyingiranwa na Klara
Batudde, bajya kuyibanamo. Yabatijwe ku itariki 30 Mata 1882. Hashize imyaka
ibiri, mu murwa i bwami hateye icyorezo cy’indwara yafataga mu nda. Kaggwa we
yitaga ku bigishwa bari barwariye iwe, barembye. Kubera ko abamisiyoneri b’abagatolika
bari barahunze igihugu cya Buganda muri icyo gihe, Kaggwa yigishije abigishwa
bari barwariye iwe, arababatiza, abapfuye arabashyingura. Kandi n’abandi
bakristu bakurikije urugero rwe.
Umwami Mutesa I yapfuye mu Kwakira 1884, asimburwa na
Mwanga wari usanzwe ari incuti y’intore nyinshi z’ibwami, igihe yari akiri
muto. Kaggwa ni we wari umutoni ukomeye w’umwami Mwanga. Mu bantu benshi bemeye Ivanjili bigishijwe na
Kaggwa, abenshi muri bo babaye abamaritiri. Umwe mu bigishijwe na Kaggwa ni
Yakobo Buzabalyawo wari mu itsinda ry’abanyamuziki. Uyu ni we wabaye hafi Kaggwa
igihe Mwanga yadukanye gutoteza abakristu ku itariki 25 Gicurasi 1886. Icyo
gihe Karoli Lwanga na bagenzi be ni bwo baciriwe urubanza rwo kwicwa. Icyo gihe
Padiri Simewoni Lurdeli yari yagerageje ibishoboka byose ngo akize abakristu
ariko umwami aranga. Umunsi ukurikiyeho ni bwo Mukasa wari minisitiri w’intebe
w’umwami amenyesheje umwami ko Kaggwa we atishwe. Nuko umwami amusubiza ko
atakwica Kaggwa ushinzwe kuvuza ingoma i bwami. Mwanga yabyemeye bimugoye.
Igihe intumwa za Mukasa zije kubwira Kaggwa iby’uko agomba kwitegura gupfa,
zasanze yiteguye kuko mu gitondo cy’uwo munsi, yari yagiye mu misa kuri
misiyoni, maze ahabwa umubiri wa Kristu maze asubira ku mirimo ye uko bisanzwe,
Munyonyo.
Intumwa z’umwami zimugezeho zaramubwiye ziti : ‘duhe
abakristu bihishe iwawe’. Nuko arabasubiza ati : ‘hari umwe gusa. Ni njyewe
ubwanjye’. Izo ntumwa zaramufashe. Zimugejeje kwa Mukasa, aramutonganya cyane,
anamushinja ndetse kuba yarigishije abana ba Mukasa inyigisho z’ubukristu
(Gatigisimu). Nuko Mukasa wari minisitiri w’intebe w’umwami ategeka ko bavana
Kaggwa mu maso ye kandi bakamwica. Ababwira ko bamuzanira akaboko ke
nk’ikimenyetso cy’uko bamwishe, kandi ko atararya atabonye uko kuboko. Abishi
babanje gutinya, basa n’aho bategereje ko umwami yatanga imbabazi. Kaggwa ubwe
arabatinyura ngo bamwice. Nuko bashyira Mukasa ukuboko kwa Kaggwa kuri kuva
amaraso. Ababonye Kaggwa yicwa bavuga ko yari yambaye umwenda ukoze mu ruhu
rw’ibiti imbere y’umwitero wera, Afite na bibiliya mu ntoki.
Icyo
yasabye abishi be ni ukutamwambika ubusa, nabo barabimwemerera. Nuko bamujugunya hasi, bafata icyuma bakata ukuboko.
Ntiyatatse, keretse gutakira Imana agira ati : “Mana yanjye”. Nyuma yaho bamuca
umutwe, n’umubiri we bawukatakatamo ibindi bice. Abakristu bamushyinguye mu
cyubahiro, aho yiciwe. Aho ni hafi ya Seminari nkuru ya Ggaba i Kampala. Iyo
mva yamaze igihe kirekire itwikirijwe na beto hamwe n’umusaraba. Nyuma yaho
hejuru yayo hubatswe Kiliziya izajya isengerwamo n’abakristu baje mu ngendo
ntagatifu. Papa Pawulo VI ni we wamwanditse mu batagatifu, mu 1964.
Mutagatifu
Ponsiyani Ngondwe
Ponsiyani Ngondwe ni umurinzi w’abasirikare. Yavukiye mu
karere ka Kyaggwe. Se yitwaga Birenge, wayoboraga uwo muryango w’aba Nyonyi,
yafashe umuhungu we Ngondwe amushyira umwami Kabaka. Nyina yitwaga Mukomulwanyi
wo mu bwoko bwa Mbogo. Ngondwe yageze ibwami ashyirwa mu basirikare b’abarinzi
b’umwami. Ariko ubusanzwe sibyo yifuzaga kuko uko byagendaga kose, aba barinzi
b’umwami bari banafite umurimo wo kwita ku muriro w’ibwami, uwo muriro ukaba
waracanwaga iyo umwami yabaga yimye, ukazima ari uko uwo mwami apfuye. Iyo
umwami yapfaga, hari umurinzi w’ibwami wagombaga gupfa akajyana n’umwami. Nyuma
y’urupfu rwa Kabaka, Ngondwe yagizwe umwiru w’umwami mushya, ndetse ahabwa
n’ubutaka ahitwa Kitiibwa haje kwitwa Mugowa. Yari yaratangiye rero kumva
ibyerekeye idini rya gikirisitu arabikunda.
Yaje kumenyana n’umukristu witwaga Sipiriyani Kamya wari
warabatijwe ari kumwe na Kalemba na Baanabakintu, biteganyijwe ko azakomeza
kwigishwa. Yazaga kwigishwa kwa Kamya ku mugoroba. Igihe rero ngondwe atari
yakabaye umukristu wuzuye, yarangwaga n’inzika n’amahane, ariko nyuma yaje
guhinduka aba umuntu mwiza ubana neza n’abantu bose. Mu ntangiriro z’umwaka
w’1886, Ponsiyani ngondwe yabeshyewe ko yibye inka mu ishyo ya Mukaajanga wari
ushinzwe kwica abo umwami yatanze. Ubusanzwe, Ngondwe yari yarashyizwe mu
bashinzwe gukusanya amaturo y’ibwami, kandi bikaba byari bitegetswe ko buri
shyo ry’inka rigomba gukurwamo inka ijyanwa ibwami. Ariko iyo yari yibwe n’undi
mutware kugira ngo abeshyere Ngondwe. Ngondwe yarafashwe arafungwa, ubwo kandi
itegeko ryo gutoteza abakristu ryashyizweho Ngondwe yarahawe igihano cyo
gufungwa igihe kitazwi.
Mu gihe Ngondwe hamwe n’indi mfungwa bari bajyanywe i
Namugongo, bahuye na Mukaajanga arababaza ati: “muri mwebwe mwembi umukristu ni
nde?” nuko Ngondwe ahita asubiza ati: “ni njyewe, Buliwadda nimumureke ni
umuyisilamu.” Nuko uwo mutware ushinzwe kureba ko amabwiriza y’ibwami
yubahirizwa arongera abaza Ngondwe ku nshuro ya kabiri niba ari umukristu koko,
maze Ngondwe asubiramo akomeje ko ari umukristu, yongeraho ko adateze kwihakana
ukwemera kwe, ndetse ko yiteguye gupfa kubera kwemera Yezu Kristu. Ubwo
Mukajaanga yakuye icumu rye aritera Ngondwe wari witeguye gupfira Imana, yitura
hasi ariko ntiyahita apfa. Yakomeje kumujombagura icumu, bigeze aho Ngondwe
umwuka umushiramo.
Nyuma yaho, Mukaajanga yategetse ingabo ze gutemagura
umubiri wa Ngondwe bakawucamo ibice byinshi, bakabijugunya mu mpande zose.
Uwitwa Ssittankya n’abandi bafata umubiri we bawukatamo ibice byinshi babijugunya
mu mpande zose. Yapfuye kuwa gatatu ku itariki 26 Gicurasi 1886 ku mugoroba,
apfira hafi ya Munyonyo. Yari afite hagati y’imyaka 35 na 40. Nyuma abakristu
baje kurundarunda ibice by’umubiri wa Ponsiyani Ngondwe bamushyingura mu
cyubahiro.
Ushaka
kumenya byinshi, wakwifashisha izi nyandiko:
- ABATAGATIFU duhimbaza buri munsi, ed. Euthymia, Diyosezi
Butare, Mata 2013.p. 154-155.
- ABATAGATIFU MU MINSI Y’UMWAKA, Ed. De l’imprimerie de
Kabgayi, 2eme ed. sept. 2015. p.153.
- DIX MILLE SAINTS, Dictionnaire hagiographique cyanditwe
n’Ababenedigitini b’i Ramsgate. Ed.VI., Brepols,1991. P. 46 ; P. 144
na P.415.
- https://dacb.org/fr/stories/uganda/kaggwa-andrew/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Kaggwa
- https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ponsiano-ngondwe