Former Archbishop Church of Uganda Rt. Rev. Dr. Henry Luke Orombi clocked 70 Years exactly on Friday 11th October 2019.
To cater for everyone, the celebration was held over the weekend on Saturday 12th October 2019 at Women Vocation and Training center Goli Nebbi Diocese.
Speaking to Mr Innovative Innocent Oronya a Journalist with 98.3 Christ The King (CTK) Fm Goli, He told Westnilexpozed that the Celebration received massive attendance of close to 2000 people from different walks of Life , and also attracting friends from across the world including ; Alur Community in Diaspora, Friends from U.S , Hon Anywar Rach Joshua ( Area Member of Parliament for Padyere County) , Minister For Northern Uganda Hon. Grace Kwiocwiny Freedom ( Women MP for Zombo District), State Minister for Energy Hon. Eng. Simon D'Ujanga among others.
The chief guest Deputy Deputy Prime Minister Rt. Hon Moses Ali used the opportunity to enlighten the people on the Leadership dilemma Uganda had experienced since independence.
He went ahead and reminded the gathering that Uganda had different short lived governments since independence except for the NRM government under President Museveni, that is because the NRM government has been able to successfully unite Ugandans .
The Birthday Baby Also thanked the people for celebrating his special day and was honored by the turn up and thrilling performances from the Group of women known as the 'Sisters' from Madi that left the crowd Dancing and praising the Lord again and again.
Who is Rt. Rev. Dr. Henry Luke Orombi? Henry Luke Orombi (born 11 October 1949) is an Ugandan Anglican bishop. He served as Archbishop of Uganda and Bishop of Kampala from 2004 until his retirement in December 2012, two years earlier than expected
.[2] He was succeeded as Archbishop by Stanley Ntagali, who was consecrated in December 2012.
[3] Orombi served as Bishop of the Diocese of Kampala, which is the fixed episcopal see of the Archbishop, but unlike many other fixed metropolitical sees, the incumbent is not officially known as "Archbishop of Kampala", but bears the longer compound title "Archbishop of Uganda and Bishop of Kampala". Orombi was educated at Bishop Tucker Theological College, which today is known as Uganda Christian University, in Mukono, Uganda, where he received a Diploma in Theology, and St John's College, Nottingham, in England, where he attained a Bachelor of Divinity degree.
Before becoming Archbishop, he was Diocesan Youth Officer in Moyo District and Adjumani District in West Nile sub-region from 1979 until 1986. He then served as Archdeacon at Goli in Nebbi District from 1987 until 1993. From 1993 until 2003, he served as the Bishop of Nebbi Diocese.