KAMPALA, Kambula Milton, Peace Service Ambassador and President of the Global Peace Foundation Uganda Chapter, emphasized the importance of family in building a peaceful and prosperous society at the Inter-religious Family Festival 2024.
“Family must be the focus of our programs and national budget,” Milton stressed. “We must prioritize the well-being and stability of families in order to build a peaceful and prosperous society.”
Held at Kololo Independence Grounds, the event marked a historic milestone in Uganda’s history, promoting peace, unity, and harmony among people of different backgrounds.
“Today is a very special day,” Milton said. “We are making history, a history of the 20th century. We are shaping the future of heaven, right here in Uganda.”
Milton thanked the Inter-religious Council of Uganda and the Global Peace Foundation for their roles in mobilizing and coordinating the event. “We are truly one family under God,” he emphasized. “And it is through this understanding that we can achieve a world free of conflict, poverty, and violence.”
The festival featured a testament signing ceremony, where participants pledged to uphold the values of unity, compassion, forgiveness, and peace. Milton emphasized that Uganda understands its 10,000-year-old civilization and is committed to promoting shared values of Ubuntu, including living for the greater good, compassion, sharing, forgiveness, and love.
“We will not behave contrary to what is in the scripture,” Milton said. “We must do what God designed us to do in the original composition and menu of humanity.”
The event aimed to promote interfaith cooperation, family values, and peaceful coexistence. Milton called for an end to identity-based conflicts, wars, and violence, and emphasized the importance of stable families in achieving human rights, economic prosperity, democracy, environmental conservation, and good governance.
“We are here to tell the world that we are one, one family,” Milton said. “And we will work together to build a world free of guns, free from poverty, and full of love.”
