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The Dean of Kamuli Deanery and Parish Priest of Kamuli, Rev Fr Benedict Wakabi Kyumakiyaka, has explained why the number of Catholics in the country reduced over the past 10 years, according to the released Uganda National Population and Housing Census 2024 main census report.

The findings released by Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) Executive Director, Dr Chris Mukiza, last week show that Christians form the biggest portion of the population, with Catholics having the largest percentage at 37.4 per cent, followed by Anglicans at 30.0 per cent.

And that while the population of Catholics and Anglicans had reduced, Pentecostals had increased to 14.7 per cent from 11.1 per cent and Muslims at 13.6 per cent.

Top Catholic leadership has not yet responded to the new figures; however, Rev Fr Kyumakiyaka says the numbers released by Ubos do not only point to a decline in the Catholic faith because many other denominations have lost.

“There is a big number of people who are not Catholics, Anglicans, Pentecostals, or Muslims; now, where do those ones go? There are several people who don’t know where to go and are just at crossroads,” Fr Kyumakiyaka said on October 10.

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