Luwero Diocese (Kiwoko Hospital)
Uganda

Luweero Diocese in central Uganda (under the leadership of Rt. Rev Wilson Kisekka) has been a longstanding partner of CMSI transitioning into a ‘Friendship Diocese’ in 2022. The work of the Church in Luweero continues to enable God’s people to be discipled in their faith and attain sustainable and self-reliant livelihoods based on Christian values.

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​The diocese has almost 600 churches and the focus of support from parishes in Ireland has been around sponsoring theological students through their training at Uganda Martyrs’ Seminary, Namugongo. Parishes have also been supporting the diocese in their use of Christianity Explored.  

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The Rt. Rev Wilson Kisekka was consecrated as 4th Bishop of Luwero in March 2024. Bishop Wilson visited Northern Ireland in June 2025 at the invitation of Christ Church, Lisburn, along with Rev Dr Paul Kakooza. 

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Leadership training, health care and evangelism are at the top the diocesan agenda.

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Kiwoko Hospital
Kiwoko is a busy rural Christian Mission hospital operating under the Church of Uganda. As stated in its Mission Statement, it is a:

 

“Christ-centred health facility providing accessible, affordable, curative and preventive health care for holistic healing of the poor and vulnerable; reaching out to the community; and training of health workers; in partnership with individuals and institutions of like mind.”

 

We treat, Jesus Heals has been the motto of Kiwoko Hospital as it has undertaken its mission to provide healthcare to poor people in Luwero, Uganda over the past 25 years. Initially founded as a clinic in 1988 by Dr. Ian Clarke, a CMSI Mission Partner from Bangor, the hospital has flourished into what it is today; a major district referral hospital with some 250 beds and 300 staff.

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Kiwoko Hospital believes in and practices holistic healthcare; people are more than just their physical bodies, and healthcare must work towards spiritual healing as well as physical treatment. To achieve this end, the hospital has a varied program of evangelism and discipleship, involving theological training for leaders, village outreaches and church planting.

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CMSI continue to facilitate medical electives and placements for students in training at UK or ROI universities. If you are interested, please get in touch with our Belfast office.  

 

Financial giving we receive for Kiwoko Hospital, is channelled through Friends of Kiwoko ​​