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Saints celebrate first stake formed in Uganda

Published: Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 | Read story
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More than an hour after the new Kampala Uganda Stake was created, members gather outside their meetinghouse on Jan. 17. Almost 1,000 members met at the Kololo chapel to sustain the new stake president and counselors. (Photo courtesy of Africa Southeast Area)
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More than an hour after the new Kampala Uganda Stake was created, members gather outside their meetinghouse on Jan. 17. Almost 1,000 members met at the Kololo chapel to sustain the new stake president and counselors.
Smiles on the faces of the saints in Kampala, Uganda, rivaled the bright colorful gomesi (traditional dresses) the sisters were wearing as they gathered on Sunday, Jan. 17, to witness the organization of the first stake in Uganda. Almost 1,000 members met at the Kololo meetinghouse to sustain Jimmy Carter Okot as the new stake president, with Charles Ssekirangi and Jackson Isiko as his counselors. Elder Paul E. Koelliker of the Seventy and president of the Africa Southeast Area presided at the historic meeting, which was conducted by Elder Hesbon O. Usi, Area Seventy.

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