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It is more than a decade since more than 1,000 people perished in a church building in Kanungu, Uganda, after what is believed to have been a well-planned move by cult leaders who thought the world was coming to an end on December 31, 1999 but it never came to pass.

Much as time has passed, people still feel the effect of the Movement for the Restoration of the 10 Commandments killings.

It is 11 years since over 500 followers of Joseph Kibwetere’s “Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments” perished in an inferno in Kanungu, Uganda.

While the cult’s leaders are believed to still be alive, to date no one has been arrested in connection to the massacre.

Ugandans will on Wednesday, March 17 mark ten years since a religious cult in Western Uganda caused death of over 1000 followers.

The cult, known as Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandment of God, is said to have locked the believers in a huge church hall before using petrol to set it on fire

On March 17, 2000, hundreds of followers of the the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God died in an inferno allegedly set by the cult’s leaders.

To-date these leaders have not been found.

A committee appointed by the government to investigate the incident too never took off because there was no money. For now, the world will never really know the full story of the deadly Kanungu cult.

People say that Specioza Mukantabana is linked to the murderous Kanungu cult.

Last month, thousands flocked a Catholic Church in Rakai in expecting the apparition of the Virgin Mary. The congregation piously prayed and sang, oblivious of the fact that they were gathered at a place that inspired the cult responsible for killing nearly all its followers six years ago

Church compound where nearly 800 people were murdered six years ago set to become a tourist attraction Today the lush hills around Kanungu are filled with clank of cowbells, the cry of goats and the shouts of children at play. But six years ago, investigators were still sifting through the charred debris here at the site of one of the world’s worst cult mass murders. The details remain vague. But what is known is that in the end, nearly 800 people died, all members of a pseudo-Christian cult called the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God.