Uganda, Feb. 18 -- Robinah Nalwoga, Statistician: "I believe that people are free to fast and observe Lent if they are led by the Holy Spirit," Nalwoga says adding that: "Fasting or abstaining should not be a tradition for Lent where someone does it to tick a box and when the season ends one returns to their old ways."

Nalwoga says it is important to live a lifestyle of repentance reflecting on the price Jesus Christ paid for us on the cross.

"Lent is a season of reflection on the finished work of Jesus, His death, crucifixion and resurrection that gives us hope to a free abundant life," she observes.

She adds that Lent is a constant reflection for the believers as one works on one's personal life and tunes towards God letting go of an...