NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A pastor in western Uganda remains in a hospital Intensive Care Unit after Muslim extremists poisoned him and a Christian couple on Nov. 24, sources said. Pastor Francis Kutekereza, 51, was meeting for prayer with the couple, recent converts from Islam in Kigorobya Sub-County, Hoima District, at 6 p.m. when […]
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Pastor, Christian Couple Poisoned in Western Uganda
Church leader still in intensive care after more than a month.
January 5, 2023 By - Leave a Comment
Pastor Sprayed with Acid in Ambush in Kampala, Uganda
Muslim extremist pretending to be Christian lures him into trap.
December 30, 2022 By - 1 Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A pastor has lost nearly all his vision after Muslim extremists lured him into an ambush in Uganda’s capital city and sprayed him with acid, sources said. Pastor Frank Mutabaazi of Mbarara can see only dimly out of one eye and has trouble eating and talking due to the burns […]
Pastors Wounded in Separate Attacks in Uganda
Wife of one also nursing injuries.
November 29, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A group of Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda seriously wounded a pastor and his wife in an attack on a meeting at their church on Nov. 18, he said. The knife attack on an evening service of Believers’ Church in Nansonko village, Kibuku District came in response to an evangelistic […]
Christian Evangelists Attacked for Preaching to Muslims in Uganda
Both sustain knife wounds.
October 23, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists in eastern Uganda were beaten and slashed with knives after leading several Muslims to Christ, sources said. Earlier this month Robert Okia, a 43-year-old father of six children, and Wilberforce Mutenga, a father of two, shared the gospel in predominantly Muslim Busakira village, in eastern Uganda, where eight […]
Evangelists Sustain Knife Wounds after Debates in Uganda
Muslims upset after event leads many to Christ.
October 7, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists on Sept. 24 sustained deep knife wounds after leading several Muslims to Christ at debates on Islam and Christianity in eastern Uganda, sources said. Andrew Dikusooka, 35, and 26-year-old Ronald Musasizi had debated Islamic scholars in several areas around Iganga District, and some attacked them after a Sept. […]
Young Woman in Uganda Killed after Accepting Christ
Muslim stepmother suspected of poisoning her.
September 29, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 23-year-old Muslim woman in eastern Uganda who converted to Christianity on Sept. 18 was poisoned to death that night, sources said. Namata Habiiba attended a church service on Sept. 18 at the invitation of a friend in Wakawaka village, Bugiri District and put her faith in Christ, the friend […]
Five Christians Thrown Off Boat and Drowned in Uganda
Church planters die in Lake Kyoga.
September 8, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists killed five Christian workers by throwing them off a boat into central Uganda’s Lake Kyoga on Aug. 10, sources said. The evangelists from End Time Word Ministry church were traveling from Nakasongola District to Apac District on a commercial transport boat with plans to plant a church in […]
Pastor Fears for His Life following Death Threats in Uganda
In another area, a family loses their home for refusing to recant.
August 8, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A month after a Christian was killed in Kiboga District, Uganda, a pastor in the same district fears for his life following death threats from Muslim extremists, he said. Pastor Godfrey Ssemujju, who oversees 130 Elim Pentecostal churches in Kiboga district, 75 miles northwest of Kampala, said the lives of […]
Muslim Extremists in Uganda Kill Evangelist at His Home
Christian held open-air events citing the Koran.
August 4, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists on July 29 came to the home of an evangelist who had held open-air events in eastern Uganda and killed him, sources said. Cut with a sharp instrument that left his head and neck with deep wounds, Sozi Odongo was killed at his home in Omorio cell, Agule […]
Christian Killed after Open-Air Event in Uganda
Assistant pastor also wounded in Islamic extremist attack.
July 24, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian in Uganda died on July 10 from head injuries sustained in an attack by Muslim extremists the previous week, sources said. Robert Bwenje had accompanied Assistant Pastor Ambrose Mugisha of Elim Pentecostal Church in Nyamiringa village, Kapeke Sub-County, Kiboga District, to an open-air debate about Christianity and Islam […]