Uganda - Pastor Sprayed with Acid in Ambush in Kampala

 Source: 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. 

After the pastor preached at an evening service of a church in the Kasubi area of Kampala, a Muslim extremist pretending to be a congregation member greeted him, praised him for his “wonderful sermon” and asked for a ride to the Busega area in western Kampala, he said. “On my way to the main road, the gentleman started making several phone calls,” Pastor Mutabaazi told Morning Star News.

Pastor Frank Mutabaazi after
 acid attack in Kampala,
 Uganda on Dec. 22, 2022.
 (Morning Star News)

 Approaching a roundabout, the man said he wanted to get out. “As he came out of the vehicle, three men dressed in Islamic attire appeared and pulled out a bottle and started spraying on me through the window while shouting and mentioning that I am an enemy of their religion as well as a deceiver who is not worthy to live,” Pastor Mutabaazi said. “From that time on, I did not know what happened, only to find myself at a nearby clinic in Namunghona after five hours.”  

He had received several threats on his phone demanding that he stop evangelistic events in Masaka and Kambala in central Uganda, Mbale and Pallisa in the east and the West Nile sub-region in the northwest part of the country, he said. One text message read, “We have been monitoring your evil activities of changing our members to Christianity. Let this be known to you that your life is at risk.”

Pray that Pastor Frank Mutabaazi will regain full sight and for healing for the burns he received on his face and body.

Pray that he will recover his strength and be able to continue his evangelistic events and to give him wisdom on how to deal with the threats against his life.

Pray for justice and that his attackers will be drawn to Jesus.

Pray for a moving of the Holy Spirit throughout Uganda and that many will be drawn to Jesus.