{"id":64204,"date":"2024-01-06T06:42:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T06:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/i-was-shot-in-the-back-bugingo"},"modified":"2024-01-06T06:46:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T06:46:14","slug":"i-was-shot-in-the-back-bugingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/i-was-shot-in-the-back-bugingo","title":{"rendered":"I was shot in the back \u2013 Bugingo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Pastor Aloysius Bugingo yesterday told members of his church he was shot in the back and left shoulder during the reported Tuesday night shooting in Namungoona, Rubaga Division of Kampala.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cI sustained an injury on my back and my left hand side shoulder as you can see,\u201d the pastor said as he unbuttoned and lowered his shirt to show the gathered flock a bandaged back.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the attacker(s) started firing bullets through my co-driver\u2019s seat, I hid under the steering wheel and that is how I survived. Unfortunately, my church member didn\u2019t because most of the bullets hit him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A large group from the House of Prayer Ministries International flocked to Pastor Bugingo\u2019s residence in Wakiso District\u2019s Nakedde Village in Namayumba to pray for him. Standing before them, the pastor narrated how as the alleged shooter(s) reportedly kept firing, he took cover in his car which he was driving at the time.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday night at around 9pm, unknown assailants reportedly ambushed the vehicle at Bwalakata Junction in Kasubi, a Kampala Suburb as the pastor was heading home in the company of his bodyguard, Corporal Richard Muhumuza.<\/p>\n

The soldier, who was a member of the elite Special Forces Command, an army formation from which the presidential guard is drawn, is reported to have been killed that night.<\/p>\n

\u201cI lost someone who is irreplaceable. He is a hero. He died for the cause. I commit myself to taking care of his family. They will never lack anything. I will do everything for them until my last day in the world,\u201d he said, without elaborating what he meant by \u201cthe cause\u201d.<\/p>\n

Since the day of reported incident, members of the House of Prayer Ministries International, which the pastor leads, his neighbours and government officials, have continued to flock the Namayumba home. Together with his wife, Ms Susan Makula, the pastor, a well-known avid supporter of President Museveni and First Son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba\u2019s movement, attended to guests as they came.<\/p>\n

There was sombre mood even as believers delivered to the couple words of hope, and commended Pastor Bugingo for counselling Ugandans through prayer and encouraging them to love God.<\/p>\n

Pastor Bugingo said his first instinct had been to drive towards the expansive and nearby Lubigi Wetland, but quickly changed his mind, fearing another attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cGod guided me to Mulago National Referral Hospital. I chose Mulago because I was assured of safety [there] unlike nearby private facilities which I feared would be harbouring killers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

By the time he arrived at Mulago, several kilometres away, Pastor Bugingo said both him and his bodyguard were soaked in blood.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were both rushed to treatment rooms and a few minutes later, doctors told me that my colleague had breathed his last,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The pastor described Muhumuza as someone who had become part of his family and was committed to his job for the last 10 months he had worked for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Muhumuza) had always assured me that if anything happens, he would die to save me or he would do what it takes to ensure that we both survive,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He told the flock that the deceased\u2019s family, including the widow and two-month old son along with other children who are in secondary school, were at his (the pastor\u2019s) home<\/p>\n

\u201cI thank God for giving me another chance to live, and have learnt that someone can leave the world at any time. I need people\u2019s prayers. I have bad memories of what happened,\u201d he said. He urged Ugandans not to make fun of people\u2019s troubles and to always be ready to forgive.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t hide hatred in the heart. Don\u2019t overload your heart with negative thoughts, and don\u2019t celebrate when other people are facing challenges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the same gathering yesterday, a senior police officer, who works in the office of the Chief Political Commissar, Mr Apollo Kabandize, said his close friend, the pastor, told him the alleged attackers targeted him when he slowed down at a hump in the road.<\/p>\n

Corporal Muhumuza is expected to be laid to rest today at his ancestral home in Ssembalule District.<\/p>\n

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