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Uganda: Street Evangelist Severely Beaten for the Gospel
by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent
(Worthy News) – A street evangelist in eastern Uganda was hospitalized with head injuries and a broken hand after a mob of Islamists attacked him for sharing the Gospel earlier this month, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Christianity is legal in Uganda, although Islamic extremists in the country present a severe threat to believers.
Evangelist Robertson Eriot was attacked on September 20 after he and fellow preacher Kefa Mukisa asked permission to enter the home of Islamic leader Sheikh Kalimu while preaching the Gospel house-to-house on the Busia-Kampala road, MSN reports.
The two Christians were allowed into the house and began sharing the Gospel with members of the household when Kalimu overheard them and became angry, MSN reports. “Sheikh Kalimu who was inside the house heard our conversation – he was angered and came out furiously,” Mukisa told MSN. “He ordered his boys and other Muslims who had come for Islamic fellowship to come out of the room and to discipline us.”
According to Mukisa, Kalimu shouted: “These are Christians who are out to convert our people to a wrong religion.” A number of people then gathered and shouted the jihadist slogan, “Allah Akbar [God is greater],” Mukisa added.
Mukisa managed to escape and called local councillors and others to come and help Eriot who was trapped at Kalimu’s home.
“We entered the homestead, and we found Eriot half-dead in a pool of blood,” Mukisa said. “We were able to rush him to the nearby clinic for treatment. Eriot suffered deep head injuries, a fractured left hand and bruises near the thigh of his right leg. He could have been hit with a blunt object and possibly a sharp object,” Mukisa said.
The attack has been reported to police, MSN said.
Copyright 1999-2026 Worthy News. This article was originally published on Worthy News and was reproduced with permission.
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