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NAIROBI, Kenya, July 24, 2026 (Morning Star News) – An imam who debated a pastor at an interfaith dialogue in Uganda is a suspect in the killing of the church leader after the event on Saturday (July 18), sources said.

Bernard Mulongo, a 25-year-old pastor at New Restoration Church of Christ in Butebo District, was killed nine miles from Mbale in Jami village late that night, his traveliing companion said. He is survived by his wife and two children, ages 4 and 7.

A pastor present at the interfaith dialogue and debate, David Omala, said Imam Hassan Musa was angry with the Pastor Mulongo after the event, at which two prominent Muslim women publicly converted to Christianity.

Pastor Mulongo spoke convincingly at the debate, and afterward Musa warned him, “Bernard, you deserve death for blasphemous deeds and leading our people to that false religion. It is not right for you to use the holy book, Quran, to mislead our members,” according to Pastor Omala.

He added that Musa made additional comments encouraging violence against Christians.

Pastor Mulongo’s father, Dawuson Mwangu, said his son had traveled to Mbale to participate in the open-air Christian-Muslim dialogue and later that evening spoke on a local radio program.

“After the debate and the radio program, I believe some people became angry over what had happened,” Mwangu said.

Pastor Muloong left the radio station in Mbale city with a friend, Robert Mukisa, on the same motorcycle, Mukisa said. On the way to the place where they were lodging, when they were nine miles from Mbale, several men on motorcycles passed them and stopped ahead of them, he said.

“One of them shouted, ‘You have been misleading our people to join your bad religion and defiling our holy book,’” Mukisa told Morning Star News. “I panicked and jumped off the motorcycle and fled for my life as the attackers held my friend.”

After running two kilometers, Mukisa called police and his pastor, informing them that Pastor Mulongo had been attacked. Police recorded his statement about the attack.

Pastor Omala said he later received a telephone call from an elder of Pastor Mulongo’s church informing him that he had been killed in Jami village. The pastor called Pastor Mulongo’s father, and they rushed to the site.

“We rushed to the scene and found him lying in a pool of blood,” Pastor Omala said.
Police arrived at the site before Pastor Mulongo’s body was taken to Mbale City Mortuary for a postmortem examination. He sustained several injuries to his head, right hand, chest and back.
The body was later released to the family for burial in Petete village, Butebo District.

Musa is a suspect in the killing, and at this writing the imam was absconding, sources said. Police were investigating but have made no arrests. The pastor’s family has called for a thorough investigation into the killing and for those responsible to be prosecuted.

The attack was the latest of many instances of persecution of Christians in Uganda that Morning Star News has documented.

Uganda’s constitution and other laws provide for religious freedom, including the right to propagate one’s faith and convert from one faith to another. Muslims make up no more than 12 percent of Uganda’s population, with high concentrations in eastern areas of the country.

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Photo: Pastor Bernard Mulongo was slain near Mbale, Uganda on July 18, 2026. (Morning Star News)
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Religion of piss indeed.

Let us stop this debate of religion ☯️
We need peace 🕊️🕊️
Let us live in harmony

muyico:
Let us stop this debate of religion ☯️
We need peace 🕊️🕊️
Let us live in harmony

If you don't want your belief to be debated, then your belief is fake.

You can't tell me your alllla command you to morda me because I'm not a Muslim and expect that people won't debate against your reliigion!

Madridguy, antichristian, nairalander1, lukgaf, mrpresident1, your deimionic reliigion has done it again.

Isliam is deimonic and can't stand criiticism!

This could be another fake news just to drag Muslims or Islam. I have checked around and I did not see any leading media outlet in Uganda that report the incident.

Meanwhile, let wait for the police to arrest the suspect and see who is really behind the killing.

A lady was arrested in London few years ago for pouring acid on her friend's face, the evil lady used a very big hijab to cover her face and when the news broke out, everyone were attacking Islam/Muslim until the lady was arrested.

expert234:
, your deimionic reliigion has done it again.

Isliam is deimonic and can't stand criiticism!

expert234:
Madridguy, antichristian, nairalander1, lukgaf, mrpresident1, your deimionic reliigion has done it again.

Isliam is deimonic and can't stand criiticism!

Islam is a civilizer. There is no problem with the religion of Islam, only the practitioners can be queried.

Christianity is the religion of Rome which morphed into America and western Europe

MrPresident1:
Islam is a civilizer. There is no problem with the religion of Islam, only the practitioners can be queried.

Qur'an 9:23 says you shouldn't trust even your parents if they reject Islam. How is that civilized?!

Shariah law says a grapped woman needs 4 men as witnesses to prove that she has been grapped. If she can't provide 4 male witnesses, she will be given hundred lasshes of cain or even stonned to deatth. Does that sound like a civilized idea to you?

Sahih al-Bukhari 6922 says "whoever changes his religion, kiill him." What's civilized in that one?!

Quran 9:29 told you to fiight against non-Muslims just because they choose a different reliigion. How's is that a civilized idea?!

The viiolient behaviours of Musliims are derived from your Quran, Hadith and shariah law. It is not just the behaviour of some practitioners.

There is nothing like civilization in Isliam
Isliam is bacckwarrd. Your liies can't fiool the world anymore.

Christianity is the religion of Rome which morphed into America and western Europe

Christianity started before the Romans accepted it. They were called Christians for the first time in Antioch, not Rome. America or Europe didn't influence any part of Christians doctrine. Stop lying!

You Musslims always liie to defend Islam. It shows that Isslam is a reliiigion of liies and decception. I mean, you can't defend the truth by lyiing!

madridguy:
This could be another fake news just to drag Muslims or Islam. I have checked around and I did not see any leading media outlet in Uganda that report the incident.

Meanwhile, let wait for the police to arrest the suspect and see who is really behind the killing.

A lady was arrested in London few years ago for pouring acid on her friend's face, the evil lady used a very big hijab to cover her face and when the news broke out, everyone were attacking Islam/Muslim until the lady was arrested.

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This is not the first time Muslims will atacck Christians based on what Quran, hadiths and Sharia law teach you guys.

Islam will rule you in your bedroom. Accept it and be at peace

expert234:
Qur'an 9:23 says you shouldn't trust even your parents if they reject Islam. How is that civilized?!

Shariah law says a grapped woman needs 4 men as witnesses to prove that she has been grapped. If she can't provide 4 male witnesses, she will be given hundred lasshes of cain or even stonned to deatth. Does that sound like a civilized idea to you?

Sahih al-Bukhari 6922 says "whoever changes his religion, kiill him." What's civilized in that one?!

Quran 9:29 told you to fiight against non-Muslims just because they choose a different reliigion. How's is that a civilized idea?!

The viiolient behaviours of Musliims are derived from your Quran, Hadith and shariah law. It is not just the behaviour of some practitioners.

There is nothing like civilization in Isliam
Isliam is bacckwarrd. Your liies can't fiool the world anymore.



Christianity started before the Romans accepted it. They were called Christians for the first time in Antioch, not Rome. America or Europe didn't influence any part of Christians doctrine. Stop lying!

You Musslims always liie to defend Islam. It shows that Isslam is a reliiigion of liies and decception. I mean, you can't defend the truth by lyiing!

This has been debunked, it is a big lie. Christians will do anything to bring down Islam but e no fit ever possible

Reuters: I found no Reuters report confirming the killing of Pastor Bernard Mulongo or the claim that two Muslim women converted before the attack.

Associated Press (AP): I found no AP report on this incident.

AFP Fact Check: I found no AFP Fact Check article verifying this claim.

Uganda Police Force: I found no official Uganda Police statement about Pastor Bernard Mulongo's alleged killing or the claimed motive. UPF

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0mATcaXjkZR45TBP6EKFWgMLUaeCnWrxD94GoiLMbJnVth4sorzUYXxqdGK5SZrEBl&id=100016613114304

Islam is closer to what Paul preached than whatever Christianity pretends to be. Christianity is the religion of Rome. Peter called Rome Babylon
So therefore Christianity is the religion of Babylon

Rome will practise (verb and active) and prosper until the time allocated to of is over (at the appearing of Jesus Christ which is the end of the great tribulation)

Meanwhile, Islam will rule you even when you are on top of your wife

expert234:
Qur'an 9:23 says you shouldn't trust even your parents if they reject Islam. How is that civilized?!

Shariah law says a grapped woman needs 4 men as witnesses to prove that she has been grapped. If she can't provide 4 male witnesses, she will be given hundred lasshes of cain or even stonned to deatth. Does that sound like a civilized idea to you?

Sahih al-Bukhari 6922 says "whoever changes his religion, kiill him." What's civilized in that one?!

Quran 9:29 told you to fiight against non-Muslims just because they choose a different reliigion. How's is that a civilized idea?!

The viiolient behaviours of Musliims are derived from your Quran, Hadith and shariah law. It is not just the behaviour of some practitioners.

There is nothing like civilization in Isliam
Isliam is bacckwarrd. Your liies can't fiool the world anymore.



Christianity started before the Romans accepted it. They were called Christians for the first time in Antioch, not Rome. America or Europe didn't influence any part of Christians doctrine. Stop lying!

You Musslims always liie to defend Islam. It shows that Isslam is a reliiigion of liies and decception. I mean, you can't defend the truth by lyiing!

MrPresident1:
Islam is a civilizer. There is no problem with the religion of Islam, only the practitioners can be queried.

Christianity is the religion of Rome which morphed into America and western Europe

Christianity started from the Jews, in Israel.
But the followers of Christ were first given the name ''Christians'' in Antioch, a Greek City.
Other empires like Roman empire, nations joined later when they saw the values and virtues it preaches.
No Christian would attack or kill another person because of criticisms or preaching about the religion

MrPresident1:
Islam will rule you in your bedroom.

Now, look at this your comment. Does it sound like a civilized comment? No. It sounds like the comment of a babberriian. That means Isslarm is a reliigion of babberriic practices by babberriians

You just exposed your own liies

Accept it and be at peace

Accepting Issllarm dosn't brring peace. Go through history and see how Muslims atacked, modard and enslliaved one another over the reliiigion

MrPresident1:
Islam is closer to what Paul preached than whatever Christianity pretends to be.

If they say you should provide evidence for any of the things you wrote up there now, you won't be able to!

Paul said Jesus is our God. Are you saying Islam also agrees that Jesus is our God?!

Christianity is the religion of Rome. Peter called Rome Babylon
So therefore Christianity is the religion of Babylon

Rome will practise (verb and active) and prosper until the time allocated to of is over (at the appearing of Jesus Christ which is the end of the great tribulation)

Someone already corrected you about this your liie, but it seems you have made up your mind to remain a liiar.

Christianity started long before Rome adopted it as a state religion! A simple search online will prove this to you, but you have refused to learn and decided to stick to liies and decieptiion like your decieptiive allllla!

Meanwhile, Islam will rule you even when you are on top of your wife

You earlier said Islam is peaceful but you are saying it is not peaceful! You just keep on contradicting yourself and calling yourself a liiiar.