Uganda, Jan. 14 -- Pastor Aloysius Bugingo, who heads the House of Prayer Ministries International, has been the trending topic on social media since he was shot at on January 2 in an attack that, sadly, claimed his bodyguard, Cpl Richard Muhumuza. Assailants opened fire on his SUV, a white Lexus with a customised licence plate with the words "PRAIZ GOD", as he was heading home in the evening.

Police called the attack at Bwalakata junction in Rubaga Division an attempted murder of the pastor - a tall, pot-bellied, dark-skinned man with close-cropped hair.

He is popular among impoverished Christians and has lately dabbled in politics, albeit indirectly, often leaning towards the MK movement of Muhoozi Kainerugaba and making cheap jibes a...