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<\/a><\/p>\nThe bodies of Twaha Namwoyo and wife Nadiimu Katooko, slain on Feb. 2, 2024 in Bulalaka village, Uganda. (Morning Star News)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
NAIROBI<\/strong>, Kenya<\/strong>\u00a0(Morning Star News<\/a>) \u2013 A formerly Muslim couple in eastern Uganda, parents of four young children, were slashed to death on Feb. 2, two months after putting their faith in Christ, sources said.<\/p>\n Twaha Namwoyo, 38, and his 27-year-old wife, Nadiimu Katooko, were slain for their faith outside their house in Bulalaka village, Saala Parish, Kibuku Sub-County, Kibuku District, a neighbor said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI heard people talking and conversing loudly in Arabic and the Lugwere language, saying that Twaha is to reap the fruits of leaving Islam,\u201d the neighbor told Morning Star News on condition of anonymity. \u201cAfter a few minutes, I heard loud wailing coming out of Twaha\u2019s house.\u201d<\/p>\n The neighbor, a Christian, said his family locked the doors of their home, \u201cnot knowing our fate. We kept awake the whole night in great fear. But thank God the attackers did not come to our house.\u201d<\/p>\n Officers from the Kibuku central police station arrived and found the bodies with deep cuts, and that of Namwoyo with a swollen neck, possibly indicating strangulation. Their mutilated bodies were found outside, and the children \u2013 ages 7, 5, 3 and 2 \u2013 were locked inside the house, sources said.<\/p>\n Police found several long Somali swords, knives and an axe at the scene, likely left as a warning to other Muslims considering conversion to Christianity, the neighbor said.<\/p>\n Kibuku central police registered case No. CRB\/10\/2024 as a homicide.<\/p>\n The neighbor did not recognize the assailants due to the darkness and said they could have been both local residents and outsiders. Many Muslims in Uganda speak Arabic.<\/p>\n The couple had converted at a Christian center in Nampido village, said a friend who led them to faith.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter visiting and praying with the family of Namwoyo for about six months, later my labor in Christ became a turning point for them to receive Jesus Christ on Dec. 5, 2023,\u201d the friend said. \u201cI continued discipling them in the Christian doctrines, but cautioned them to remain secret in their new-founded Christian faith.\u201d<\/p>\n The attack was the latest of\u00a0many<\/a>\u00a0instances of persecution of Christians in Uganda that Morning Star News has documented.<\/p>\n Uganda\u2019s constitution and other laws provide for religious freedom, including the right to propagate one\u2019s faith and convert from one faith to another. Muslims make up no more than 12 percent of Uganda\u2019s population, with high concentrations in eastern areas of the country.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n If you would like to help persecuted Christians, visit\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/morningstarnews.org\/resources\/aid-agencies\/<\/em><\/a>\u00a0for a list of organizations that can orient you on how to get involved. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n If you or your organization would like to help enable Morning Star News to continue raising awareness of persecuted Christians worldwide with original-content reporting, please consider collaborating at\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/morningstarnews.org\/donate\/<\/em><\/a>?<\/em><\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n \u00a9 2024 Morning Star News. Articles\/photos may be reprinted with credit to Morning Star News.\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/morningstarnews.org<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Tweet:\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/twitter.com\/morningstarnewz\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Facebook:\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MorningStarNews<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Morning Star News is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that relies solely on contributions to offer original news reports of persecuted Christians. By providing reliable news on the suffering church, Morning Star News\u2019 mission is to empower those in the free world to help and to encourage persecuted Christians that they are not forgotten or alone. For free subscription, contact\u00a0<\/em>editor@morningstarnews.org<\/em><\/a>;\u00a0to make tax-deductible donations, visit\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/morningstarnews.org\/donate\/<\/em><\/a>? or send check to Morning Star News, 728 A Kodiak St., Eielson AFB, AK 99702, USA.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Christian Convert Couple Slain for their Faith<\/a> appeared first on Morningstar News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n