Aloysius Bugingo

Pastor Aloysius Bugingo is a Ugandan born-again pastor and businessman. and a church in Makerere, Kikoni, Kampala, the House of Prayer Ministries International (also known as Canaan land). He was named the most influential born-again preacher by the East Africa Book of Records.

Early life and education Aloysius Bugingo was born in Masaka and grew up with his maternal grandparents who took care of him after his mother left to live in Rwanda, with his Rwandan father. and a certificate in Christian Culture Mentoring, received on 28 June 2019 from Kayiwa International University. He was awarded for his contributions to the development of the Pentecostal Church in Uganda, and graduated top in his year.

Pastoral career On Christmas Eve, 1992, Bugingo found salvation at KPC (present day Watoto church) during a screening of a Christian film, Heaven's Gates and Hell's Flames. He began participating in a Christian talk radio station based in Ndeeba, Impact FM, by making phone calls to the broadcast. Their ministry began at Bat Valley Theatre. The church congregation and listenership on Salt Radio increased steadily, especially Bugingo's lunchtime prayer services. At one point church members rented out Bat Valley Primary School playground as not everyone could fit in the church. The growing number of HPMI members prompted a search for a bigger piece of land to house the church. which has led to feuds between Bugingo and other pastors in the city that are still ongoing. He has been accused of trying to tarnish the other pastors' character to attract their followers to his church. He was later sued in court,

Bugingo donated Ushs100 million to the Ugandan government to fight against COVID-19.

In January 2024, Aloysius Bugingo was injured in an attack which killed his bodyguard. Ugandan police said they were investigating the attack as an "attempted murder".

Personal life In the early 1990s, Bugingo married Teddy Naluswa, and the couple lived in poverty. and Bugingo told the church congregation that she and their daughter Doreen were working against his ministry and trying to steal church assets. Bugingo claimed that Teddy had demanded a share of church land in exchange for a divorce. Other religious leaders disapproved of Bugingo's behaviour. In 2019, Bugingo was criticized by fellow preachers and the public for insulting his wife Teddy publicly and disclosing their marriage secrets.

Teddy Bugingo launched her own church, Word of Salvation Ministries International (WSMI) in January 2020. In 2020, five pastors were alleged to have left HPMI for Teddy Bugingo's Church.

In September 2019 he was quizzed by Minister Nakiwala over child neglect.

Bugingo subsequently entered into a relationship with Susan Makula. In December 2019, she announced that she was pregnant with twins.

In June 2021, he was reported to have contracted COVID 19.