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The Muslim soldier who became the ‘Apostle to the Pygmies’

By Yossa Way

Apolo Kivebulaya

Edited and adapted by Mark Ellis

He was a Muslim soldier who fought against Christians until a Scripture verse stopped him in his tracks and set him on a new path in life.

Waswa Munubi grew up in Uganda. During his youth, he was an avid marijuana smoker. In military service, he fought against Christians until he came under the influence of Alexander Mackay, a Scottish missionary with the Church Missionary Society. Challenged to read the New Testament, one verse in the Sermon on the Mount grabbed his heart in an unexpected way.

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