Bishop Zac Niringiye after the attack

KAMPALA– Top Museveni critic who is also a retired Bishop Zac Niringiye survived death on Wednesday afternoon after he was attacked by yet to be identified people in Ntinda.

In a video making rounds on social media, the vocal man of God who normally criticizes the president and the ruling National Resistance Movement NRM on issues of Democracy and governance is seen lying on the ground with a bleeding wound at the back of his head.

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It should be remembered that around the same date on 28th July 2021, Bishop Niringiye was attacked and hit with a brick while jogging in the evening near Legacy courts in Ntinda at around 6:45pm.

Eye witness who are speaking in the video say the attackers were on a Boda boda and after kicking him hard, they left him to struggle for his life. Onlookers came to the rescue of the retired Bishop and took him to hospital.

The man of God had, especially in the last years of his service in the Church, became increasingly critical of what he called abuse of power and corruption.

Zac Niringiye took an early retirement from serving as Assistant Bishop in the Church of Uganda in 2012, to serve in the cause of social justice and good governance in Uganda.

This is a developing story since Police was yet to issue a statement about the incident by the time we published this story piece.

VIDEO is @InformerUg