Emmanuel Kasiko preaching in Kampala, the Capital of Uganda.
For over 7 years now, Emmanuel Kasiko has been proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ on streets, criss-crossing between the traffic lights along Fairway Hotel, Yusuf Lule road and Uganda Golf Club in Kampala, the nation’s capital.
For Kasiko, preaching the gospel on the streets is a life-time assignment.
This assignment, he says, was confirmed through a vision from God, and has kept him pushing forward even during the toughest times of your life.
Speaking to Uganda Christian News, Kasiko was quick to recall an incident that once claimed his life
“It is not far away,” Mr Kasiko started.
“Around the 28th of December, 2021, during an evening like this, a Toyota Mark X car driver pulled over at the traffic lights. The occupants were all smoking marijuana. When I saw them, I said to them through the car window that God could heal their thirst,” he recalled.
It is these words that earned him a beating together with his colleague whom they occasionally proclaim the Word of God along Yusuf lule Road.
“The guys got out, started beating me, my colleague who was also near by came to help. They beat both of us, in daylight,” he said.
Kasiko who has since recovered from the attack, said he chosen to forgive his tormentors because nothing will stop him from preaching the gospel. He explained that his calling is not to please men, win their applause, or please their ears but save perishing souls, by introducing them to the Savior, Jesus Christ.
“Even though we are persecuted, we shall fear no evil,” he said.
The 29-year-old started preaching the gospel while a student at Kyambogo College leading the Christian Union then.
He was later inspired by another street evangelist identified as Mr Patrick Katende.
“Repent and get saved,” Kasiko told the passengers in one taxi, shortly after the engagement with our reporter.
Although most of the hundreds of people who pass either in their cars, taxi or Boda Boda turn a deaf ear, Kasiko and other preachers are undaunted.
“Even though you preach and its like they are not hearing, as they are passing. But, immediately after some days, you see somebody coming back saying oh pastor what you preached to me last time blessed me,” said Mr Kasiko.
When asked of the testimonies he has experienced during his time, Kasiko said: “I have been spiritually strengthened. Preaching the gospel on the streets has given me boldness to face anything.”
