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Pastor Aloysius Bugingo's car at Kibuli CID headquarters, Uganda. [Photo, X/MBU]

An incident this week where a church leader's car was hit by gunmen and his bodyguard killed in Uganda has reignited the touchy debate on how the State and church ought to relate.

It emerged the slain aide was a top army officer assigned by the government to protect Pastor Aloysius Bugingo, an unapologetic political ally of President Yoweri Museveni.

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