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Credonia Mwerinde

Ugandan leader of a doomsday cult

  • Fame47.1
  • Momentum0.3
  • Wikipedia2.5K
Source-basedFalling
Lived 1952–2000, aged 48
  • Wikipedia
    7 languages
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  • Era
    1952–2000
    Aged 48
  • Awards
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    recognised work
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Updated 2026-07-17

Credonia Mwerinde is the former high priestess and co-founder of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God (MRTC), a sect that splintered from the Roman Catholic Church in Uganda. Before founding the movement, she was a shopkeeper, brewer, and a prostitute. She and two other group members approached Joseph Kibweteere in 1989 and said that the Virgin Mary had instructed him to take them in; together, Mwerinde and Kibweteere would found the MRTC in 1989.

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Momentum0.3
Historical6.6
Source confidence40.0
Completeness40.0
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