Renowned Ugandan pastor and leader of Zoe Ministries, Prophet Mbonye, has officially changed his name, according to a government notice published in the Uganda Gazette.
Previously known simply as Allan Mbonye, the charismatic preacher will now be identified as Allan Elvis Mbonye, formalising a name many of his followers have long associated with him informally.
The name change was made official on June 19, 2025, via a Deed Poll, confirming the inclusion of Elvis as part of his legal identity.
“By this Deed Poll made this 19th day of June, 2025, I, the undersigned MBONYE ALLAN, a male adult Ugandan resident of Kampala District, formerly known by the name MBONYE ALLAN, do solemnly make this Deed Poll thus,” the Gazette states.
The notice continues to declare:”I wholly renounce and abandon the use of my former name MBONYE ALLAN. In place of that name, I adopt the name MBONYE ALLAN ELVIS as of the date hereof… From this date forward, I shall be fully known and addressed as MBONYE ALLAN ELVIS.”
To eliminate any ambiguity, the legal document further reads:”I declare that in all records, documents, and dealings, I shall sign the name MBONYE ALLAN ELVIS. I expressly request all persons to designate and address me by my new name MBONYE ALLAN ELVIS.”
According to his official biography, Mbonye was born again in 1998—a transformative year that, he says, marked the beginning of his prophetic journey.
“It all started in 1998 after an awe-inspiring encounter with the Person of the Holy Spirit in which Elvis’ ‘old’ identity was virtually dissolved, supplanted with a new nature in Christ. Subsequently, the world of unusual dreams, visions, and prophetic revelations was opened to him,” reads his website.
From then on, Mbonye’s spiritual insights began attracting attention far and wide.
“It would not take long before those around him and others along his path would recognise the prophetic abilities he possessed. His reputation as a prophet would thus spread.”
Over the years, Prophet Mbonye has gained prominence for making predictions that followers and observers alike describe as eerily accurate. Among the most talked-about were the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, whose exact date (December 26) he reportedly predicted three months in advance, the Arab Spring uprisings, which began with the fall of governments in North Africa, the 2010 Kampala bombings, which left dozens dead and an Israeli attack on a neighboring country, prophesied on January 23, 2023, that materialized weeks later with a drone strike on an Iranian nuclear facility.
Later that year, in October 2023, the Israel–Hamas conflict erupted, leading to massive casualties and displacement in Gaza—another event followers link to his earlier warnings.
