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By Gad Masereka Mogadishu: After being completely taken over by Al Shabaab militants last week, the Ugandan army, UPDF, has now regained control of the forward...
By Gad Masereka At a currently continuing consultative session, leaders of opposing political parties are anticipated to propose proposals for constitutional and electoral reforms. The three-day...
A startlingly brazen video that popular Ugandan blogger Isma Olaxess aka Jajja Ichuli posted with his followers on multiple social media platforms has surfaced just seconds...
The Director of Public Prosecutions has expressed fear of escape by Minister of State for Karamoja Agnes Nandutu if released on bail. On Wednesday, Nandutu requested...
By Gad Masereka Kampala,Uganda:Col. (rtd) Charles Okello Engola, the state minister for labor, employment, and industrial relations, was shot and killed by his security on May 2 in Kampala. At his home in Kyanja, a Kampala suburb, Engola, 64, was shot in the leg and stomach at around 8 am by the guard, Pte Wilson Sabiti. Later, in the nearby salon, the guard turned the pistol on himself to end his life. Ronald Otim, his personal assistant, also suffered serious wounds during the shooting rampage and was sent to Mulago Hospital for care. According to reports from Kyanja, Chris Baryomunsi, minister of ICT and national direction, Minister Engola was shot while his route to a Cabinet meeting. ASP Luke Owoyesigyire, the deputy spokesperson for the Kampala Metropolitan Police, confirmed the occurrence and said that security forces had cordoned off the crime site as investigations into determining the reason for the shooting immediately got under way. Engola’s lifeless corpse was discovered next to the minister’s official Land Cruiser, as shown in a crime scene photograph. Watch The Full Story Here The minister looked to be preparing to enter his official work car when his personal security began to shoot at him. The Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola, and CID Director Tom Magambo raced to the deceased’s home early on Tuesday to supervise the investigation into the appalling and gory murder, according to a statement from police spokesperson Fred Enanga. “One of his bodyguards is accused of shooting him at close range many times at his Kyanja home. He visited a salon after fleeing the scene and shot himself dead, according to Enanga, who spoke to media in Kampala on Tuesday morning. He fled the scene up to the commercial center at Kyanja, Ring Road. “The investigation is currently being reviewed,” he continued. We’ve sent crime scene investigators to the location to employ cutting-edge equipment to pinpoint the precise cause of this awful homicide.
Mary Goretti Kitutu, a minister for Karamoja, was denied bail by the head of the anti-corruption court in Kololo due to a lack of sufficient sureties....
The National Unity Platform (NUP) has urged the government to stop enforcing laws in a selective manner and make sure that everyone involved in the iron...
By raiding a kraal in the Moroto district early on Saturday morning during a cordon and search operation, the joint security forces have broken down criminal...
A super horny Member of Parliament from the Central region has broken the legislative odds by bonking the Speaker’s house girl into cabbages and ballooning her...
The First Son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, recently attacked the elder generation of leaders—including his father, Yoweri Museveni, and his uncle, Gen. Salim Saleh—for allegedly dominating the...
