The Uganda’s Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Colonel Charles Okello Engola, was shot dead on Tuesday morning by one of his military bodyguards.
The minister was reportedly shot at close range by the bodyguard, who complained of maltreatment, as his master was about entering his official vehicle to go to work.
According to the Ugandan police source, the preliminary information revealed that the late minister said was killed around 8:00am in the Kyanja suburb of Kampala.
Ugandan police spokesman, Fred Enanga, in a statement, said: “The shooting was done by one of the minister’s bodyguards, who also fired several shots at close range. The shooter then fled the scene to the trading centre at Kyanja Ring Road where he entered a salon and shot himself.
“The investigations are in the early stages. We have dispatched crime scene experts who will use advanced technology to determine what exactly was the cause of the murder.”
According to The Independent, eyewitnesses said the Uganda People’s Defence Force soldier complained about non-payment of his wages and maltreatment before he shot himself.
A photo of the crime scene that has gone viral on social media shows the minister’s body in a blue Kaunda suit lying in a pool of blood next to his official car.
