President Museveni (L) and General Katumba Wamala (R)
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has offered condolences to General Katumba Wamala over the death of his daughter and driver who were shot dead today.
“The pigs who do not value life shot at Gen. Katumba killed his daughter and driver and injured him. Condolences on the loss of the two Ugandans. I talked to Gen. Katumba twice on the phone. He is being well-managed.” Museveni said in a tweet.
He added: “I wish Gen. Katumba a quick recovery. The bodyguard should not have shot in the air. He should have shot to kill. We could be having a dead terrorist instead of scaring away the terrorists. His shooting saved Gen. Katumba by scaring the criminals away….However, killing one or more of the terrorists would have done the same and more.”
In another tweet, Museveni’s Press Secretary, Nabusayi Lindah Wamboka quotes the President as saying that they “already have clues to the killers who shot at Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala’s vehicle injuring him and leaving his daughter and driver dead.”
Unidentified gunmen riding on motorcycles intercepted Katumba Wamala’s vehicle registration number H4DF 2138 along Kisota road in Kisaasi and sprayed it with bullets killing his daughter, Brenda Wamala Nantongo 27, and driver, Haruna Kayondo on the spot.
Katumba Wamala sustained two gunshot wounds in his shoulders and was rushed to Malcolm Hospital in Kisaasi for treatment before being transferred to Medipal hospital where he is at the moment.
