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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The suspects who were arrested in relation to the shooting of Works Minister Gen Edward Katumba Wamala have been linked to 14 other murders. Gen Katumba was shot on June 1, 2021, along Kisota road in the outskirts of Kampala in an attack that claimed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Services-UPS has said the suspects in the assassination attempt of Gen. Katumba Wamala are currently undergoing treatment at Kitalya prison where they were remanded last week. Last week, the five suspected people who are allegedly connected to the shooting that led to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies hunting for assailants that riddled Gen Edward Katumba Wamala’s military vehicle on June 1st at Kisota road with bullets have shot dead one Hussein Wahab Lubwama alias Master, the suspect who allegedly killed the General’s daughter, Brenda Nantongo and driver Haruna Kayondo. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The designate Minister of Works and Transport General Edward Katumba Wamala says that he receives daily briefings about the ongoing investigations into an attack which almost claimed his life early this month. Katumba made the statement shortly after appearing before Parliament’s Appointments Committee which was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has said that the attack on General Katumba Wamala was politically motivated. The President was speaking after the budget reading on Thursday at Kololo Independence Grounds. According to President Museveni, the attack was a definite political motive, and they will know who was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security experts have said that the attackers on Gen Katumba Wamala exhibited all skills of refined urban fighters. This is after the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech described Gen Katumba Wamala’s shooters as unsophisticated. Security analysts, Fred Egesa and Grace Matsiko …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj Gen Paul Lokech, the Deputy Inspector General of Police has listed five mistakes that were made in response to the assassination attempt on the life of the former Chief of Defense Forces-CDF, General Edward Katumba Wamala. Unidentified assailants riding on two motorcycles attempted to …

Why and how security agencies fail | THE INDEPENDENT | The June 01 shooting of army Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala in a suspected assassination attempt has reawakened interest in the wave of unexplained and puzzling killings that have occurred in Uganda since 2012. Gen. Katumba’s daughter, 32-year old medical doctor …

 Why security must conduct better investigations   Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The June 01 shooting of Gen. Katumba Wamala, a former Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and most recently, minister of Works and Transport, has brought police murder by assassination investigations back into the spotlight because of the …

Bukomansimbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sergeant Hassan Kayondo, 38, the driver of Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, the ex-Minister for Works and Transport was laid to rest in Lugando village, Bigasa sub county, Bukomansimbi district of Friday. Kayondo died in the line of duty on Tuesday morning in a shootout that …