ENGOLA, UGANDA'S STATE MINISTER, WAS SHOT DEAD BY HIS BODYGUARD

Charles Okello Engola

Charles Okello Engola, Uganda's State Minister for Labour, Employment, and Industrial Relations, has been sot dead.

Engola was shot by his security at his residence in Kyanja, a Kampala suburb, on Tuesday morning, May 2.

According to DailyMonitor, the bodyguard, Pte Wilson Sabiiti, killed himself with the same gin that he sh%t the minister with.

"He was shot at his residence in Kyanja by one of his bodyguards who allegedly fired several shots at close range. He fled from the scene up to the trading centre at Kyanja, Ring Road where he entered a salon and also sh%t himself dead," police spokesperson, Fred Enanga told journalists in Kampala.

While presiding over the plenary session Tuesday morning, Uganda's Speaker of Parliament Anita Among confirmed the minister's death.

"This morning, I received sad news that Hon Engola has been sh%t by his bodyguard. May his soul rest in peace. That was God's plan. We can't change anything," Ms Among said.

"The guard said he hadn't been paid Ush4 million. He said he had a pregnant woman and his children were not going to school yet the minister's children were schooling." an eyewitness said, according to The East African.