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Ugandan labour minister shot dead by bodyguard
The Ugandan Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Col. Charles Okello Engola (retd), has been killed by his bodyguard in the East African country.
The country’s police spokesman, Fred Enaga, who confirmed the incident to journalists on Tuesday in Kampala, said the minister was shot dead at his home in Kyanja, a suburb of the capital, while preparing for work.
He identified the bodyguard as Private Wilson Sabiti.
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Sabiti, according to him, later fled from the scene to a trading centre where he shot himself dead.
The spokesman said a team of detectives had been deployed to the scene to investigate the motive behind the incident.
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