{"id":3370,"date":"2021-06-01T15:02:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T15:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=3370"},"modified":"2021-06-01T15:05:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T15:05:54","slug":"president-museveni-speaksout-on-gen-katumba-wamalas-attempted-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-speaksout-on-gen-katumba-wamalas-attempted-assassination\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SPEAKSOUT ON GEN .KATUMBA WAMALA\u2019S ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Yoweri Museveni has said that government already have clues &nbsp;&nbsp;about the terrorists who&nbsp; shot and injured senior UPDF four star General and former Minister of Works and Transport &nbsp;Edward Katumba Wamala, killed&nbsp; his daughter&nbsp; and driver..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI talked to Gen. Katumba twice on the phone. He is being well- managed. We shall defeat the criminals as we did in the past. We already have clues to those killers,\u201d he said in a statement &nbsp;issued at Nakasero State Lodge in Kampala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An angry&nbsp; Gen. Museveni added , \u201cThe pigs who do not value life shot at Gen. Katumba, killed his daughter and driver and injured him.&nbsp; Condolences on the loss of the two Ugandans,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210601-WA0179.jpg\">IMG-20210601-WA0179<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210601-WA0179.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>President Museveni said that besides, the new system of digital beacons on all vehicles and boda bodas will eliminate the misuse of vehicles and boda bodas to commit crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210601-WA0179-1.jpg\">IMG-20210601-WA0179-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210601-WA0179-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wish Gen. Katumba 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, killing one or more of the terrorists would have done the same and more,\u201d Museveni &nbsp;said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today &nbsp;morning at round 9am armed assassins riding on boda-bodas trailed Gen . Katumba \u2018s vehicle along Kisota road in Kisaasi and shot at it injuring Katumba Wamala and left his daughter and driver dead .&nbsp; The injured Gen .Katumba Wamala was evacuated to Malcom Clinic in Kisaasi from where he was picked for further treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General Wamala was &nbsp;on his way to&nbsp; Najjanankumbi to &nbsp;attend a vigil for his mother-in-law .General Wamala has served as the Army Commander&nbsp; and Inspector General of Police .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Yoweri Museveni has said that government already have clues &nbsp;&nbsp;about the terrorists who&nbsp; shot and injured senior UPDF four<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210601-WA0069-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3386,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/gen-katumba-discharged-from-hospital-to-pray-for-his-slain-daughter-commends-body-guard-for-fighting-back-the-assassins\/","url_meta":{"origin":3370,"position":0},"title":"GEN.KATUMBA DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL TO PRAY FOR HIS SLAIN DAUGHTER ,COMMENDS BODY GUARD FOR FIGHTING BACK THE ASSASSINS","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"June 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Four star Gen Katumba Wamala has been discharged from Medipal International Hospital \u00a0just in time to attend his \u00a0slain loving daughter Brenda Nantongo Wamala \u2018s vigil and church service at his home in Kampala . 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