APA-Kampala (Uganda) A deputy minister in Uganda has been shot dead by his own bodyguard who also turned the gun on himself on Tuesday morning.
Deputy minister of Gender and Labour Retired Colonel Charles Okello Engola was killed at his home by the guard who later went on the rampage in the neighbourhood before eventually killing hmself.
There was no report of a tiff between Okello and the unnamed bodyguard who was a soldier in the Ugandan army.
Col Engola was once a junior minister for defence.
Meanwhile confirming the tragedy the speaker of Ugandan parliament Anita Among paid homage to Mr. Okello.
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