Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a decisive initiative to tackle urban congestion and prioritize public safety, the Minister of Works and Transport, Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, issued a compelling directive, ordering the prompt evacuation of all roadside vendors. While issuing this stringent directive on Friday at Uganda Media Center, …
Read More »Gen Wamala warns Ugandans using the lake in August to be extra vigilant
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Works, Transport, and Communication, Gen. Katumba Wamala, warned the public to be cautious while using Lake Victoria, especially at night during the three months of June, July and August. He said that the lake is especially dangerous during this time due to …
Read More »Vandals drive transport ministry to embrace concrete rail sleepers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport has resorted to the use of concrete sleepers over the steel ones in restoration of the railway to curb vandalism. Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, the Minister of Works and Transport, made the revelation while appearing before the Committee on …
Read More »Arrest of Katumba Wamala shooters shows sharpness that should be hallmark of joint security team
COMMENT | Samson Tinka | For the whole of last week, Deputy IGP Paul Okech and his team updated the country on the hunt of the suspected killers of Gen Katumba Wamala’s daughter Brenda Nantongo and driver Haruna Kayondo. The updates showed how joint security teams made breakthrough after breakthrough, as they …
Read More »Gen Katumba issues statement, thanks Boda Boda man
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Uganda Army commander Gen Katumba Wamala has issued a statement a day after he survived an assassination attempt, thanking a boda boda rider who forced him onto his bike to seek medical attention. (READ FULL STATMENT BOTTOM) VIDEO: I have survived. We have …
Read More »Buganda Kingdom urges thorough investigation into today’s shootings
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Kingdom has called for thorough investigations into the shooting of former Transport and Works Minister, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala. On Tuesday, unidentified gunmen shot dead Wamala’s daughter Brenda Nantongo and his driver, Haruna Kayondo died on the spot while the General escaped with …
Read More »Reconstructing Gen Katumba’s route and the crime scene
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | General Katumba Wamala’s home, where he left in the morning before he was shot, is found in Bulabira in Najjera II. This area neighbours Kulambiro, a city suburb where former Police Spokesperson, Assistant Inspector General of Police- AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi was gunned down on …
Read More »The Katumbas mourn Brenda Wamala Nantogo
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | General Katumba Wamala and his daughter Brenda Wamala Nantogo 27, were shot today while on their way to a vigil in Najjanankumbi. Gunmen Tuesday morning intercepted General Katumba, who was in his vehicle registration number H4DF 2138 along Kisaasi-Kisota road, and sprayed it with …
Read More »Army says puzzled by missing Gen Katumba Wamala bodyguards
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) is puzzled over the whereabouts of the body guards of General Katumba Wamala, the former army commander and Works and Transport Minister, who was shot at this morning. Unidentified gunmen riding on motorcycles intercepted Katumba Wamala’s vehicle registration …
Read More »‘Eyewitness shot while recording Gen Katumba attack’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fresh details emerging from the scene where assassins sprayed the vehicle of General Katumba Wamala with bullets this morning show that the gunmen also shot an unidentified person in a nearby storied building. Isaac Kawonawo, the Wakiso Deputy Resident District Commissioner in Charge of …
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