Mr Charles Engola, junior Minister in charge of labour in Ugadan was in tuesday killed by his bodyguard.
Engolla was shot dead in an apparent private dispute, according to the army and local media.
He was a retired army colonel.
Army spokesman Brig. Felix Kulayigye said in a short statement that an “unfortunate incident” led to the killing of Engola. “We shall inform the public the details as we jointly investigate the matter,” Kulayigye said on Twitter.
The shooting took place inside Engola’s home in a suburb of the Ugandan capital, Kampala. Police detectives are now at the scene.
The motive was not immediately clear, but the local press said there had been an apparent dispute over the guard’s wages.
Witnesses claim that the soldier was yelling that he had not been paid for a long time despite working for a minister,”
The incident is likely to create shockwaves in a country where other high-profile officials have been killed in gun attacks over the years.
In 2021, a former army chief in Uganda was wounded and his daughter killed when gunmen shot at their vehicle in Kampala.
