Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde, the retired army officer shot in Fort Portal early today has said he was hit by a live bullet, reportedly on the orders of the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Katumba Wamala.
“I was shot by live bullets and under instructions of CDF Katumba Wamala as confessed by Lt Col Karugaba, commandant of military police,’ Gen Tumukunde, who was shot in the wee hours of today, said at a press conference a while ago.
He added that he was shot in the leg with live bullets and not a tear gas canister as the army and police had earlier said.
Gen Tumukunde, who was shot at the Kagote Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Hall, had rushed to Fort Portal in an attempt to rescue his son Amanya Tumukunde, who had reportedly gotten embroiled in a misunderstanding with security officials.
Amanya is contesting for the youth Western MP slot against Mwine Mpaka, a son to another senior army officer, Lt Col (rtd) Bright Rwamirama Kanyotore. Rwamirama is also the state minister for agriculture.
At the end of the highly contentious election Mwine Mpaka, standing on the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ticket, was declared winner over Amanya Tumukunde, who stood as an Independent.
By press time it was not possible to obtain a comment from police spokesperson Commissioner of Police Fred Enanga and his army counterpart Lt Col Paddy Ankunda.
However, earlier media reports indicate both the army and police as saying that Gen Tumukunde, who was in the company of his escort Charles Opoke, was hit by a tear gas canister.
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