Gen. Henry Tumukunde pictured in February 2013. File photo
FORT PORTAL – Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde has been shot in the legs allegedly by soldiers attached to the military police in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, an aide says.
“He is being treated for bullet wounds at a Fort Portal clinic, and will be transported to Kampala later today,” the aide told Daily Monitor by telephone. He said one of his military escorts was also shot in the legs. Police and the military are yet to confirm or deny the reports.
Gen. Tumukunde was in Fort Portal, for the Western Youth MP elections where his son Amanya Tumukunde was running against Mwine Mpaka Rwamirama, son to State Minister for agriculture Lt. Col. Bright Rwamirama.
Mr Mpaka, an NRM sponsored candidate won the chaotic elections, marred by show of military by both sides. Mr Amanya run as an independent. The other candidate was Go Forward’s Macklyne Nahwera.
Mpaka was declared winner with 660 votes with his closest challenger Amanya who garnered 463 of the total number of votes cast. Nuwasasira who came in the third place got only 10 votes in the results that were announced at around 2:50am.
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