God, why? Katumba Wamala says he doubted God when he saw daughter dying

Outgoing works and transport minister Gen Edward Katumba Wamala has told mourners he doubted God when he saw his daughter Brenda Nantongo dying.

Nantongo and Gen Wamala’s driver Haruna Kayondo died in a June 01 morning shooting at Kisota Road.

Katumba Wamala reveals daughter Brenda Nantongo’s last words, moments before she died

When he left hospital, a bullet still stuck in his shoulder, Wamala told mourners gathered at his Najjera home June 02 he had doubted God when he beheld his daughter and driver dying in an assassination attempt against him.

“I need to ask God to forgive me because in that moment I asked myself, I am a good person, I love all people. Why would something like this happen to me?” recalled the general.

“I ask God to forgive me because I doubted him in that moment.”

Samuel Kamugisha

Samuel Kamugisha is a Ugandan journalist, editor, translator, language instructor, poet, fiction and non-fiction writer. A Makerere University graduate of Journalism and Communication with a decade-long experience in news reporting, writing and editing, Kamugisha is Editor at The Pearl Times. His other journalistic work was published by The Observer. When he is not doing journalism work -- which is rare -- Kamugisha will be reading or writing a short story or a poem, or caught up in the writer's block. His new children's book 'Friends of Plastics' has been published by Room to Read and Reading Association of Uganda and can be read here: https://literacycloud.org/stories/7887-friends-of-plastic/

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