Tag Archives: buganda

By Dicta Asiimwe Forget the Kabaka, just look at the money The relationship between President Yoweri Museveni and the King of Buganda, Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi is fated to be acrimonious. What else could have led Museveni to be campaigning in the controversial district of Kayunga on Feb.2, just a …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi & Dicta Asiimwe Why president ordered MPs to pass traditional rulers Bill When Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, to wild cheers from his subjects at a December 31, 2010 fete at the palace, used a dummy of a key to symbolically unlock the New Year, he …

By The Independent Team  September 10, 2009 marked the beginning of three dark days of riots in Kampala city and other parts of Buganda and brought back memories of the Buganda Crisis of 1966. Friction which had been simmering between the Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Mutebi, the central government and …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi New pressure group emerges to oppose Ssuubi When retired Col. Kizza Besigye appeared with two former Buganda Kingdom prime ministers at the launch of the ‘Ssuubi 2011’ pressure group on June 7, most observers concluded that he had put the Buganda block vote in the bag. …

By Joseph Ossiya You cannot change what you will not confront. When one considers the historical aspects of the birth of the entity Uganda, they are fraught with political landmines and buried skeletons, the types of which have the capacity to unravel its very identity and challenge its existence. The …

By eriasa mukiibi Museveni’s plan for Buganda in 2011  While on tour in the US in mid-September, the king of Buganda, Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, received an unusual emissary from NRM Secretary General and Security Minister Amama Mbabazi. The emissary, according to sources that were involved in the meeting, …

By Henry L. Sserunjogi After the three-day riots that rocked parts of Buganda but with a heavy presence in Kampala, many have distributed blame and opined on the cause. Surprisingly, this incident has greatly reignited the curiosity in whether during the five-year guerrilla war that brought the NRM to power, …

By P. Matsiko wa Mucoori & Odoobo C. Bichachi Was there an agreement between rebel leader Yoweri Museveni and Buganda monarchists in the bushes of Luwero as the two fought Milton Obote’s UPC regime in 1981-85? President Museveni rejects the existence of any such agreement. ‘When we triumphed in 1986, …

By William Mbonigaba Uganda vis a vis Buganda (or is it the other way round?) This question is important because Buganda as a unit existed before Uganda. However, we also know that before Uganda, it was not only Buganda that existed as a political unit: Bunyoro also existed and was …

By Charles Onyango Obbo Mr Yoweri Museveni has made many notoriously bad mistakes in his 23 years as president of Uganda. However, there are two things he hardly does: One, it is rare for Museveni to lose initiative in any big political confrontation. And he almost never leaves an opponent …