Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sironko District LC V Chairperson, Livingstone Giruli and his Bulambuli counterpart, Anent Nandundu skipped a meeting convened by the Bugisu LC V Chairperson’s Forum to find a lasting solution to the dispute over the leadership of the Bamasaba Cultural Institution alias Inzu Ya Masaba. The …
Read More »Elgon festival organizers under fire for parading naked girls
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is public outrage towards the organizers of the just concluded inaugural annual Elgon Festival held at Mbale SS grounds in Mbale city over the weekend. Formerly Imbalu Parade and festival, the annual event was organized by the Masaba tourism initiative in partnership with Babana Basha …
Read More »Gender minister invites parallel Bamasaba cultural heads for dialogue
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gender, Labor and Social Development Minister, Frank Tumwebaze has invited the parallel Bamasaba cultural leaders for dialogue. In his April 16th, 2021 letter, Tumwebaze invites Jude Mike Mudoma and John Amran Wagabyalile for a consultative meeting at the Ministry headquarters on May 4th 2021. Both …
Read More »Umukuka dispute: Bugisu parliamentary caucus rejects fresh poll proposal
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some members of the Bugisu Parliamentary caucus have rejected proposals for fresh elections of the Bamasaba cultural leader. This comes a few days after Manafwa District Woman Member of Parliament who also doubles as the Energy and Mineral Development Minister, Mary Goretti Kitutu told mourners …
Read More »We shall work with or without being gazetted-Jude Mike Mudoma
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jude Mike Mudoma has vowed to continue working at the cultural head of Inzu Ya Masaba whether or not government gazettes him. Mudoma is one of the two people claiming the throne of the Bamasaba cultural institution following his election by a faction of clan …
Read More »Gov’t declines to gazette Bamasaba cultural leader
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has declined to recognize the Bamasaba cultural leader over conflicts in the Inzu Lya Masaba cultural institution. In October, Jude Mike Mudoma was elected as the Umukuka III by a faction led by the embattled speaker of Inzu Ya Masaba, Nelson Wedaira. …
Read More »Inzu Ya Masaba succession wrangles suck in minister Mutuuzo
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gender Labor and Social Development State Minister, Peace Mutuuzo is being accused by one of the factions in Inzu Ya Masaba for being behind the leadership disputes that have bedevilled by the cultural institution. Inzu has been struggling to gazette its new cultural head …
Read More »Masaba cultural council resolves to petition to ministry over Umukuka III
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The cultural council of Inzu Ya Masaba has officially written to the Gender, Labor and Social Development Ministry notifying it that they have one cultural leader alias Umukuka III, John Amulamu Wagabyalile. This stems from the recent pronouncement by Peace Mutuuzo, the Gender and Culture …
Read More »We haven’t gazetted Mushikori’s successor-Minister Peace Mutuuzo
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Amulamu Wagabyalile, the newly elected leader of Inzu Ya Masaba was illegally gazetted, according to the Gender, Labour and Social Development Minister, Peace Mutuuzo. Addressing hundreds of mourners at the requiem service at St. Andrews cathedral for the late Umukuka II, Bob Mushikori on …
Read More »Umukuka succumbed to Covid-19-Doctor
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The late Inzu Ya Masaba Cultural Leader, Umukuka II Bob Kipiro Mushikori succumbed to Covid-19. This was revealed by the Health Minister and Mushikor’s doctor Dr Dominic Wabuloko. Mushikori died at the beginning of this month at his home in senior quarters in Mbale City. …
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