On Sunday September 9, 2008, Kabaka’s Deputy Minister for Information, Medard Lubega Sseggona, vowed to remain loyal to Kabaka Mutebi and keep on fighting for Buganda’s native land that were stolen by the Uganda Government in 1996, as well as political and human rights. Lubega was speaking at the launching of Mpuuga Cup in Masaka, Buddu, which is sponsored by Kabaka’s Deputy Minister of Youth, Mathias Mpuuga.

The tough-talking Lubega told the excited crowd that when President Museveni’s government kidnapped him and held him hostage for about 10 days in August this year, the experience only increased his resolve and strength to continue fighting for Buganda’s rights. He explained the only reason for his arrest and that of Betty Nambooze and Charles Mayiga was because they were publically fighting for Baganda’s land rights.