Radio Free Buganda has clarified that the announcement by Moses Wilson that Nnabagereka Sylvia Nnagginda will be the keynote speaker at UNAA Washington is bogus. In the April 18, 2010 Ekiba Kibe programme, the anchorman, Mr. Robert Kabuye, explained that Wilson’s announcement is a scam to help UNAA register Baganda. Kabuye said: “Abakulu abamu abategeka kwekuli omukulu eyeyita omulangira, Kalema Musoke, omukulu eyeyita family ya Kabaka, Moses Wilson, omukulu eyeyita Zabasaja nga ye Zabasaida, ne mukyala we. Bagenda bagamba abantu ku Facebook nti Maama wa Buganda y’agenda okubeera omugenyi omukulu mu bintu byaabwe ebya Museveni ebya UNAA. Teli atakimanyi nti UNAA ya Museveni. Era bazeemu okukozesa obukodyo bwebumu obwa Museveni.” (“Some of the oreganizers are Kalema Musoke, who says he is a prince, Moses Wilson, who claims to be a close relative of the Kabaka, Mr. Zabasaida, who calls himself Zabasaja and his wife. They tell people on Facebook that the mother of Buganda will be the chief guest at Museveni’s UNAA. Everyone knows that Museveni owns UNAA. They have started to use Museveni’s dirty tactics once again.”
Kabuye asks: “Lwaaki temulanga muka Museveni nti yajja? Lwaaki muyingirira byaffe ebya Buganda? Mwagala otukubya emizimu emiggo!” (“Why don’t you use Mrs. Museveni? Why do you meddle in Buganda affairs? Do you want the spirits of Buganda ancestors to punish us?”) He tells the UNAA team to stop spreading false stories about the Nnabagereka and to stay out of Buganda affairs. Kabuye advises them to invite Mrs. Museveni. According to Mr. Kabuye’s, when they play with the Nnabagereka name, they are massaging the lion’s teeth. Finally The he demands that Omulangira Kalema Musoke must make clear where his loyalty is – Buganda or UNAA – and assures his listerners that Abaana ba Kintu will certainly stop the dirty tacktics against the Nnabagereka. MR. Kabuye vows to stop any attempt to connect the Nnabagereka institution with UNAA.
Click onEkiba_Kibe18Apr10A to listen Mr. Kabuye’s full broadcast.
April 23rd, 2010 at 3:34 pm
I have keenly followed this purported development regarding the Nnabagereka’s appearance at the upcoming UNAA Convention in Washington, DC. It appears to me that while tempers might flare on account of the posture this issue has taken, the parties involved might want to consider a different issue, namely, why the Nnabagereka is not attending or rumored to attend the Ttabamiruka 2010 Convention. I am phrasing the issue as such because, from the sounds of it, the respective parties in this debate, appear to have distinguished themselves on account of what is alleged to constitute the respective membership in both organizations. In fact, peoples’ loyalty has become an issue to the extent that questions being posed in that regard. While people are free to exercise their constitutional rights to associate with individuals they choose and also convene at places of their choice, it is apparent that posing the questions and challenging such decisions will continue to be the case for the foreseeable future.
Rather than speculate as to whether the Nnabagereka is going to the UNAA Convention or not, it might be worth everyone’s time and effort to inquire into why, assuming she will, not going to attend a different convention. In fact, it is equally possible that she might attend both conventions especially given the relative proximity of both each venue. Conceivably, she might elect to attend UNAA on a Saturday and Ttabamiruka on Sunday or vice versa. It will behoove everybody to undertake to consider the methods and processes we engage as a determining factor of the direction we shall move as a people. For as long as we craft the message in terms of distinguishing characteristics that we inherited and are beyond our control, these arguments and the bound to ensue acrimony shall continue to be the order of the day rather than the exception. Whatever happens, we must be ready to live with the circumstances that are invariably our own creation.