In what some Baganda political analysts see as a veiled reference to embattled Katikkiro JB Walusimbi, the Buganda Minister of State for Research, Daudi Mpanga, and the Chairman of Kabaka’s Central Civic Education Committee (CCEC), Betty Nambooze have warned Baganda that Buganda’s enemies are trying to isolate Kabaka Mutebi from his subjects.  Mpanga and Nambooze were speaking at a one day seminar which was organized by the CCEC for the surrogate speakers (abogezi) who work at kwanjula ceremonies.

Disregarding Kabaka’s instructions, Katikkiro Walusimbi has for several months been secretly negotiating with president Museveni and vice president Bukenya on how to quieten the “Mmengo radicals” who are fighting the president’s anti-Buganda amendments to the already hated 1995 Land Act. Resurrection of the Regional Tier law and funding Walusimbi’s so called development programs to take Baganda’s attention away from land have also been discussed.

Minister Mpanga warned the people of Buganda to be more careful about the new laws being fronted by the government of Uganda because some of them have bad intensions of obliterating Buganda Kingdom. He said: “The central government has a practice introducing and promoting as beneficial to Ugandans when, in truth, they are solely designed to destroy the Buganda the Kingdom.” Mpanga added that the challenges that Buganda faces require courageous people and leaders plus strength in unity, for the kingdom to build its strength and glory.

On her part, Betty Nambooze Bakireke told the seminar participants that the CCEC is supposed to provide a communication bridge between Baganda and their true leaders so that Buganda’s enemies do not succeed at isolating Kabaka Mutebi from his subjects.

Source in both Mmengo and the vice president’s office told this reporter that patriotic Mmengo officials like Mpanga and Nambooze are very frustrated by the fact that they own leader betrays them to what in reality are enemy forces. And the frustration is made worse by the common belief in Bulange that the Katikkiro is a very intelligent man and who is probably only driven by person interests.