On May 11, 2009 the Lukiiko (National Assembly) of Buganda sat to discuss a draft of the proposed new land law from Mr. Museveni’s government. Below the Luganda press release by the Buganda minister of Lukiiko Affairs and Information, followed by an English translation (by Buganda Post).

Reaction to the resolutions by ordinary Baganda have been mixed. On one extreme are the polititicaly aware men and women who are not afraid of President Museveni…

This reporter has reliably learnt that contrary to the propaganda in the Aga Khan’s Monitor Newspaper, Kabaka Mutebi’s tour of Kayunga, in Bugerere county, was only moved back to ensure that it would take place in June when his school age subjects are home for the holidays.
A Buganda government official who spoke on condition that [...]

Moses Musana: Abakenyi, Buganda Future, Appeal to Katikkiro

Dear BP,

I wish to tell my fell Baganda about my people and our concern about our future. I am one of the Baganda group called Abakenyi or Abakeni. A long time ago our Baganda ancestors run away to Bugerere, Busoga and Teso because of problems with the Kabaka at that time. Over the last 10 years our elders are working to bring us back into the Baganda community and some progress has happened but not enough. But for most of us our future is best back in Buganda because we are Baganda. That is why we are worried about the future of Buganda, because it should be our future too…

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On a day after Kabaka Mutebi’s one week tour of Busujju county, described by Katikkiro JB Walusimbi as the first phase of spending the Shs 1 Billion that President Museveni gave to Mmengo on his (Walusimbi’s) mumuli program, the Bunyoro kingdom says that Shs 1 Billion (US$ 454,000) is peanuts. According to a story that will appear in the Daily Monitor newspaper on Monday, the press secretary to the Omukama of Bunyoro, Henry Ford Mirima…