The parents of on the victims to the fire that killed 20 students at Budo Junior school are fear that the ongoing court case is scam designed to cover up what was a mass sacrifice of Baganda children on April 14, 2008.  Through an email, the mother of one of the victims told us that after attending one court session she felt like vomiting in court on Thursday because of the obvious the way Banyankore and Banyarwanda are trying to cover up a mass murder.

The grieving Muganda mother writes, “Please tell Baganda to ask themselves why although Budo is in Buganda, all the people who were in charge of the security of our children are Banyankore or Banyarwanda. And why did President Museveni go to the school and, even before the police had searched the site, ordered that those responsible should be prosecuted for ‘criminal negligence’. If that is not enough, ask yourself why even this man Mugabo who is the judge in the case is a Munyarwanda. Are you shocked? One more, Kale Kayihura the Uganda police boss (see picture) is also100%  Munyarwanda!”

Pleading to Kabaka Mutebi and all Baganda for support, the angry mother adds: “To many of us parents this is a cover up. The police and many of us already know that Kayongo moved students around into Nassolo dormitory days before the fire. And, as Tamale Mirundi assured us Kayongo sent his (Tamale’s) daughter Namuddu and those of other senior government officials home without good reason 2 days before the fire. My daughter cannot come back but I ask all Baganda and especially Ssabasajja to watch this case very carefully, ask themselves why so many of  those involved and Banyarwanda and Banyankore except when it comes to the victims (75% are Baganda). Please be concerned that there is a quiet plan to make Baganda mentally paralyzed by killings like this. Should you wait until they kill your own child or close relative in the next genocide human sacrifice?”

We can report that the former headmaster of Budo is not a Muganda of Kkobe clan as his name suggests but a Munyarwanda, with many relatives living back home in Rwanda. Budo is located in Busiro county of Buganda with a predominantly Baganda population. Yet all those implicated in the fatal fire are Banyankore: Damallie Basirika (matron) and Julius Tumusiime, Andrew Byamukama, Matia Tumuhairwe and Stanley Basirigara (the security guards). And the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate, Vincent Mugabo is a Munyarwanda.  Notably, the official charger against the Banyarwanda and Banyankore is “Neglect of duty”, very much in line with what Mr. Museveni declared when he visited Budo Junior on April 15, 2008.

The lawyers for the defendants are curiously Baganda. Kayongo is defended by one Sserunjogi while Joseph Kasozi represents Basirika. The Banyankore guards do not have lawyers. A list of the children who perished in the fire as presented below. Of the 20 victims, at least 14 were Baganda and only 3 could be Banyankore or Banyarwanda, although sources at the school indicate that about 30% of the pupils at Budo Junior are the time of the fire were from these two groups.

Victim List (Baganda in Bold)

1.   Barbara Natugonza

2.   Betty Kawula

3.   Evelyn Zawedde

4.   Evina Nalwoga

5.   Faith Asiimwe

6.   Joan Nabbosa

7.   Judith Nakavuma

8.   Juliet Lunkuse

9.   Juliet Nambalirwa

10. Latiffa Namuleme

11. Mariam Nakato

12. Merciful Wesonga

13. Mercy Akite

14. Patience Namakoye

15. Patience Namuyanja

16. Patricia Nakazi

17. Samantha Ntunda

18. Sonia Tendo

19. Sylvia Nakandi

20. Yvonne Namaganda

An email sent to Buganda Post by someone who claims to have family in Nanziga, Masaka Road, Busiro county requests us to inform one Ms. Nakitto Sempa that her land in Naziga is being illegally grabbed by a man called Haji Musaayi. And that Musaayi is only a front for wealth Banyankore who want to make Masaka road their education corridor where their children get educated but can easily escape or be defended West of Kampala if things went wrong.

According to the email, the land in dispute is about 300 acres big and is owned by daughter of a former Buganda minister of finance (Omuwanika), Amos Kalule Sempa. Her names are Nakitto Sempa, her brother Rodnie Sempa and and other siblings who live in the United Kingdom. The villagers who live on the land are insist that Ms. Sempa and her brothers have never sold their land but some one in Kampala is manipulating the title that some wealthy Banyankore want can add it to their vast land grabs on Masaka Road. The villagers urgently want Ms. Nakitto and her siblings to do what their father would have done.  Defend their property and Buganda from being destroyed by arrogant Banyankore.

The email includes some strong political allegations: “The St. Lawrence schools which most people think as owned by Mukiibi are in fact property of wealth Balaalo who rule Uganda. Mukiibi is only a partner/manager and he does not even control how many Banyankore and Banyarwanda children are admitted. He is not even told when stolen O-Level and A-Level exam answers are shown to Balaalo children to help cheat in exams. Now they need a university to add to Mukiibi’s schools on Masaka Road because although they own Kampala International University, it is not secure for Balaalo and Banyarwanda children in case of and uprising.”

If you know Ms. Nakitto Sempa or anyone of her siblings, relatives or friends in the United Kindgom please draw her attention to this story. She can also contact this writer at info@bugandapost.com.