In a show of unheard of bravery in Buganda, the Chairman of NRM funded UNAA, Mr. Edward Wilson has publically boasted to thousands of Baganda on the Internet that he has the “ability and access to talk directly with the Nnabagereka herself.” Mr. Wilson boasted in an email he sent to several Baganda Internet discussion groups. Because some of the discussion groups have hundreds of members, which means that, since he doesn’t really know their members, he probably intended to make sure that every Muganda he can reach should know about his influence over the Nnabagereka.
The Washington D.C. based Muganda elder who forwarded Mr. Wilson’s email to Buganda Post included the following comments in Luganda: “Banange mulabe obugwenyufu webutuuse mu bana Yuganda. Ani yali awulidde omusajja omuganda, wadde munamawanga ategeera ebya Buganda nga yewaana mu lujjude nti yetukira buterevu ewa muka Beene? Ekyo kkive mu Buganda! Era Wilson kirabika musajja muzira kufa, kubanga tatya kunyiiza Baganda obukadde omukaaga. “ (“Friends, look how far stupidity has reached among Ugandans. Who has ever heard of a Muganda man, or even a foreigner sensitive to Buganda culture, publically boasting about having direct access to Beene’s wife? Clearly Wilson is a very brave man, because he is not afraid of making six million Baganda angry at him.”
On April 18, 2010, Buganda Post reported that Baganda in the diaspora were concerned about a press release by UNAA that Nnabagereka would be the guest speaker at UNAA (see “Diaspora Baganda Concerned About Nnabagereka Going To UNAA”). Also on April 18, 2010, Mr. Kabuye of Ekiba Kibe program on Free Buganda Radio warned UNAA to stop “massaging the a lion’s teeth” (Click on Ekiba_Kibe18Apr10A to listen or see “Story About Nnabagereka Going To UNAA Is Bogus, Robert Kabuye“). Apparently, one nationalist Muganda whose name is not disclosed, reacted to all that and sent an email to a Baganda discussion group to say that Wilson’s press release is not genuine. It was in response to that email from the patriotic Muganda that Mr. Moses Wilson violated a centuries old taboo in Buganda and told the world that he is buddies with the Kabaka’s wife.
Mr. Wilson’s brave action came at a time when UNAA seems to be having serious public relations and financial problems which could allow NRM to decide its fate. Our sources tell us that registration is far below the usual at this time because of the large number of Baganda who plan to attend Ttabamiruka instead. We have also been told that within the organizers, there fear that NRM operatives will find a way to embarrass Nnabagereka, to pay for what happened to Janet Museveni in Chicago. Mr. Wilson’s appearance to join the NRM’s campaign to break all taboos that make Baganda special, such as never to publically talk about personal relationships with Kabaka’s wives, is expected to hurt UNAA further. Many Ugandans who do not wish to be associated with any form of cultural genocide against Buganda might have trouble going to UNAA. It is also difficult now for the Mother of Buganda herself to attend UNAA and help in the NRM’s cultural genocide against her own family.
The email from Mr. Moses Wilson and the discussion group posting by the unnamed patriotic Muganda are both reproduced below:
Email from Mr. Moses Wilson
From: WILTEC10@aol.com [mailto:WILTEC10@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 11:52 AM
To: UCOCA@yahoogroups.com; gandatalk@gandatalk.talklist.com
Cc: bugandanet@listserv.tamu.edu; BaanaBaBugandaSouthAfrica@yahoogroups.com; ucoca@yahoogroups.com; gwangamujjenynj@yahoo.com; info@ttabamiruka.com
Subject: Re: [UCOCA] Re: [gandatalk] Diaspora Baganda Concerned About Nnabagereka Goin…
Folks,
This statement illustrates the difference between only having access to ”generally reliable” 2nd or 3rd hand sources somewhere in the Kabaka’s Palace and having both the ability and access to talk directly with the Nnabagereka herself.
Moses
Discussion group posting by the unnamed patriotic Muganda
In a message dated 4/22/2010 10:08:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, xxxxxxxxxxx@yahoo.com writes:
I too saw this story below on Buganda Post (http://www.bugandapost.com/main/archives/2099 ) had seen other mailings to the same effect. However, on making some inquiries from generally reliable sources about the Naabagereka’s itenerary, I have come understand that the whole thing is just a marketing gimmick, as no one responsible in the Kabaka’s Palace has any idea about it.
Until we hear otherwise, disregard this hoax: the Nnabagereka’s Office is not nearly as naive and/or inept as these silver-tongued snake-oil salesmen would have you believe.
Xxxxxxx
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