Baganda, opposition politicians and human rights activists cried foul yesterday when Justice Wilson Kwesiga sentenced special police constable Ramathan Magara  to a 14-year prison term for killing two Baganda men. The victims were Vincent Kavuma and Gideon Makabayi. Justice Kwesiga and Magara are both Banyankore. On February 15, 2006 Magara walked to his car, pulled out an AK 47 and fired into a crowd of supporters of the FDC president, Dr Kizza Besigye, after one of them threw a stone at his car and broke the wind shield. The then presidential candidate Besigye was meeting his supporters during a visiting to Mmengo Bulange.

The charge against Magara was murder of two people when he fired into the crowd of Besigye supporters. Justice Kwesiga rejected the argument by Magara’s lawyer, McDusman Kabega, that his client shot in self-defence. The justice said that this theory was presented only as an afterthought. Also, the two court assessors (private citizens who are appointed to guide the judge) recommended that Magara be found guilty of murder, which could have fetched a death sentence.

However, many observers, especially Baganda and opposition party members in the packed court were shocked when Justice Kwesiga said that what Magara did was more like killing “in the heat of passion caused by sudden provocation”. Based on that, the judge convicted Magara man slaughter and sentenced him to 14 years in prison. Several angry protesters outside the court complained that this lenience towards people who kill Baganda could encourage government security operatives to do the same. At the time of going to press, it was not clear if Mmengo has been following the case. Occasionally, Mmengo speaks out crimes or injustices such as ritual killings as a Ugandan problem but is usually quiet when individual Baganda are mistreated by the police and judges.

Elizabeth Musaazi is a daughter of pioneer Muganda politician Ignatius Kangave Musaazi.  Nakku Senkeeto says that she is a granddaughter of Jolly Joe Kiwanuka and a great granddaughter of former treasurer (Muwanika) of Buganda Serwano Kulubya. And Edirisa Kironde claims to be first nephew to former Uganda President Yusuf Kironde Lule. The three are leading the effort to recruit American Baganda into NRM, at Uganda taxpayer expense, to extend Mr. Museveni’s direct political power to America. Sources close to the Uganda state house have told us that Mr. Museveni’s government is still interested in UNAA and Ggwangamujje but they think that their best investment is NRM USA where they can directly control the leaders and the political message.  Some of the NRM USA leaders, including Twaha Bukenya, Edward Wanda and Edirisa Kironde were on the list of alleged Uganda Government spies which was widely circulated on Internet discussion groups in 2007.

In 2008 NRM USA held major event in Washington DC with direct financial and logistical support from Uganda ambassador to USA, Perez Kamunanirwe. This year their event will be at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel in Boston on September 26, 2009 and president Museveni is expected to attend.  A prominent Muganda lawyer in North East USA has told us that it is probably illegal in the US for NRM, a foreign ruling political party, to promote its government policies on US soil. He pointed out that, according to the www.NRMOBoston.com website, their objective is to “shed light on the economic, political and other matters of interest to many Ugandans both in Uganda and in the Diaspora” and expected attendees include “Uganda Government Officials and Policy makers.” The legal expert concluded: “In my humble opinion, what NRM is doing in the USA could well be in contravention of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).  And if Baganda victims of NRM policies take this on seriously with the Obama administration, Musaazi’s daughter and her friends could be in serious trouble. They are blindly trying to adopt NRM arrogance here in the USA and that cannot work for long. And, curiously, not single member of the prominent Banyankore or Balaalo family benefiting so much from the NRM rule is involved in this highly risky effort.”

Sources in Mr. Museveni’s state House tell us that from the time of Dan Muliika’s term as Katikkiro President Museveni authorized serious investment in USA organizations controlled by Baganda. He was concerned that if the nationalism which Muliika planted  here in Buganda spread to American and European Baganda, his plans for Buganda could fall apart. Baganda who still believe in Mr. Museveni’s style of democracy for Uganda were in control at the Uganda North American (UNAA) and the plan was to ensure that the organization leadership is dominated by NRMs. The bigger challenge was the Ggwangamujje Baganda who, by definition, focus on Buganda interests.

UNAA Baganda are divided between those who support Mr. Museveni’s regime, those who promote opposition parties (DP, FDC, JEEMA, etc.) and those who do not care about the parties but, like the others, have full faith that the current Ugandan democracy is good enough to work with. Uganda state house believes that at least 85% of UNAA members are Baganda, explaining why Mr. Museveni supports and funds UNAA. The president prefers that his candidates win the UNAA elections but even if they lose, he feels confident that he can manipulate and influence the majority of UNAA members.

Ggwangamujje Baganda reject the current political order in Uganda and insist on Federo or even independence if other Ugandans continue to violate Buganda rights and interests. Their major branches are in Boston, New York/New Jersey and London.  According to NRM sources, Mr. Museveni does not expect to control Ggwangamujje activities but aims are using plants to simply destroy them from within.  Ggwangamujje Boston is by far the largest branch. But some observers also believe that it is the one which Mr. Museveni’s agents have already infiltrated, as shown by the NRM-style atmosphere at its elections two months ago – the elections had to be cancelled. Ggwangamujje NY/NJ is smaller but believed to be the most serious after successfully organizing Ttabamiruka ’07 and Ttabamiruka ’08. As Beti Kamya has said on FM radios several times, she started her current campaign for a new federal style political system for Uganda after “getting enlightened at Ttabamiruka ‘08″. However, the fact that there is no word about Ttabamiruka ’09 up to now has left many Ggwangamujje Baganda all over the world concerned about the health of Ggwangamujje NY/NJ.

On May 21, 2009 former Los Angeles, California, resident and now owner of Radio Star, NRM candidate Peter Sematimba was declared the new LCIII chairman for Rubaga after a bitter election fight marred by massive irregularities. Even the Uganda government mouthpiece, the New Vision, on May 22, 2009 reported the results under the heading “Rubaga LC3 polls marred by rigging”.  Sematimba, who moonlights as a church pastor, won with 15,799 votes. The votes which Sematimba received represent 47% of the 33,314 cast in the elections, but only  9.3% of the 170,557 voters on the Uganda Electoral Commission roll of registered voters in Rubaga. According to NRM sources, more than 900 party activists were paid to irregularly vote in Rubaga. Also, over 2,000 pre-marked ballots were successfully stuffed into boxes across the 250 polling stations. Still, the total votes, including the irregular ones, represented a voter turn-out of only 19%.

While Peter Sematimba and most of his NRM supporters are celebrating his official victory, some political analysts think that this election is evidence that President Museveni and his NRM dominated brand of democracy could be rapidly collapsing. One New York based Muganda analyst, who requested that we withold his name, told us in a phone conversation: “Museveni, Nsibambi, Amama Mbabazi, Nakabirwa, Mrs. Museveni and so many other NRM heavyweights supported Sematimba. Then Peter blanketed Rubaga with constant campaign messages on his own radio station. Add on the fact that NRM people paid voters, ferried in illegal voters and stuffed the ballot boxes with thousands of votes. After all that, failing to get a turn-out over 30% in Rubaga is a clear message that the people of are fed up with Musevenism and are thirsting for something else.

“My contacts in FDC admit that many of those who kept away are former FDC Baganda who were convinced by Kamya that Ssebugwaawo was being used by Bakiga who were as anti-Buganda as Museveni’s regime.  FDC is dead in Buganda! Others were turned off by the leadership vacuum in DP and fairly good evidence that Mr. Museveni was funding the DP candidate (Makumbi) through ex-convict and Kampala mayor Haj. Nasser Sebagala. The bottom line is that Museveni and his people should now know that only about 5% of the people in Rubaga were genuinely convinced by Sematimba, Museveni, Nsibambi, Amama Mbabazi and other NRM big wigs to go vote for Sematimba. And at least 70% of the registered voters in Rubaga are opposed to or fed up with the Museveni circus. But that situation is much worse for NRM when it comes to Baganda, especially the militant youths below 25 years. So, if Sematimba or Museveni think that NRM won big in Rubaga, Baganda nationalists should be happy because it is better to have a stupid enemy than a smart one.”

The runner-up to Sematimba was Moses Makumbi of the Democratic Party (DP) who got 9,807 votes (29 percent), followed by Joyce Ssebugwaawo of FDC (15%) and four lesser candidates receiving less than 10% each. Makumbi conceded defeat and congratulated Sematimba quickly after the results were announced, leading to speculation in some DP circles that he was paid something to legitimize Sematimba as soon as possible. On the other hand, according to FDC sources, Joyce Sebugwaawo intends to challenge the elections results in court citing massive fraud by NRM activists with the Uganda Electoral Commission looking the other way.

Beti Olive Kamya, Uganda’s MP for Lubaga North, used an opinion piece in The Monitor newspaper of April 27, 2009 to announce her new political organization, known as the Uganda Federal Alliance (UFA). Ms. Kamya’s opinion piece is titled “Make Moroto the administrative seat of government” and, on first reading, it may not appear to be related to announcing any political organization. It is too early to tell if  ordinary Baganda, her core constituency, will quickly and widely understand the intrigue rich message and style in Ms. Kamya’s announcement.  

Since November 2008 Beti has been leading a growing “Buganda first” campaign, educating Baganda about their political rights and the need to resist manipulation by existing Uganda political parties, including her own Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). In process, Ms. Kamya has engaged in tough verbal wars with the FDC’s Bakiga most powerful leaders, resulting in a near-collapse of FDC support in Buganda.

In announcing the UFA signaled that she will probably never run for a political office under the FDC flag. How her announcement shade little light on the UFA itself. She did not say whether the organization will focus on Buganda’s rights, as she has done herself for more than 6 months, or whether it would emphasize the federal system. She left out details about the overall political agenda of the UFA, only saying that her organization “will advocate for the use of one stone to kill seven birds – by an Act of Parliament, to shift the administrative seat of government from Kampala to Moroto”.

Click on the title “Make Moroto the administrative seat of government” to read Beti Kamya’s full opinion piece.

This is my last column on Buganda Post for the foreseeable future and it is dedicated to one of the few Baganda politicians who have the capacity to see beyond the “village chief” political system that President Museveni created in Uganda.  It  is Beti Namisango Kamya, the woman who threw a spanner in the Banyankore/Bakiga/Banyarwanda conspiracy to marginalize Baganda and make Kabaka and his subjects beggars in their own homeland. More on Beti later.

Why I am leaving and what it next for Buganda Post

It is always very difficult to say goodbye to the ones you love.  Even more so when the reasons for leaving a totally out of your control.  It is against that background that this columnist must tell you that this will be her last posting for the foreseeable future. The main reason for my leaving is financial. Our original sponsor, God bless his soul, is not able to continue funding me in this severe economic recession and I need to improve my income security urgently.  Maybe in future, when the financial situation is better, I may contribute again in some capacity.

In the meantime, I have recommended to the sponsor that we get other people whose commitment to Buganda and Ssabasajja Kabaka is unquestionable to take over Buganda Post and operate it on a more business like footing.  We have been offering everything for free, including advertising for Ttabamiruka, Red Cross, Human Rights Watch and other worthy causes.  However, I think Buganda Post has potential to sustain itself financially with several contributors and paid advertising. If you have any interest or suggestions you can contact the sponsor (Sam) on info@BugandaPost.com.

Now back to Beti Namisango Kamya

To understand the importance of what Beti has achieved since September 2008, you must first understand that Mr. Museveni, Dr. Kiiza Besigye and the rest of the Banyankore/Bakiga/Banyarwanda clique who now control all aspects of our lives were confident that they could carry on all their personal and political fights in Buganda while the Baganda were doing the water carrying for them.  In the NRM, Mr. Museveni was comfortable with his Baganda political henchmen like Apollo Nsibambi , Gilbert Bukenya and Sekandi. And, in FDC,  Dr. Besigye was hoping to match Museveni’s Baganda henchmen with Sam Njuba , Beti Kamya and (curiously) Yusuf Nsibambi.

Then, out of the blue, the soldier’s daughter saw the light! Besigye had manipulated the FDC constitution in Museveni style to bar Kamya from competing top the late Dr. Sulaiman Kiggundu as party president.  Yet Kamya had done all the heavy lifting to consolidate FDC while Besigye was hiding in South Africa. Confusion, anger and personal doubt must have followed for Beti. But it is clear that the urge to go home and serve her Kabaka in these tough times won Beti over. Around August/September 2008  Beti started her “Buganda first” message and connected with the Ttabamiruka people in America.  That  is the spanner Beti threw in the Museveni/Besigye exclusive political sports league in Uganda.  It is a “game changer”.

Beti understands what Dr. Martin Luther King was talking about

In his famous  “I Have a Dream” speech, Dr. King said:  “We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.”

I believe that my sister Beti Namisango Kamya is telling us that Buganda cannot afford the “luxury of cooling off” periods to negotiate, which Katikkiro JB Walusimbi and Mr. Museveni are forcing on us. Nor can Buganda  afford the tranquilizing drug of gradualism (“nyama ntono, okayana eri mu nkwaawa”) , the signature tactic Katikkiro Mulwanyamuli Ssemwogerere  and Museveni used to lead Baganda  into the Regional Tier abyss.

Omuzaana Beti Kamya is also addressing the “dark and desolate valley” of desperation where Buganda  has been forced by the Banyankore/Bakiga/Banyarwanda conspiracy.  A valley where foreigners can even stop Kabaka from visiting his subject in Buluuli. And I think that Beti  is telling us that, now is the time to lift our nation Buganda from the “quicksands of racial injustices” that we have suffered from Uganda party politics and will which will continue if we trust Ugandan political parties.

This columnist does not know if Beti Kamya has ever even listened to or read Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. But it is clear that she and her advisors understand what  Martin Luther King was talking about. For that I salute Beti Kamya and all other Baganda who are intelligent enough and brave enough to realize that our salvation will come from being and behaving like “Baganda first” – Uganda is now nothing but a looting spree! We must stand shoulder to shoulder with Beti Kamya, Mpanga, Nambooze, Kyanjo and all other loyal Baganda to build a internation buganda freedom movement to resist the looting of Buganda.

Ssabasajja Kabaka Awangaale.

Omulongo Nakato

Since mid-2008 the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Wafula Ogutu, Salam Musumba and other senior party officials have been politically pinned down by one woman, Beti Namisango Kamya. They have tried hard to politically destroy Beti (Lubaga North MP in Mr. Museveni’s parliament )  for “getting obsessed with Buganda”. But they seem to have failed because evidence is that she has literary sucked the air out of FDC in Buganda her “Buganda and Kabaka first!” message continues to infect frustrated Baganda youth like a virus. Consider that FDC have all but given up on holding local branch elections in Buganda because Kamya said “No”.

Kamya has given FDC a public relations fight in Buganda that they seem to have been unprepared for.  A Kampala based analyst told this writer that numerous stories have been planted in the New Vision and, much more so, in the Monitor and Red Pepper to portray Kamya as politically lost. “But they have had minimal negative effect on Beti mainly because she has stayed focused on the Buganda message.  She knows what the tens of thousands of Baganda youth are interested in, Kabaka and Buganda nationalism. So she rattles Besigye and Wafula and when they attack her with fake stories she (the martyr) only gets stronger. And the more the Baganda FDCs like Joyce Sebugwawo and Yusuf Nsibambi attack her the more they resemble Janet Mukwaya and Apollo Nsibambi working for Museveni.”

Kamya went in full gear in September 2008 after she returned from the international Baganda conference, Ttabamiruka ’08. She came back with a new message that you can also there in the Ttabamiruka ’08 Resolutions. The main ideas in Kamya’s message are that: (1) Baganda must stop being cowards and asking others to give them what is truly theirs; (2) Political parties have failed Ssabasajja Kabaka and Buganda, so Baganda must not support any party (including her FDC) except if it is willing to sign a contract to wholeheartedly support returning everything that has been stolen from Baganda; and (3) Baganda don’t owe anybody anything and must stop apologizing for who they are and start demanding their rights.

Kamya’s “Buganda first party later” message has affected not only FDC.  Certain Mmengo officials who have benefited from having a foot both in Buganda government and Uganda politics are literally panicking about the steady spread of Kamya’s message among youth and villagers in Buganda (on weekends Kamya make public speeches in various Buganda counties, staying on message ). And DP’s president in waiting Norbert Mao from Acholi (he created his name from Milton Apollo Obote) is also a a bit confused.

Then came the dramatic news yesterday that the FDC leadership who have accused Kamya of spying for Museveni using specially built laptops, selling party secrets and many other evils, had decided to only suspend her for 6 months.  During the suspension Kamya is not supposed to for or about the party.  During a press conference, FDC spokesman Wafula Ogutu, the FDC’s disciplinary committee had found Ms. Kamya guilty of violating the party’s code of conduct. Beti did not attend of attempt to defend herself to the committee.

A Muganda former support of FDC who is based in the USA has told this write by email: “Besigye, Museveni and Obote are the same people – Baganda abusers who are very nice until a bold Muganda stands up to demand his or her rights. Beti has exposed them and they are stuck. Ask yourself, if Beti is Museveni spy in FDC as Ogutu and Joyce Sebugwawo claim, why only suspend her? Why not kick her out of the party? My eyes are open now – Buganda and Kabaka first! I hope Baganda remaining in FDC or getting ready to be manipulated by Mao in DP will wake up soon too.”

Last weekend, Lubaga North MP did what no other Muganda politician has ever done in the history of Uganda. She told her political party, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and the rest of Uganda, in no uncertain terms, that she would put Buganda’s interests before those of FDC if the two conflicted.  She did it publicly and in writing, through a press release (see Beti Kamya: Baganda Must Put Buganda First and Vote As a Block). And, curiously, it very much looks like Beti may be acting on the resolutions that were passed by Ttabamiruka ’08,  the Baganda international conference which she attended in August this year.

Obviously, the FDC top brass have known of Kamya’s “Buganda first” agenda for many months. That is, since Besigye, Wafula Ogutu, Salam Musumba and Anne Mugisha, with tacit support form Sam Njuba, manipulated the FDC constitution, NRM style, to make sure that Kamya could not replace the late Hajji Sulaiman Kiggundu.  It has been months since Kamya outted Besigye as a Museveni-style dictator. To punish Beti, Wafula Ogutu and Anne Mugisha have planted numerous new stories, especially in the Indian owned The Monitor.  Monitor writers have written stories accusing Kamya of incompetence, blind ambition, spying for NRM, recklessness and any other character damaging attribute that the FDC brass got time to approve.  And Kamya has fought back, paralyzing the FDC’s activities in Buganda by successfully persuading Baganda FDC members not to participate in the party’s branch election within the kingdom.

Kamya took her “Buganda first” leadership to a totally another level when she internationalized it at Ttabamiruka ’08 in the USA.   At the annual Baganda international conference,  Kamya  found a few hundred well educated and very loyal Baganda who proved fertile soil for her words along with the popular  “Let’s have a divorce” message from Kyanjo. The Ttabamiruka Baganda fell in love with Beti’s declaration that total loyalty to Ssabasajja Kabaka and Buganda interests would guide all her future political actions.

Beti Kamya did not specifically refer to Ttabamiruka ’08 or its resolutions in her press release of last Saturday . However, Beti’s writings are in many ways aligned with the Ttabamiruka ’08 resolutions.  A contact within the Ttabamiruka community has told this columnist that Kamya’s press release has generated excitement in London and USA, especially around New York and Washington.  The contact said: “Many of us in the Ttabamiruka family see Beti’s press release as a signal that she is a woman of her word. She is acting on what we agreed on in New Jersey, especially abandoning cowardice, stopping the begging and getting Buganda rights debated across the kingdom.”

The Ttabamiruka ’08 resolutions in English are reproduced below. The Luganda version is at Ttabamiruka ‘08 Resolutions – Luganda Version.

CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS

WE, THE CONFEREES AT THE TTABAMIRUKA 2008 IN NEW JERSEY

HAVING OBSERVED THAT:
-That the current governance of Buganda is devoid of Justice.
-That a governance without Justice breeds poverty, violence and corruption. We have observed these problems in Uganda since 1966 and continue to do so.
-We accept that it is our duty to reform the governance of our nation.

DO THEREBY RESOLVE:
1. That we are firm in our allegiance to our Ssabasajja Kabaka, traditions and customs, and we thank Ssabasajja Kabaka for his gracious message to the conference.

2. That we have abandoned cowardice, laziness and self effacement in our quest for Freedom and Justice. No officer of the Kingdom of Buganda may beg for Justice as a favour from anybody.

3. That we are proud of the courage and obedience to Ssabasajja Kabaka shown by His servants Betty Nambooze, Charles Mayega and Medard Lubega,and pledge to be as courageous as they are.

4. That it is the urgent duty of all Baganda, acting through their offices, associations and parties, to enter into direct discussions with the other peoples of Uganda on the terms of union and governance that are acceptable to all, and to draft a new Basic Law of the Land in accord with Buganda’s interests.

5. That such discussions must be based on the recognition that:
-Uganda is and remains an entity created and owned by the 14 ancient African Nations whose symbols are inscribed on the walls of the Parliament of Uganda, which came together in 1962 and agreed on the Independence constitution.
- Buganda, upon entering that agreement, was an independent nation that left British rule on October 8, 1962.
-These ancient nations created the central government to administer their common purpose, not to be an overlord.
- The assets and duties of the Central Government are granted to it by the assent of the ancient African nations that formed it. The central government has otherwise no proper title to such assets and has no right to apportion them at its pleasure.

6. That the right of the Baganda to administer Buganda internally, including control of governance and land, is not negotiable and may not be negotiated by any officer of the Kingdom. The Baganda recognize the right of the other nationalities in Uganda to assert a similar claim.

We urge all Baganda to debate these matters in their neighbourhoods, in their clans and in their councils and to publish their opinions .

We have reported these resolutions to Ssabasajja Kabaka through his representative where we are seated – 31 August 2008.

In a press release issued last Saturday, Beti Namisango Kamya, a leading Muganda politician has called on all Baganda to realize that they must put Buganda first to achieve the power necessary to influence their future in Uganda. The press release which was received by Buganda Post is in Luganda; the English version was not yet available by Monday morning Kampala time. In her write-up, Beti passionately persuades Baganda to realize that by allowing things like religion, political parties, and other foreign influences to divide us, our enemies have found it very easy to exploit us and leave in the sorry state we are in.

Ms. Kamya, the Forum for Democratic Changes (FDC) MP for Lubaga North, proposes that Baganda should start at the grass roots and define Buganda’s needs and wants and communicate them up to Gombolola and district councils. From the district councils, Buganda’s positions would be approved in a Buganda Conference involving key Baganda stakeholders. Notably, Kamya encourages Baganda to stay with their parties but warns them that Ugandan political parties are not equipped to promote Buganda’s interests because they try to please many camps. Kamya is careful to say that she has not worked out all the implementation details and that she invites contributions from others.

Reactions to Kamya’s document are still mixed based on the few political types that this reporter has spoken to. The majority think that MP Kamya’s statement is a wakeup call that Buganda needs. One of the answers was, “She is a brave woman who is telling the truth. Many party people in Mengo make noise partly to promote themselves in their parties so they can become popular and win MP seats. I think Nambooze, Kyanjo and Lukwago must publicly say if they put Buganda before party like Kamya”. But one USA based supporter of Beti Kamya offered another view: “I agree wholeheartedly with Beti that Uganda parties have failed in Uganda and cannot help Buganda. But so have Museveni’s Gombolola and District structures that Beti wants to rely one – they are even much more corrupt than the parties. What Buganda needs is to go back to working through our clans – to elect Lukiiko members, discuss ideas like what Beti has suggested and so on.”

The full text of Beti’s press release (in Luganda) is reproduced below – only the home villages of individuals have been omitted:

TUSAZE MAGEZI KI OBUTAVVIIRAMU AWO NATE MU 2011?

1. Ennyanjula
Nnazzi kuno, Buganda lyali ggwanga lyamaanyi, lyakitiibwa era erikulaakulana. Omuzungu bweyajja, nalinafuya ate bwetwaafuna obwetwaaze okuvva ku Muzungu, abakulembeze abaddako baayongera kulinafuyiza ddala, nga kati Buganda ayolekedde kusaanawo, okujjako nga ffe bennyini tutaddewo enkyuukakyuuka ey’omugundu mu by’obufuzi bwa Uganda eyinza okutaasa eggwanga lyaffe.

Amadiin’amangi agaaleetebw’abagwira, n’enkola y’ebibiina by’obufuzi ebingi byakozesebwa okunafuya Buganda n’amawanga amalala agaali agaamanyi nga Bunyoro, Tooro, Ankore, Lango, Acholi, Teso, Busoga ne Bukedi. Nazzi kuno, ng’obwagazi, obuwulize, obukozi, n’ebirowoozo byabantu biba bya Kabaka, Omukama, Omugabe, Emorimor, Kyabazinga oba Rwot, naye kati bigabanyizibwa wakati w’eddiini, ebibiina byebyobufuzi, ng’abafuzi b’eNnono bebagabana ekitono ennyo! Ekyavaamu nga mukifo ky’Abaganda, Abanyoro, Abanyankore oba Abacholi okuteesezang’awamu ebibayamba ng’abawamu, abantu kati batuula nga ba DP, UPC, Ba Katoliki, ba Polositante oba Basiraamu. Omuganda Omusiraamu nakyaawa Omuganda Omukatoliki, Omuganda owa NRM nakyaawa Muganda munne owa FDC, wamma ggwe netukubagana, netukyawagana, netwenafuya fekka ng’omulabe anyumirwa, bwatuwaga, bwayongera okutunafuya. Wetwogerera kati, Ssabasajja alemesebwa okwetaayiza mu nsi ye nga bwayagala naye Baganda, olwobuwulize kati bwebalina eri ebibiina byaabwe ebyobufuzi, bebaakozesebwa okukiwagira ekivve ekyo n’okukirungiya eri abantu – awo wetutuuse! Wetutuuse kati, Omuganda eyerowooza nti ali ku ddaala lyawaggulu mu byobufuzi bwa Uganda, (National leader), akiraba nga aba yessa wansi, yeweebuula, era aggwaamu ensa bwawakanira ebya Buganda olwaatu!

Enkola yokwawula mu Baganda enafuyizza nnyo Buganda era kati buli muntu akitwala nti twafuuka bakukozesebwa, madaala ga kulinnyirako n’oluvanyuma tubegerweengako, tukolezebweenga ng’abatulinnyiddeko bwebanaasiimanga. Owekitiibwa Elly Karuhanga yye teyabirumamu bweyagamba nti Abaganda balinga bupiira bu kalimpitawa, kukozesa nakusuula (condom), song’ate yye Owekitiibwa Kahinda Otafiire yagamba nti Buganda kibiina kya bwannakyeewa (NGO), ng’abalala baseka bwebeebuuza nti “yye Abaganda mwaabaaki?” – awo wetutuuse!

Awo nze wembuuliza nti mmwe Abaganda baleero, temunnanyiiga? temunnasaalirwa? temunnejjusa? temunneetamwa? temunnasonyiwala? temwebuuza nti tukole tutya?

2. Embeera gyetutambuliramu kati
Nga tonnaddamu nti tukole tutya, sooka wetegereze embeera gyetutaambulizaamu ebyobufuzi bya Uganda ebyatufuukira nnamunzisa.

Buganda eweza obululu obutakka wansi wa miriyoni ssatu (3,000,000) bwetugaba obugabi mu NRM, FDC, DP, UPC, JEEMA ne CP buli kulonda. Mukalulu ka 2006, NRM twagiwa obululu miriyoni nga emu n’ekitundu (1,500,000) ate FDC, ekibiina ekyakwata ekifo kyokubiri netukiwa obululu emitwaalo nsavu mw’etaano (750,000), bwogattako obululu bwetwaawa DP, UPC ne Abed Bwanika, Buganda neba nga yagaba obululu nga miriyoni bbiri mu emitwaalo nsanvu (2,700,000). Naye webuuze mubululu obwo bwonna, twaali tusuubira kufunamuuki? Olowooza tetwagaba bugabi bululu bwa kinyumu butaliiko kigendererwa oba kakalu? Buli mulonzi yakubira kandideti (candidate) gwasiimye naye nga tasobodde kumutuukirira kumutegeeza kaluluke kyakaagalamu! Yye kisoboka buli mulonzi okutuukirira kandideti gwanalonda okumutegeeza kyayagala mu kaluluke?

3. Ani aganyulwa oluvannyuma lwokulonda?
Omukulembeze omu bwawangula akalulu, alonda ba minisita, abakungu abalala nga ba RDC, abanamuw’amagezi (Presidential Advisors), n’abakulu b’ebitongole ebisava. Abusuubuzi abatono bafuna tenda okwo teekako ababaka babantu mu nkiiko zonna okuvva ku Ggombolola okutuusiza ddala mu Lukiiko lw’eggwanga olukulu (LC 1 – 5 ne Parliament) – okutwalira awamu, abo bonna bwobagatta tebasukka mitwaalo etaano (50,000) – abo nno bebantu abaganyulwa mu kulonda kwonna okuba kubaddewo era tukizudde nti abangi obuwulize bwaabwe buba eri Pulezidenti abawa emirimu sso ssi eri abantu ababalonda.

Nze nkakasa nti embeera bweti tekyuuka kinene kakibeere kibiina kya bufuzi ki ekiba  kiwangudde akalulu kubanga enkola ya gavumenti eba tekyuuse nnyo ate ne byendabye, mbirabye!

4. Kati tukole tutya?

• Tukomye okugabula obululu obwekinyumu obutaliiko kakalu ka nkalakkalira fenna ketutegeera era ketweesaliddewo
• Tulinnyise bbeyi y’obululu bwaffe abanajjanga okubutusaba bamanye nti buliko bbeyi eramulwa kwebatandikira okulamuza era bamanye nti mu beesiimbyeewo asinga okutuwa bbeyi ennungi gwetuwa obululu bwaffe.
• Tukimanye nti okusobola okulinnyisa bbeyi y’obululu bwaffe tuteekwa okuba nti tubukungaanyirizza mu sitowa (store) emu, bufuuk’ekitole ekizitowa. Kino kigeraageranye n’omusuubuzi w’emmwanyi oba kasooli. Awali sitowa ennene waasibira era waamalira ebbeyi song’ate ba nnina ndebe emu, ssimanyi kutiya emu, baba balina kutwaala bulebe bwaabwe nabukutiya bwaabwe ku sitoowa begayirire omusubuzi oba nnyini sitowa nebyaabwe abigule naye ng’owa sitowa yalamula bbeyi! Okukungaanyiza obululu mu bibiina byobufuzi tekyandibadde kibi naye omugotteko gw’abantu ababeera mu bibiina byobufuzi naye nga tebavva mu kitundu kimu kiremesa ennamuza – gwe ate omu ayagala federo munne tajaagala, omulala ayagala bidiba bya nte, munne ayagala kusima mafuta gamuttaka, era ekyo kyatwaala ng’ekikulu, omulala ayagala kumuddizaawo Obusinga (Obwakabaka bwe Rwenzururu), munne ekyo sikyalaba ng’ekikulu, wabula, yye, agamba nti  ng’olutalo lwa Kony bwerwaggwa, abantube babazzeeyo mumaka gaabwe nga babazimbidde n’amayumba. Kale kiba kizibu abantu abatafaananya byetaago kulamuliza wamu. Kyekivva kisaanidde abantu abavva mu kitundu ekimu, bwebafaananya ebyeetaago, bakungaanyize wamu obululu bwaabwe, gafuuke amaanyi agalabika, balamuze noyo ab’abwetaaze. Kyenva ngaamba nti enkola yokulowooleza ennyo mu bibiina byobufuzi okusiinga oli gyasibuka tetuyambye era tegenda kutuyamba kwejja mu bunnya wabula kiganyula abo abatono ennyo abagabana ebifo mu gavumenti eba ewangudde akalulu.Bwetunaakungaanya obululu bwaffe okusinziira mu bitundu gyetuvva, bujjakuba buzito, bwamaanyi kuba bwoogera olulimi lumu era nensonga buba n’emu. Obwo abafuzi bajjakubussaamu ekitiibwa bakole kyetunaabanga tubagambye.
• Nga tumaze okukungaanya obululu bwaffe awamu era nga tumatidde nti buzitowa bulungi, olwo abwagala ng’atusanga ku sitowa yaffe ey’obululu, nga tumuwa akakalu kaffe, gamba nga okutuddiza ebyaffe mu kiseera ekigere era ekikkiriziganyiddwaako, gamba nga minisitule zetwaagala ffe zetulaba ezinaatuyamba, gamba nga sikaala, emirimu, n’ebirala
• Munkol’eno, asaba obululu bwaffe n’abakungube bamala kussa mukono ku ndagaano ng’abakkiriza akakalu ketuba tutaddewo, nga bwebatagituukiriza mu kiseera ekiragaane, gavumenti ye etwalibwa mu Kooti!

5. Olwo buli kitundu kya Uganda bwekisiba akakalu kaakyo kisoboka?
Kisoboka kubanga buli kitundu kirina ebyetaago byaakyo ebitafaanana nabyabitundu birala era okutambuza ensong’eno tuba tulina okukola emikago ne’bitundu ebirala, nga twekobaana. Ekyokulabirako – Omunyoro bwagamba nti ku sente ezinavaanga mu mafuta gomuttaka agasangibwa mu Bunyoro ebitundu kkumi ku buli kikumi (10%) zisigale Bunyoro, nti n’emirimu eginaabanga mu masundiro g’amafuta, ebitundu kkumi ku buli kikumi (10%) giweebwenga Banyoro nti era ne minisita webya mafuta abere Munyoro okusobola okutuukiriza endagaano eyo, tewali nsonga lwaaki Omuganda towagira Munyoro kunsonga eyo etekuyingiramu yadde okukusala, naye bwakkiriza okukuwagira bakuddize embuga z’amasaza, okukuwa minisitule yebyobulimi ne minisita webyobulimi kubanga naye ebyo tebimusala bwatabifuna. Tewali nsonga lwaaki Omuganda towagira Mucholi bwasib’akakalu nti buli Mucholi avudde mu kampu (Internally Displaced Peoples’ Camp) bamuwe enkuumbi, ensigo, amabaati, nti n’obwa Katikkiro wa Uganda babuwe Mucholi kubanga ye ofisi erabirira enteekateka eno, basobole okudda mumaka gaabwe, bwaaba anakuwagira okukuddiza embuga z’amasaza n’akenda ebitamusala. Tewali nsonga lwaki Omufumbira w’Ekisoro, ekitundu kyokka munsi yonna ekisangibwaamu amazike agaagejja, nga galeeta abalambuzi mu Uganda  bagalabe, bwebasaba minisitule y’obulambuzi, n’ekitundu ku nsimbi ezivva mu bulambuzi, ggwe Omuganda tomuwagira bwaaba anaakuwagira ku byoyagala ate nga tebitamusala. Bwetunagenda tukola emikago egisinziira ku byetaago byaffe mu bitundu gyetuvva kiyinza okuyamba omuntu wa bulijjo okusinga emikago gy’ebibiina byebyobufuzi egiruubirira okuwangula obuyinza kyokka.

6. Naye ebyo eby’endagaano biyinza okukola wano?
Mpulidde abantu bangi nga bagamba nti eby’endagano tebisobola kukola mbu kubanga  endagaano ezaasooka nga eya 1962 ney’e Luweero Haji Nadduli gyatera okwogerako nga tezaakola kati lwezinaakola? Enjawulo eriwo nti endagaano ezo ezoogeddwaako zakolebwaanga nabantu batono ddala, gamba nga eya 1962, yakolerwa London, bantu batono abaagendayo, abantu abasing’obunji nga tebamanyi nakigenda mu maaso, ate ey’e Luweero yaliko abantu batono ddala ate nga teriiko buwandiike, Pulezidenti Museveni kyaava agyegaana. Endagaano endala ekozesebwa mu kulonda ye manifesito, wabula nayo yafuuka yakutukiriza mukono, bakuba obutabo butono nnyo, bubeera mu Lungereza, ate nga abalonzi ssi beebesaliddewo kyebaagala wabula nannyini manifesito yaabasalirawo ekinaabeeramu. Teri agiteesaako yadde agissaako mukono okujjako nnyiniyo – kale eyo neeba nga ssi ndagaano wabula kusuubiza okuba kukoleddwa eyesimbyeewo bamulonde. Mujjukire Pulezidenti Museveni bweyajjawo omusolo gwomutwe mu 2001 nga Dr Besigye asuubizza okugujjawo senga bamulonda. Olwokuba tewaali ndagano, kati omusolo gwomutwe guzzeewo naye teri gyetuyinza kuwaabira Museveni kubanga tewaali ndagaano mpandiike. Endagaano gyenjogerako, muba mutudde, muteesezza, mukkiriziganyizza, enjuuyi zombie zitaddeko emikono, wabaawo abajulirwa (nga gyemikago gyemukoze nabantu bebitundu ebirala), era ngokujimenya kitwaaza mu Kooti.

Ng’enkola ya manifesito eriwo kati bwetetukoledde bulungi, tulina obuvunaanyizibwa n’eddembe okutondawo enkol’endala, nayo tugigezese, bwegaana okukola ate abalituddirira nabo bagezeeko okutondawo enkol’endala okutuusa lwetulituuka kunkola eritutuusa ku kyetuluubirira, yenkulaakulana, eddembe n’okwegatta – anti neeno enkola ya manifesito n’ebibiina byebyobufuzi ebingi muntu buntu yeyazitondawo. Museveni naye yali attaddewo eyiye eya Muvumenti lwakuba teyaloka!

7. Naye tuba tetwaawukanye n’enkola ekozesebwa mu nsi ezaakul’edda?
Buli nsi erina enkola yaayo nga yefanaana yokka. Enkola y’Amerika ssi yekola e Bungereza, China, Budachi (Netherland) Bugirimani (Germany), Canada, Australia, Norway oba Finland. Nekulukalu lwaffe olwa Afrika, ensi ezitambula obulungi nga Botswana, Malawi ne South Africa buli bamu balina nkola yaabwe. Olaba ne Kenya oba Zimbabwe biri ebya manifesito bwebyagaanye okukola bataddewo enkola endala eyendagaano. N’olwekyo, tuleke kutya kugezaako nkola gyetwetandikidde, enkadde bweba tetukoledde.

Bungereza eyo nno gyemuwulira, ensi ezimanyiddwa nga England, Northern Ireland, Wales ne Scotland zezakkiriza okwegatta okukola Obwakabaka bwa Bungereza Obwawamu (United Kingdom) kati obwakamala emyaka bisatu (300) beddu. Naye, oluvannyuma lw’emyaka 300, ebintu birabika ng’ebigaanye era kati aba Scotch baagala kwekutulako, aba Northern Ireland bbo bamaze myaaka na myaaka nga balwaana kwekutulako ate naba Welsh nabo bakooye okwegatta baggala babe newebeewogomako basobole okwogera kaffe cche. Era kati mu Lukiiko lwa Bungereza olukulu (House of Commons) ekibiina kya ba Scotch ekiyitibwa Scottish Nationalist Party kiwezezza ababaka bangi ddala ate nga kkyo omulamwa gwaakyo bagwogera lwaatu, nti baagala kwekutulako ku Bungereza ey’amu, kubanga buli kitundu kirina ensonga zaakyo ezikiruma ezitafaanana nazaakitundu kirala!

Bwetutyo naffe mu Uganda tusigale nga twegasse naye nga buli bantu balina engeri gyebeekolera kunsonga zaabwe ezaawukana n’ezabalala.

8. Kati kyogamba nti tuvve mu bibina by’obufuzi, era naawe FDC ojivuddemu?
Nedda, temuvva mu bibiina byammwe eby’obufuzi era nange ekyange ekya FDC sinnakivvaamu kubanga nkyagala nnyo. Naye mumanye nti biyina webitayinza kutuuka mu by’okukulaakulanya n’okukumaakuma ebitundu by’eggwanga ebyenjawulo n’eNnono zaabyo. Wabula yyo enkola eno gyenteessa esobola bulungi okubikola. Naye bwekyetaagisa okusalwo wakati w’ekibiina ne ggwangalyo, nkusaba osalewo ngowunzikira eri eggwangalyo kubanga Katonda yeyalikutonderamu song’ate ekibiina oyinza n’okukolawo ekikyo. Naye ekibiina kyonna bwekibaamu amazima n’obwenkanya tewali nsonga lwaaki ebigendererwa byaakyo byandikontanye nebyekitundu kya Uganda kyonna. Obuvunaanyizibwa bwammwe bubeere bwakwagazisa bibiina byammwe nkola eno era buli omu akubirize ekikye kyekiba kisinza bbeeyi esikiriza ebitundu bisobole okwekolamu emikago bikiwagire.

9. Endagaano gyogamba  eteekebwa etya mu nkola era tufuna tutya akakalu akaawamu? 
Nange kino ssinnakirowoozaako nnyo era nsaba buli omu agezeeko okukirowoozaako oba kisoboka n’okulongoosaamu mu byenteesezza. Naye twandisoose netubunyisa enjiri eno, neekubaganyizibwaako nnyo ebirowoozo. Oluvannyuma nga tusembeerera 2011, buli kyaalo kyekolemu omulimu nga gukubirizibwa Omwami wa Kabaka ne ba LC, bakkiriziganye kunsonga nga ssatu (3) zebalowooza nti zetwandisibiddek’olukoba mu kalulu, baziweereze mu Kanso (Council) yaabwe ey’eGombolola, eyongere zonna okuzisengejja n’okuziteesaako nga balin’Abatongole ne Basajja ba Kabaka Abamagombolola, oluvannyuma byebajjeemu babiweereza ku LC5 Kanso (Council). Oluvannyuma mu 2009, Katikkiro, Abataka, Olukiiko n’Abakungu ba Ssabasajja abalala batuule mu Buganda Conference, akakalu ka Buganda kayisibwe, buli muntu akamanye, abanaakiikirira Buganda mu kukola emikago balondebwe, emikago gikolebwe nga gisiinziira ku kakalu akakoleddwa mu Buganda Conference. Olwo nno, abaagala okwesimbawo bavuganye nga bamanyi akakalu ka Buganda (minimum position).

10. Kyenjagaliza Buganda kyenjagaliza n’ebitundu bya Uganda byonna
Lwakubanga akatabo kano nkakubye mu Luganda era nga njogera ku Buganda naye enkola eno njagaliza Uganda yonna era mmanyi nti esobola okukola mu buli kitundu kya Uganda, awatali kusika miguwa nakulaga bukyaayi ng’abakulembeze baffe byebatuteekamu, kubanga kati buli munna Uganda akirabye nti mu kukyawagana n’obutayagalizaganya teri afunyeemu okujjako abatono ennyo abatusizeemu okukyawagana.

11. Okulongoosa n’okugaziya ebirowoozo bino

Nsaba yenna anaaba n’ebirowoozo ebiyinza okwonger’okuzimba, okulongoosaamu ob’okugaziya ku birowoozo bino abikubise mu mpapula zamawulire oba abiyise ku mpewo za radio oba atuukirire omu kubantu bendaze wammanga ku masimu agalagiddwa:

• Haji Abdu Noor Kitandwe - 0754 430 112
• Badiru sekyanja - 0775 716 200
• Medi Kigongo - 0752 354 302
• Baker Byayi - 0772 664 863
• Joseph Jingo - 0774 863 858
• Frank Sekkaza - 0782 542 139
• Beti Olive Namisango Kamya - 0712 078 588

12. Okusaba
Mbasaba akatabo kano mukagule Shs 200 (bibiri zokka) olwokudduukirira omulimu gwokutambuza ebirowoozo bino n’okubikubaganyaako ebirowoozo.

13. Okwebaza
Nneebaza nnyo okusooka Haji Abdu Noor Kitandwe ow’e Kyamulibwa, Kalungu, Masaka bwetutambuza ensonga eno, olw’okunkubiriza okuwandiika ebirowoozo bino ate n’obuvunaanyizibwa bwatadde mu nsonga eno.

Neebaza nebannange abalala nabo bwetubaz’ensonga eno era nebatajitiirira nga mwemuli John Kikonyogo, Badiru Sekyanja, Joseph Jingo, Jimmy Mayanja, Medi Kigongo, Baker Byayi, Frank Ssekkaza, Dan Muwonge, Isma Makumbi, Mzee Gwaase, Haji Mikidaadi Lukyamuzi, Muwalimu Bakka, Medi Lutaaya, Hawa Namugenyi, Segirinnya Peter, Mukulu Mpagi, Mr Kibuye, Mulongo S. Kizza, Musomesa Joseph Mubiru, Haji Kamadi Kitaka, Joseph Mukwaya, Charles Mukasa, Tebusweeke Gonzaga, Omukulu L. Sajjabbi, Kalema R, Mukyala Namatovu M, Muky. Nasimbwa Towa, Kaloli Kyalisi, Juma Kizito, Salongo Ben Kiwanuka, Salongo Kakerankya, Florence Nabukenya, Ismail Mulala Kakoza, Lwettute Robert, Henry Lukwaya, Nkwanga Douglas, Sula Senyondo, Seremba Mustafa, Kasozi Ben, Henry Kimera, Kavuma Robert, Abdu Mutwalibi, Gayi Godfrey, Abdu Makanga, Hassan Kasibante, Lubinga Chaz, Salongo Kasolo, Justin Juuko, Kalanzi, Muyunga nabalala bangi nnyo abawagidde ensonga eno mu ngeri ezitali zimu.

Mwebale nnyo okuwaayo obudde okusoma ebirowoozo bino,

Nze,

Beti Olive Namisango Kamya
Member of Parliament
Lubaga North, Kampala

AWANGAALE SABASAJJA KABAKA WA BUGANDA!

A prominent Muganda business and political strategists in the USA believes that the relentless bashing of Beti Kamya by Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) top brass has been what he called a “power windfall” for Beti Kamya. What is not clear is whether she realizes it and can turn it into a ‘game changer’, at least in Buganda. The analyst told this reporter by email that  Besigye, Musumba and Ogutu totally misread the current psyche of Baganda when they adopted a strategy to isolate, demonize and then discard Beti Kamya. Baganda, both at home and overseas are upset that Besigye and his cabal have copied Museveni in taking Buganda for granted, abusing their leaders. And, there is a huge opportunity for Beti Kamya and friends to “leverage” the situation and change the face of politics in Buganda forever.

For more than three months Beti Kamya has been locked in a public battle with Besigye and other FDC leaders over her resignation from the party’s leadership. Besigye, Ogutu, Anne Mugisha, Salam Musumba and even Sam Njuba have used their influence in the Aga Khan owned newspaper to plant scores of negative stories about Kamya. The government owned New Vision has taken advantage of the situation to publish stories that, in their thinking, weaken both Kamya and the FDC. For the time being, Kamya has the upper hand though, since, due her popularity among Baganda, the FDC has even failed to organize branch elections in Buganda – no one is willing to stand for office.

The Muganda strategist says: “Conscious Baganda in the disapora are quite upset with FDC because many of them believe that, with Beti’s commitment to the kingdom, solid political support in Buganda and overseas, maturity and industry experience, she is a top contender for the position of Katikkiro. Most of the Baganda here in the USA in fact don’t know or care about Musumba and Ogutu. However in the USA, Canada and Europe, Beti is a star, especially after her stellar performance at Ttabamiruka ’08. In fact many of Beti’s supporters are very frustrated that she is still publicly arguing with Besigye over the FDC carcass. As that keeps her down there in the gutters of Uganda politics with Besigye, which makes her difficult to approach.

“A serious problem I see is that, like Nambooze, Kyanjo and Ssegona, Beti is unable to capitalize on the enormous amount of moral and material support available overseas. It appears that they are always too busy arguing with gutter people like Kayihura, Besigye or their top boss to maintain steady relationships with their supporters in London or Boston. They should take a page from the Ugandan Balokole pastors who smartly divide their time between local preaching and packaging themselves to meet the expectations of Christians and potential donor in London or California. I don’t know why they think that we  ‘understand’ the situation in Buganda and so they don’t need to market themselves to us in the language and style we understand. Yet Museveni is marketing himself daily in his New vision and Bukedde and Besigye and Oguttu are doing the same with Monitor.”

Beti Kamya was one of the main speakers at Ttabamiruka ‘08, the Baganda annual conference, which was held in New Jersey, USA at the end of August 2008. Along with Hussein Kyanjo and Katikkiro Muliika, Beti’s paper on Baganda’s political and civil rights was very well received. However, Beti got the strongest reaction from the Baganda youths aged 10 – 30 years, for whom she conducted a special 4 hour seminar on Buganda political and human rights.

Kampala Mayor and convicted money launderer, Nasser Sebaggala, has declared  “war” on Betty Nambooze, for what he claimed to be her disrespectful behavior towards him. Nambooze was the moderator of a Democratic Party leadership meeting that sat at Christ the King church conference hall. Problems started when, before the first item on the agenda was touched,  Sebaggala demanded that Nambooze give him the microphone to address the meeting because he had to rush to another meeting.  Nambooze resisted what was apparent indiscipline on the part of Mayor Sebaggala, explaining that the conference should follow the agenda and all speakers should contribute in the pre-determined order, to maintain  a sense or organization.

In a move that did not surprise those familiar with the current state of in the DP, President General Ssebaana Kizito and Secretary General Mathias Nsubuga openly disagreed with Nambooze’s call for discipline and order behavior. Indeed the added to the chaos when Nsubuga, with cheering from Ssebaana Kizito, grabbed the microphone from the speaker who had the floor and gave it to Sebaggala.

Sources in DP have told this reporter that the events at Christ the King are only symptoms of the high tension in the party between the “Buganda” wing and the “Uganda” wing. People like Nambooze and Lukwago are in the Buganda wing and they are highly suspected to be putting Buganda first and the party second.  For example when Nambooze gained freedom from captivity after Mr. Museveni ordered his kidnap, chose to suspend her DP activities for a couple of months but kept speaking for Buganda even while in the hospital.  Nambooze also works closely with other Buganda champions from other parties, like Daudi Mpanga (Independent), Beti Kamya (FDC), Hussein Kyanjo (Jeema), Lubega Sseggona (Independent), Kaddu Mukasa (Independent), etc. Overall, these people are not corrupt and are highly popular in Buganda.

According to the sources, the DP old-guard like Ssebaana and Sebaggala are scared that the focus that young Baganda in DP are putting on Mmengo and Buganda, is making them irrelevant.  To them, the popularity that Nambooze, Lukwago their colleagues enjoy  in Kampala and Buganda is undermining DP in other areas.

The mistreatment of Nambooze by Sebaggala and Ssebaana comes at a time when Kiiza Besigye’s Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) is also in a miserable campaign to discredit Lubaga North MP, Beti Kamya, apparently for committing the same crime as Nambooze – putting Buganda first. Beti has already publicly declared her intention to make respect for Buganda’s interests the litmus test for any politician who wants to engage the new generation of Baganda.  Conventional wisdom in Buganda is that FDC is all but dead in Buganda because, at this time, Besigye and his team are still holding on to the illusion that they are the future saviors of Kabaka Mutebi’s people.