According to the NRM’s local Luganda mouthpiece, Bukedde, the MP for Kampala Central, wants Tamale Mirundi to be expelled from the Nkima (monkey) Baganda clan. MP Erias Lukwago appealed to the head of the Nkima clan, whose title is Mugema, to disown Mirundi because of his anti-Buganda activities. Tamale Mirundi is one of president Museveni’s closest confidants, believed to be more important than vice president Bukenya is.  Lukwago, like Tamale, is a member of the Nkima clan.

If Mugema were to grant Lukwago’s request and expel Mirundi from the clan, it would mean that the presidential adviser would no longer be a Muganda. He and his children and grandchildren would have no clan, ssiga (sub-county) or mutuba. It would also mean that when Tamale dies, he would not be buried as a Muganda or have his last funeral rites (lumbe) authorized and officiated by Baganda clan officials.

The NRM’s Bukedde also reported that Tamale Mirundi dismissed Lukwago’s suggestion. He allegedly said that to him Baganda clans are like any other organization or association which brings people together. He compared clans to the Uganda Journalist Association (UJA) and similar organizations.