Abazzukulu ba Buganda, the most active Baganda nationalist organization today, accuses Katikkiro Walusimbi and Mmengo of attempting to manipulate Ssabasajja Kabaka into giving up Buganda’s rights to self-determination. Abazzukulu did this in a public letter to the Katikkiro  signed by Chairman Jjunju Kamulali. Below are the main points of the 3-page letter Luganda letter, translated in into English. The original Luganda letter is reproduced in full at the bottom.

1. In the 1950’s the British imposed their style of elections on Buganda as the ransom for the return of Ssekabaka Muteesa II whom they had exiled in 1953. That condition is what is called the “Namirembe Agreement of 1955” today. The tragic results of that religion based election must not be forgotten because they started the divisions between Catholic and Protestant Baganda, with the Catholics who lost the Katikkiroship  becoming opponents of Mmengo. Between 1955 and 1962, the Catholics formed the DP while the Protestants spent their energies on fighting each other. When the Catholics [through DP] joined the politics of destroying Buganda, the Protestants teamed up with [the dangerous] Obote simply to beat the Catholics in DP. The results of all that is why we have tears in our eyes today. Why can’t we learn from our history?
2. In the 1981 elections, Baganda acted as one and supported their countryman [Paul Ssemwogerere], what Buganda got out of it is the troubles in Bulemeezi (Museveni’s guerilla war and Baganda massacres in Luweero Triangle).
3. Even if all the [80] Buganda MPs who win [in 2011] support the kingdom’s interests, what real effect will they have in the Uganda parliament [of more than 300 members] where the rest are against anything good for Buganda. And what scale will Mmengo use to accurately judge who supports Buganda enough?
4. It is clear that your true intention is to mortgage the Buganda nation because if kingdom representatives officially compete in the 2011 and lose, the world will expect Baganda to respect future decisions by the winners.
5. Buganda is a natural nation and Uganda is just an experiment in nation building. So Buganda, the nation, cannot officially participate in the disorganized elections of the confused Uganda, except if the intention is to end up worse off than before.
6. It must be remembered that in 1966 [May 19th], the Buganda Lukiiko passed a resolution telling the government of Uganda to leave Buganda soil, after it broke the 1962 independence agreement. Since that time, the Uganda government is occupying Buganda by force of arms. Until Buganda as a nation cancels the 1966 resolution the Uganda government rules us illegally under international law and we can take our case to international courts.
7. It seems that you, acting on instructions from the Uganda government, want to confuse the people of Buganda and make us think that Buganda issues can be solved by the 2011 elections. You claim to be the official representatives of Buganda in the elections to create the image that Buganda is officially and voluntarily competing in the elections and, therefore, is no longer under armed occupation.
8. This is not the first time that you have tried this trick to get the 1966 Lukiiko resolution officially cancelled and forgotten. First, you wanted to use the Charter system and when it failed to brought in the Regional Tier. After Buganda rejected the Regional Tier, you started the campaign to manipulate Kabaka Mutebi into signing the cancellation of the 1966 Lukiiko resolution, hiding behind what you called “negotiations” [with Museveni]. Now you are looking for another channel, the 2011 elections!
9.  If you really have no bad intentions for Buganda, it is not too late. Stop doing anything that creates the image that the nation of Buganda is officially participating in the 2011 elections or any other Ugandan elections. Buganda Government officials who want to stand in such elections, as individuals and not representatives of Buganda, should first resign from Kabaka’s service. If you cannot help Baganda against losing their human rights by participating in fake elections, please leave them to do so because of the armed occupation but not because of your manipulation.

 Original Letter

 EBBALUWA EY’OLWATU 

Eri,

Katikkiro wa Buganda
Owek J B Walusimbi
Bulange Mmengo

Ssebo,

Omulamwa:Temuguumaaza Baganda, okulonda kutunywereza bunywereza mu buwambe

Muvuddeyo ne mukubiriza Abaganda okwesimbawo era ne mubakubiriza n’okwewandiisa okulonda mbu basobole okukozesa obululu bwabwe balonde, mbu,  abakulembeze abawagira ebya Buganda era abasobola okufunira Buganda Federo n’ebyayo ebirala. Lwaki muguumaaza Obuganda? Lwaki muwaayo obuyinza bwa Buganda okwesalirawo?

Abangereza mu myaka gy’ataano baakakaatika enkola y’okulonda eya ‘ky’abanji’ ku Buganda ng’akakwakkulizo k’okuzza Ssekabaka Muteesa II gwe baali bawaηηangusizza mu 1953. Akakwakkulizo ako baakayisa mu kye baatuuma era kyetukyayita “endagaano ye Namirembe eya 1955”. Ebyatuviiramu tetulina kubyerabira. Okulonda okwaddirira kwazuukusa embiranye z’eddiini wakati w’Abapolotesitante n’Abakatuliki ekyaleetera Abaganda Abakatuliki abaawangulwa mu kulonda kw’obwa Katikkiro okufuuka abalabe ba Buganda abaasimbira Buganda ekkuuli okulaba nti efiirwa obutongole bwayo. Wakati wa 1955 ne 1962, Abaganda ng’okulonda kubaawuddemu Abakatuliki abeekolamu n’ekibiina ky’obufuzi  n’abapolotesitante abaali bawangudde obwakatikkiro e Mmengo baamala amaanyi gaabwe gonna nga beerwanyisa. Kulw’okuwangulagana baasaddaaka n’obwetwaze bwa Buganda, Abakatuliki bwe beegatta ku balabe ba Buganda okusalawo ebisanyaawo Buganda ate n’Abapolotesitante nabo ne basembeza Obote olw’okwagala okuwangula Abakatuliki mu kibiina kyabwe ekya DP. Ebyaava mu kino nakati by’ebikyatukaabya amaziga. Lwaki twefuula abeerabidde gyetuva? Lwaki tetuyigira ku bitutuuseeko?

Omuzungu yawugula Abaganda okuva ku bwetwaze nga yeeyambisa akakuubagano ako era ng’ayita mu kulonda n’atuzza mu mivuyo n’obutaliimu bwa Uganda. Weewaawo Ssekabaka Muteesa II yali amutebuse n’agaana Abaganda okwetaba mu kulonda kwa 1961, (ekyasobozesa Buganda okufunayoko ku byoya by’enswa naye era olwessuubi ly’obuwulize bwa Baganda mu kukuba akalulu, nga bwe mulagira kati Abaganda, Buganda yamira eddobo ly’abazungu n’edda mu butaliimu era obufuusa bwa Uganda. 

Mu 1961-62, Abaganda baali bakyalina ensa n’olwekyo baasobola ekitakyaddamu kusoboka bwe baakuba akalulu mu kitole nga bayise mu KY, ne bawangula, naye Obuwanguzi bwetwaggyamu bwatutuusaawa?

Abaganda baakuba obululu mu 1981 ne babuwa muganda munnaabwe Paul Kawanga Ssemwogerere, naye baayambibwaki? Buganda yafunamu mu kulonda kwa 1981? Obutaliimu bw’olutalo lw’e Bulemeezi bwe mwagala Buganda eddemu?!

Olwaleero abatali Baganda bebasinga obungi mu Buganda, ate nga tukimanyi nti okuva mu myaka gy’enkaaga obukyayi ku Buganda buzze busigibwa mu Banna Yuganda ne busomesebwa ne mu masomero. Olwaleero entekateeka ssinziggu zikoleddwa okusiga n’okufukirira embiranye ey’amaanyi wakati w’Abaganda n’abatali Baganda abali mu Buganda n’ebweeru wayo, nga n’abantu ababadde mu Buganda entende emyaka n’emyaka, kati bagguddewo olutalo ku Buganda, nga ne Kabaka takkirizibwa kugenda mu masaza ga Buganda gye batudde.

 Abaganda bonna ne bwe basalawo ne bakuba akalulu kaabwe wamu tebasobola kuwangula kubanga batono nnyo ku balala abatabaagaliza.

Ne bwe kiba nti ekyewuunyo kibaddewo ababaka ba palamenti abava mu Buganda bonna abalondeddwa ne bawagira ebya Buganda; benkana ki ku babaka abava mu bitundu bya Uganda ebirala abawunyirwa ebya Buganda ziizi?

Ye bwe mugamba nti mugenda kuwagira abaneesimbawo abamanyi okwogera ensonga za Buganda obulungi, kipimo ki kye munaakozesa okubamanya n’okubeesiga? Olwo Abaganda be munaaba temuwagidde munaaba mubasindiseewa?

Okulonda tekulina kye kusobola kugasa Buganda. Mukimanyi bulungi nti Buganda ejja kuwangulwa mu buli ngeri yonna. Terina nkizo yonna mu nteekateeka y’okulonda kubanga beevuganya nabo beeba nnanyini kulonda n’okutegekebwa kwakwo.Be bakutegeka, be bakukubiriza, be babala obululu ate be babulangirira. 

Kirabika nga ekigendererwa kyammwe kuwaayo Buganda, kubanga Buganda bwe yeetaba mu kulonda mu butongole, n’ewangulwa, byonna ebirisalibwawo abaliba bawangudde okulonda okwo bijja kuba nga mu mateeka bikakata ku Buganda nga terina w’ebigaanira. Buganda bwe yeetaba mu kulonda mu butongole egenda kuba ekkirizza nti ebyaayo bisalibweewo abaliba bawangudde okulonda okwo.

Leka tukimanye, tukitegeere era tukikkirize nti Buganda entonde etambulira ku butonde bwayo ate Uganda empange obupanzi etambulira ku bupanzi ng’okukuba obululu. N’olwekyo Buganda teyinza era teriyinza kuganyulwa mu bupanzipanzi. Ky’ova olaba ng’okuviira ddala obululu lwe bwaleetebwa Omukolooni mu gy’ataano, Buganda terina mulundi gwe yali eganyuddwa okuggyako okugwa mu Bizibu ebigyegezaamu okugisaanyaawo.

Kisaanye kijjukirwe nti Olukiiko lwa Buganda olutongole mu 1966 lwayisa ekiteeso ekigoba gavumenti ya Uganda mu Buganda olw’okumenyawo endagaano ya 1962, eyali egatta Buganda ku Uganda kyeyagalire. Okuva olwo gavumenti ya Uganda yeekakaatika bwekakaatisi ku Buganda mu ngeri ya Kiriisamaanyi ekimenya amateeka g’ensi yonna. Okutuusa nga Buganda mu butongole emenyeewo ekirangiriro ky’olukiiko lwa Buganda ekyo ekyagoba gavumenti ya Uganda ku ttaka lya Buganda, gavumenti ya Uganda efuga Buganda mu bumenyi bw’amateeka era Buganda bwewaaba mu kooti y’ensi yonna, Uganda esobola okukakibwa okuddiza Buganda obwetwaaze bwaayo.

Abeebitiibwa b’e Mmengo, kirabika ng’ekigendererwa kyammwe gavumenti ya Uganda kye yabatuma, kwe kuguumaaza Abaganda, mbu, ebya Buganda bigenda kugonjoolwa nga tuyise mu kulonda kwa 2011, olwo mu kukola ekyo mwefuule abakiikirira Buganda mulabise Buganda ng’eyeetabye mu kulonda okwo mu butongole, n’olwekyo, mulabise Buganda ng’emenyeewo ekirangiriro ekyagoba gavumenti ya Uganda ku ttaka lya Buganda era kitegeeze nti Buganda eri mu Uganda kyeyagalire (teri mu buwambe); ekyo kiggyewo ensonga Omuganda yenna gy’asobola okusinziirako okuwaabira gavumenti ya Uganda mu kooti y’ensi yonna ku lw’okufunira Buganda Obwetwaaze.

Ekigendererwa kino mukiruddeko nnyo nga kikyabalemye okutuukiriza. Mwasooka kwagala kukiyisa mu Charter, bwe yalemwa, ne mutegeka kukiyisa mu Regional Tier. Obuganda bwe bwagigaana, mwe ne mukama wammwe pulezidenti-gavana mukoze binji okukaka Ssabasajja Kabaka akozese omukono gwe ku lwa Buganda amenyewo ekirangiriro kya 1966 nga muyita mu kye mwatuuma okuteesa.

Kati ekkubo mu lizudde mu kulonda kwa 2011.!!!

Bwe muba temulina kigendererwa kibi ku Buganda, obudde tebunnayita.

Mukomye okukola ebirabisa Buganda ng’eyokwetaba(mu butongole) mu kulonda kwa Uganda okwa 2011 oba okulonda kwonna okulala okutegekeddwa Uganda. Abakungu abaagala okwesimbawo balekulire emirimu gya Kabaka beetabe mu kulonda okwo ku lwabwe ng’abantu so ssi ng’abasimbiddwaawo oba abatumiddwa Buganda. Bwe muba temusobola kuyamba Baganda butawaayo dembe lyabwe kwesalirawo na kwefuga nga bayita mu kiguumaaza w’okukuba obululu, mubaleke babwetabemu olw’emmundu eyabateekebwaako, so si mwe kubakulembera kubatwalamu.    

Wangaala Buganda

Awangaale Ssaabasajja Kabaka

M . Jjunju Kamulali
(Ssentebe)

On June 16, 2010 we received an email announcement from a person we now know to be a close advisor to former Katikkiro Dan Muliika. He is a church pastor in the Boston area.

According to the Luganda email, Muliika’s camp has discovered a plot by Museveni to arrest the former Katikkiro.  The email presents no such evidence. However, it asks every one to remember president Museveni’s recent threat to “cut off Buganda’s head”. It is not clear if the email is suggesting that former Katikkiro Dan Muliika is Buganda’a head.

When Owek. Muliika last visted Boston less than 2 months ago, he was declared leader of a new political group to fight Museveni through civic education of all Ugandans.  It was named Ggwanga Mujje International, which some Baganda found offensive. Then less than two weeks ago, Mr. Muliika announced, with former Katikkiro Mulwaanyamuli Ssemwogerere, that he was supporting Uganda’s opposition coalition and Kiiza Besigye. 

The email from Owek. Muliika’s Boston based advisor is reproduced in full below:

From: bumaaya@yahoo.com
To: Bumaaya@yahoo.com
To: Bumaaya@yahoo.com
Sent: Tue Jun 15th, 2010 8:48 PM EDT
Subject: Owkitiibwa Muliika

June 15, 2010                                 
Ggwangamujje     

Buganda ne Uganda mubeere Bulindaala

Okuva mu Nsonda ezesigibwa waliwo olukwe lwetuguddemu nga Government ya Uganda ( Museveni) ategeka okukwata Owekitiibwa Daniel Muliika nokumusiba.

Olukwe luno lumaze okumanyika ba kalisoliso ba Buganda era nebasaba mwenna mubeere bulindaala kwandiba nga kuliko nabaantu abalala abokukwatibwa.

Mbajjukiza  abakasoma ku Mawulire agakafulumira mu Uganda Observer nga gategeeza nga President Musevevi bweyayogerera e Bunyolo ku mukolo nga Monday 14, 2010 essaawa 05:49 naalangirira nga bwajja okutemako omutwe gwa Buganda.

Temubitwaala nti bino bya muniino Baganda bannange. 

Ssabasajja Kabaka Awaangale nokufuga Obuganda

On June 21, 2010, Buganda Post published reports that certain supporters of  Ugandan political parties and factions in the USA conspired to circulate a fake email attacking the Nnabagereka of Buganda, Sylvia Nagginda (see “Uganda Politicians in USA Join To Attack Nnabagereka“).  Our latest information suggests that the sender is in fact a lady member of a small team of individuals mostly including sympathizers of Olara Otuunu, Besigye, DP and UNAA/NRM  and DP (the Uganda First Click). Their common interest is limiting the Buganda nationalist movement.

In the meantime, in his June 22, 2010 Ekiba Kibe program, Mr. Robert Kabuye owe Boston  spoke about the fake and disgraceful email. Without revealing details, Mr. Kabuye said that his engineers had found out that the internet IP address on the fake email was used to send out UNAA convention emails before.  Mr. Kabuye’s information is in line with the recent findings by Buganda Post technical volunteers (see “Uganda Politicians in USA Join To Attack Nnabagereka“).

For at least 3 weeks now, Mr. Kabuye has been warning his listeners that UNAA supporters in Washington DC had a plan to use Nnabagereka as a weapon to do a Kayunga 2 on the Kabaka of Buganda and stop him from coming to Ttabamiruka in the USA. At this time, it appears that the battle lines are clearly drawn between loyalist Baganda and UNAA/NRM (with quiet support from UPC, FDC and DP-Mao). The loyalist Baganda expect Kabaka to be at Ttabamiruka to assure Obuganda that he is ready to lead them even in the worst situations. The “Uganda First” groups are fighting for the Nnabagereka to come to UNAA, to force the Lion of Buganda to stay home, isolated from the powerful Buganda loyalists. This sinister plan to control Kabaka’s movements by remote control is what loyalist Baganda are calling Kayunga 2.

Click on Ekiba_Kibe22Jun10 to listen to Mr. Kabuye on his Ekiba Kibe broadcast of June 22, 2010.

A 4 day investigation by Buganda Post reveals that Uganda dirty politics has spilled over into the USA as both NRM and opposition political operatives joined to send out a fake email message attacking Nnabagereka Sylvia Nnagginda. The fake and obscene letter, which Buganda Post cannot publish out of respect for Nnabagereka and Kabaka, was allegedly sent by a woman called Pross Musoke and has the following header.

From: Proscovia Musoke [mailto:prossmusoke@yahoo.com]

Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 5:47 PM

To: joemagandazi@hotmail.com; mbrumusoke@aol.com; jmayanja@townisp.com; James_ssemakula@yahoo.com; Makenke@gmail.com; jkabonge@aol.com; maleuganda@yahoo.com; kssemoge@yahoo.com; pkibuule@yahoo.com; mungwana2@yahoo.com; musanap@yahoo.com; lam5jc@aol.com; drekintu@gmail.com; tlwebuga@yahoo.com; mulongo2003@yahoo.com.au; awola19@yahoo.com; fkalema-musoke@msn.com; kiggwesam@yahoo.com; skiggwe@atlantaga.gov; lugemwafn@yahoo.com; kibuka@federo.org; Lssebweze@yahoo.co.uk; lugira@bc.edu; WILTEC10@aol.com; rehemass@googlemail.com; mulindwa@look.ca; najjuma@HOTMAIL.COM; rkiwaks@yahoo.com; yyakobo@rocketmail.com; dramatovu@yahoo.com; ronnie.mayanja@gmail.com; mpangae@googlemail.com; musoke_75@yahoo.com; acham ester

Subject: Nnaabagereka’s a traitor

The email accuses Nnabagereka Nagginda of, among other things, disrespecting Baganda by planning to attend the NRM sponsored UNAA convention in September 2010 and attempting to become the “Nnabagereka of Uganda”. The UNAA convention is funded by the Ugandan NRM government and it happens on the same day as the Baganda International conference, Ttabamiruka ’10. Kabaka Mutebi is expected to grace Ttabamiruka ’10 but the UNAA website also states that the Nnabagereka intends go and attend the UNAA convention in Washington DC. Many Baganda loyalists are very angry and have spoken very strongly against the Nnabagereka’s plans but not to the extent of calling her obscene names.

After the investigation by Buganda Post technical volunteers, we can report that the email was created by a team that includes supporters of NRM, FDC, DP and UNAA wishing to discredit nationalist Baganda opposed to Nnabagereka going to UNAA. A source involved in Ugandan opposition politics in the USA informed us that the letter to attack Nnabagereka was discussed and agreed on as a way to stop Kabaka from coming to the USA in September and strengthening Baganda loyalists.

Our source said: “Many Baganda opportunists want to say ‘Woligwa wendigwa’ but see Kabaka and Mengo as an obstacle in the way of their goal to get big posts in an FDC, UPC, DP or NRM government. The email attacking Nnabagereka is an old NRM trick to make pro-Buganda voices like Ekiba Kibe Radio, Buganda Post, Ababaka Radio and others look like they did it. By the way, it is the same trick Museveni used in Luweero, impersonating Obote’s army to kill Baganda. Even here, these people don’t care what happens to the Nnabagereka’s image so long as they can stop Kabaka from coming to New Jersey.”

It is unusual among Baganda,even in the diaspora, to celebrate and have a cake in memory of death and suffering such as at the May Buganda Day of occupation.  The leaders of Ggwanga Mujje Washington DC and the Kabaka’s representative in the area went ahead and did it anyway tighter with a big fashion show and disco (see”Kabaka’s Representative Turns Buganda Day Into NRM Party, Ekiba Kibe”). This upset quite a few people, including one long-term NRM woman, who wrote to Buganda Post to alert us about NRM operation in the diaspora.

Our source told us she was especially upset that Kabaka’s representative approved the removal of the Kabaka title and lion from the Buganda cake, not to upset Museveni. She said: “These people intentionally removed the lion, which is the symbol of the Kabaka, off the cake. Even worse, they changed the writing on the cake to be ‘Awangaale Nnyaffe Buganda’. This is not by accident. The Omulangira approved replacing ‘Kabaka’ with ‘Buganda’ even though it reads funny because Buganda is not a person. It is all part of a plan that the NRM’s diaspora team is playing out to make the Kabaka a non-issue. I don’t know what to do but as a Muganda I am having a lot of conflict.”

We can report that a diaspora based team of NRMs are working in a lose think-tank that brainstorms about how to help president Museveni weaken all Baganda organizations overseas. A highly reliable source inside NRM USA has told us that: “In 2008 president Museveni realized that the cadres in New York, Washington DC, London and Toronto are much better equipped than Kampala NRMs to plan and execute anti-Buganda actions in the diaspora. With advice from the likes of Abdul Kimbugwe and others (names omitted to protect our sources), the NRM started investing cash in Boston, Washington DC, New York and Los Angeles to buy Baganda youths in the NRM. They bribe the leaders with cash or government contracts, give them general guides, and allow them to operate independently.”

“One important target is to make Baganda youth lose interest in the Kabaka institution and see Kabaka Mutebi as politically ambitious. For example, one propaganda story that is supposed to be planted in Washington DC and Los Angeles claims that Kabaka Mutebi wants to replace Museveni and become president as his late father was. The Washington DC chapter of Ggwanga Mujje is now considered key to the NRM plans because the leadership are willing to work closely with the ambassador and other NRMs.”

Last Friday, Kabaka Mutebi called upon all his subjects who have reached the voting age of 18 to register so that they can elect leaders of their choice while others should check with the register to confirm whether their names are registered to be able to participate in the 2011 elections. The Lion of Buganda was meeting his subjects from Buluuli who had visited him at his palace, Mengo Lubiri, to assure him of their loyalty, extend their sympathies for the loss of the Kasubi Tombs and to present to show appreciation for his brilliant leadership of the Kingdom regardless of the many challenges faced.

Soon afterwards, First Deputy Katikkiro, Owek. Ssendaula clarified that the Kabaka Mutebi and his government are not involved in partisan politics. Their interest is in supporting candidates who support Buganda’s causes.

These developments have left many Baganda in the diaspora quite confused since they suggest that Buganda has now officially decided to declared her trust and belief in president Museveni’s corrupt election system. Many of the now confused Baganda thought that the Buganda establishment was willing to support the campaign former Katikkiro Dan Muliika announced in Boston to boycott the 2011 elections since they are fraud.

When Buganda Post contacted a New York based expert on Buganda issues by email,he responded with the following: “I would advise Baganda in the diaspora no to panic. Remember that some of the people around  Kabaka are ambitious politicians and businessmen with personal interests in becoming MPs or making money. Some might have influence what Kabaka said but, as usual, his words had a lot of wisdom. First, the Kabaka did not promise anyone that, come election time, he will encourage his subjects to even vote. People should be patient, there is a lot of time before the voting.”

President Museveni’s Uganda parliament has 327 members, with 80 or 24% from Buganda.  Even if all Baganda MPs vote as a single block, they would need support from another 84 MPs to pass substantially pro-Buganda bills in the Uganda parliament. Estimates by many experts of Uganda’s NRM manipulated political system put the estimate for NRM guaranteed MP seats at a minimum of 131 or just over 40%. Some nationalist Baganda, especially in the diaspora, argue that Buganda’s interests are best served if individuals who have clear business and Uganda political ambitions do not have so much influence on Mmengo and Kabaka Mutebi. That is why these nationalists want Kabaka’s subjects to simply boycott the elections to show the whole world that Buganda is under occupation by the NRM government and help Baganda youths avoid developing a slave complex.

Ttabamiruka ’10, the premier Baganda conference in the diaspora, shall take place on September 3-6, 2010 in the township of East Brunswick, New Jersey. We have been informed by a reliable source in Mmengo Bulange that the Lion of Buganda, Ssabasajja Kabaka Mutebi II is expected to grace Ttabamiruka ’10 and the organizers are in discussions with Mmengo. According to the conference website www.tabamiruka.com, the theme of the conference is “Freedom is Not Free!”.   You can download the conference card and poster from the conference website by clicking here on Card and Poster respectively. You can also listen to Ttabamiruka advertisements the May 28, 2010 Ekiba Kibe program by clicking on Ekiba_Kibe28May10B.

The Ttabamiruka conference which is sponsored  by Ggwangamujje NY/NJ, is the only major Baganda  conference that is fully independent of the NRM influence. This will be the 3rd Ttabamiruka conference sponsored by Ggwangamujje NY/NJ since 2007 and the first one since the Kayunga massacres and the burning of Kasubi Tombs.  Kabaka Mutebi, the then Katikkiro Ssendaula, Omutaka Alan Nakirembeka and officials from Buganda Government and the Lukiiko attended Ttabamiruka ‘07. Ttabamiruka ’08 was boycotted by the Buganda Government under Katikkiro Walusimbi. The $195 registration and $85 hotel room at high class Hilton Hotels make Ttabamiruka ‘10 the most affordable so far.

In the meantime, the battle between UADA and UNAA, which are organizing competing conferences for Ugandans on September 36, 2010 continues to offer colourful developments.  More information is coming out linkimg UADA president,  Mr. Ssenkumba, to convicts Eric Mukasa and Julius Kabukuru (see “Competition Between UNAA and UADA Heats Up, Ssenkumba Accused of Hiding In Bu”). We now can report that Mr. Ssenkumba was an associate of the two criminals in the tax preparation and other businesses before they went to prison. We can also report that Mr. Ssenkumba is well known both to certain Buganda government officials and members of Museveni’s state house as a rich man.  Certain officials in the two institutions are known to be doing or trying to do deals with Mr. Ssenkumba.

But it is not only the UADA main financial and president who is accused of serious problems. UNAA is also haveing a tough time after learning that Nnabagereka Sylvia Nnaginda would be betraying the Kabaka and people of Buganda if she attended NRM financed UNAA Washington. Their reaction has been to print even more materials claiming that the Nnabagereka will be there.

Ggwanga Mujje DC has released a press statement announcing ceremonies to commemorate the beginning of the armed occupation of Buganda by the Uganda Government. Notably, some of the top leaders of Ggwangamujje Washington DC, especially Fred Kalema-Musoke and Michael Kimbugwe-Kalema have also been pushing hard for the Nnabagereka to attend the NRM sponsored UNAA 2010 conference. Kalema-Musoke also serves as the Kabaka’s representative in Mid-Eastern USA.

The press statement is reproduced in full below:

The Baganda Community, Friends and Supporters of Buganda Kingdom,

You are cordially invited to Buganda Day Banquet and Picnic.  Please review flyer (attached) and information below for details.

Subject: Buganda Day 2010 and Picnic and Fair Updates

Dear friends, please find attached the information regarding Buganda Day 2010 as well as Buganda Fair/Picnic.

In addition to the information in the flyer, I wish to let you know that:

- We have the latest adult’s and children’s Kanzus (traditional Ganda tunics) on sale. Call 240-418-5480.

- Note that the Picnic/Fair (Saturday May 29th) is the day before Buganda Day (Sunday May 30th)

- Parents, you may want to bring bathing suits and a change of clothing for your young ones.

- Be ready to have fun fundraising for the restoration of the fallen Kasubi Tombs. If you thought the last fundraiser was fun, you ain’t seen nothing yet!

- We will have a number of rare items on sale at the picnic and on Buganda Day (t-shirts, Ugandan dry food items, crafts, etc.).

- Feel free to change into your favorite dance outfit for the dance part of the banquet on Sunday.

- Be sure to catch the red-carpet event at 6.00pm on Buganda Day.

Ideas of what you can bring to the picnic (Saturday):

1) Burgers and buns

2) Hot dogs and buns

3) Chicken (grill ready)

4) Tossed Salad

5) Potato Salad

6) Pasta Salad

7) Veggie Plata

8) Fruit Salad

9) Water melon

10) Cookies

11) Corn (cooked)

12) Potato Chips

13) Surprise us!

Drinks:

1) Sodas -

2) Beer – 5 cases

3) Wine -

4) Water

5) Punch

6) Surprise us!

Thank you for your continued support.

Awangaale Ssaabasajja!!

Flavia Magoba

Buganda Day Coordinator

Please visit us at www.ggwangamujjedc.org

The oldest Baganda nationalist organization, Abazzukulu ba Buganda, have issued a statement announcing that they will hold special ceremonies to mark 44 years since the government of Uganda occupied the Kingdom of Buganda by force of arms. The ceremonies, on May 24, 2010, will start with a congregation at the main gate (Wankaaki) of the Kabaka’s Palace (Lubiri) at Mmengo at 8:00 AM. One hour later, at 9:00 AM the sons and daughters of occupied Buganda will match for 5 kilometers (just over 3 miles) to the Kasubi Tombs site. At Kasubi, the Baganda will hold a seminar on Buganda national issues.

 Below is the full text of the announcement in Luganda.

 Eri Obuganda

OKUKUNGUBAGA OLWA BUGANDA OKUWEZA EMYAKA 44 MU BUWAMBE

(24^th May 1966 – 24^th May 2010)

Nga 24 May 2010, gigenda kuwera emyaka Ana mw’ena (44) bukya gavumenti ya Uganda ewamba Buganda. Olunaku olwo amagye ga gavumenti ya Uganda lwe gaalumba Ssekabaka Muteesa mu Lubiri eMmengo gye yeerwanirako n’asimattuka okumutta n’agenda mu buwanganguse e Bungereza gye yagyira omukono mu ngabo mu 1969.

Kw’olwo endagano ya 1962 eyali eggatta Buganda ku Uganda mu ngeri eya kyeyagalire lwe yamenyebwaawo. N’olwekyo okuva olwo Uganda yeekakaatika bwekakaatisi ku Buganda. Buganda teri mu Uganda lwa kweyagalira wabula ekakibwa bukakibwa ku maanyi ga mmndu. Buganda eri mu buwambe okuv’olwo.

Olw’ensonga eyo buli lunaku lwa 24^th May bwe lutuuka Abaganda abakimanyi era abakyalumirirwa  Obuganda bakungubaga. Okukungubaga kuno kubaamu okutambula okuva mu Lubiri lw’eMMengo okutuuka e Kasubi Nnabulagala mu masiro g’aba Ssekabaka gye bakkomekkereza okukungubaga okwo n’omusomo ogukwata ku buwambe Buganda mweri.

Okukungubaga kuno kukulemberwamu Olukiiko lw’Abazzukulu ba Buganda okuva mu 1999. N’omwaka guno, nga 24^th May 2010, okukungubaga kuno kugenda kubaawo. Abaganda abalumirirwa Obuganda abasobola bajja kukung’anira ku wankaaki w’olubiri lwe Mmengo ku makya ku ssaawa bbiri we bajja okusimbula ku ssaawa satu ez’okumakya batambule okugenda e Kasubi ewanaabeera omusomo ogukwata ku nsonga za Buganda.

Olukiiko lwa Bazzukulu ba Buganda lukusaba okwetaba mu kukungubaga kuno, era n’okuyamba mu nteekateeka yaakwo. Mu ngeri yonna (eg SMS) kkunga Obuganda okukungubaga ku lunaku olwo, sondayo ku nsimbi z’okupangisa ebikozesebwa n’okusaasaanya ebiwandiiko by’omusomo ogunaakolebwa kw’olwo, etc.

Olukiiko lw’Abazzukulu ba Buganda lwamerawo mu 1985 olw’obwetaavu bw’okuzzaawo Buganda nga bwe yali. Jjukira nti Buganda Ggwanga ttonde eryatondebwa Katonda nga Ttongole. Okuva mu 1985, olukiiko lw’Abazzukulu ba Buganda lutuula buli lunaku olw’okubiri mu wiiki. Buli muzzukulu wa Buganda wa ddenbe okukiika mu Lukiiko luno kasita taleetamu bitiibwa bye, byabufuzi bye, ddiini ye oba enzikiriza endala yonna ekontana oba evuganya n’obwetaavu bw’okwetengerera kwa Buganda. 

Alina ky’abuuza ku nsonga eyo kuba ku ssimu y’omuteesiteesi eno 0772534210.

M. Junju Kamulali

(Ssentebe)