According to the cell phone radio Ekiba Kibe Program of Saturday December 18, 2009, one of the leaders in newly formed Ugandan Diaspora and American Development Association (UADA), is in a USA immigration jail after being reported by UNAA officials. In the Luganda program, Mr. Robert Kabuye e Boston, explains that one David Aligaweesa  was arrested after Mr. Moses Wilson, UNAA president, and his supporters reported him to the USA immigration services.   Aligaweesa’s immigration papers are not in good order. According to sources in Boston, UADA plans to hold a convention in Boston in September, to compete directly with the 2010 event, which will be in Washington DC.

UADA is one of at least three breakaway organizations that have been formed in the wake of the controversial 2009 UNAA elections in Chicago. One was formed by Flex Kabuye, who was reportedly sponsored by the NRM to be a spoiler in Chicago. The second one, Ugandans in The Diaspora, was formed by one James Kabonge but details about it are still sketchy. And the third is UADA, where David Aligaweesa is one of the principals. All these are run by Baganda and are in direct competition with Museveni funded UNAA where the key players are Moses Wilson (President), Ssenoga, Gaburungi, Fred and Brenda Kalema Musoke, Moses Kalemba, Rosette Serwanga and Alex Zabasajja.

The December 18, 2009 Ekiba Kibe also exposes the visit to the USA by Kahinda Otafiire, to bring bribe money for Ugandan spies in America. It also reports on the Buganda Conference and explains the evils of the NRM’s new land bill.

Ekiba Kibe program is broadcast to people’s cell phones as multi-media messages (MMS) that you can you can play on your cell phone, if it has the MMS feature. This writer knows of some people in Uganda who receive the Ekiba Kibe program on their cell phones.

***To listen to the Ekiba Kibe SMS Radio program click here.***

Uganda’s ruling political party, the NRM, which is also Buganda’s occupation force, is planning to hold its 2009 gala in Boston on Saturday September 27, 2009. And an estimated 500 to 1,000 Baganda from the North East United States are expected to be there to demonstrate against the occupation of Buganda, the restrictions place on their Kabaka and the state of emergency conditions that have been imposed in Buganda. On the receiving end will be an estimated 50-100 of what the Baganda demonstrators call loyal members of the murderous NRM party and their collaborators.

As we reported yesterday though, barring a last minute change on Friday, the NRM master, president Yoweri Museveni of Uganda is expected cancelled his attendance at the NRM Gala after enduring an unpleasant time at the UN general assembly (see, “Kabaka, Obama, Foot Pain, and Baganda Demos Force Museveni To Leave USA“). At the time of posting this story, we had not confirmed if the Uganda warlord had left the USA. According to our sources in both New Jersey and Boston, the Baganda demonstrators do not care whether Museveni is present or not. They believe that they will still achieve their goals.

One source sent us an email which said that: “Our goals are simple. One, to send a message to the Munyarwanda that he triggered the beginning of his end when he touched Magulu Nyondo, Nyanja Temanyiirwa, Musota. There is no going back for him and his collaborators; he may win small battles like closing CBS but he lost the war the day he publically told Ssabasajja what to do and not to do. Goal number two is to maintain our campaign against the genocidal NRM Buganda occupiers and collaborator. We are tired and very angry and the Kalembas and Kalemas of this world will, with time, find out how dumb it is sell one’s soul to a crook for a few pieces of silver.”

The NRM Gala, mostly funded by the Uganda embassy in Washington DC, will be held at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel, downtown Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The address is 110 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA 02116. The organizing committee includes only Banyankore/Bakiga and Baganda as follows:

• Charles T. Kampororo
• Frank Mwebesa
• John Nuwamanya-Matsiko
• Sania Mutegyeki
• Kenneth Mutegyeki
• Paul Rumunye
• Mugume P. Kalyegira
• Elizabeth S. N. Musazi
• Dorothy N. Ssebakka
• Male Kamya
• Stephen Kasirye

On Wednesday, September 23, 2009, about 100 Baganda from Boston, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, together with one Acholi, loudly demonstrated against President Museveni at the United Nations headquarters in New York. They denounced Museveni’s NRM government for its repressive occupation of Buganda, massacres in Luwero during Obote 2 regime, corruption and incompetence. Notably, the Baganda were joined by one Acholi, a brother of UN official, Olara Otunnu. This is despite the big support which Baganda gave to Acholi’s during demonstrations against the genocide that Museveni permitted in Northern Uganda. Basoga, Banyoro, Iteso and other Ugandan populations who are huge victims of  the NRM government’s policies were nowhere to be seen.

The demonstrations were prompted by the NRM government’s recent restriction of Kabaka Mutebi’s freedom of movement within his kingdom and the massacre of over 20 Baganda which followed the Kabaka’s subjects resisted. Later Ggwangamujje NY/NJ issued a statement that declared Buganda to be under armed occupation by the NRM and its collaborators.

There was drama when Uganda’s ambassador to the UN, Ruhakana Rugunda, and Museveni’s secretary and lover, Amelia Kyambadde, unknowingly walked in the direction of the Baganda demonstrators. One demonstrator shouted, “Omubi Omukiga Rugunda wuyo!” and the whole group, energized, start shouting accusations at the two Museveni staff. Visibly surprised and seemingly scared Rugunda and Kyambadde veered away as they continued to walk past the crowd.

This is the first time that Baganda have demonstrated against a Ugandan government over the issue of Buganda political rights. The demonstrations were organized by members of Ggwangamujje Boston and Ggwangamujje NY/NJ. Another, larger, demonstration is planned for Saturday in Boston, where Museveni is scheduled to be chief guest at this years’ NRM Gala. At the Gala, Museveni is expected to, among other things, thank his USA based NRM cadres like Elizabeth Musaazi, Nakku Senkeeto, Edirisa Kironde, Moses Kalemba, Zabasaja and Senoga (see “Descendants of I. K. Musaazi, Kulubya and Yusuf Lule Risk To Promote NRM In America“) for taking over UNAA.

When the appointed time  for  the Ggwanga Mujje Boston meeting came last Sunday, those who came to replace Rev. Kaasa Nakabaale’s executive and confirm the Ttabamiruka date change could not get what they wanted. And the reason was because the special elections they wanted to hold were illegal according to the Ggwangamujje constitution.  According to the constitution of Ggwangamujje a meeting that will have a vote to change the Executive must be announced 30 day in advance.

Approximately 100 Baganda met in Waltham (Boston suburb) expecting to see a verbal fight that would end with the replacement of the current executive  with one that is more friendly to the objectives Museveni funded UNAA. However, the election could not happen because although Nakabaale’s opponents had done a solid underground lobbying (kakuyege) they had ignored the the constitution.  The situation was similar to elections in President Museveni’s  Uganda, where all the rules are ignored during the campaign and arguments about what is legal and what is not start during vote counting. They were also similar to President Mwai Kibaki’s Kenyan politics because, after agreeing that the elections cannot take place the Boston meeting “compromised” for  Mr. Mayanja Buwembo to “share” the Chairman’s powers with Rev. Nakabaale until elections in December.

The Ttabamiruka ’09 date change is expected to be looked at again after the association gets the new Executive. If Nakabaale loses in December, however it is expected that the UNAA and NRM teams will be the winners and they will push their agenda to kill Ttabamiruka much more easily. Note that not all UNAA diehards are NRM operatives but the two share the goal to kill Ttabamiruka.

During a controversial October 26, 2008 general meeting  of Gganga Mujje Boston,  attendees voted to change the Ttabamiruka ’09 meeting date from September 2009 to a much less practical July 2009, to the benefits of the UNAA Convention in Chicago. They also agreed on a special meeting on November 9, 2008 to replace the current Executive led by Rev. Kaasa Nakabaale. Notable, when  the minutes of the October 26, meeting were written by Vice Chairman Moses Bukenya (not the secretary who was also present)  they omitted the names of UNAA’s Moses Kalemba and a few others who had put up strong arguments for changing the Ttabamiruka date.

Members of the Ggwangamujje Boston Executive include Reverend Nakabaale (President), NRM’s Bukenya (Vice President), Prof. Lugira, Kato Kajubi, Samalie Kajubi, Ssali, Mark Kizza, Mayanja and Dan Nvule. Historically, the Boston chapter of Ggwangamujje has suffered from NRM manipulation, placing a cloud of doubt over the overall loyalty of Boston Baganda to their Kabaka and nation. The immediate past president of Ggwangamujje Boston is a strong NRM Abdul Kimbugwe who simultaneously held that position with Chairmanship of UNAA.  Also historically UNAA receives funding from President Museveni’s government.  Mr. Museveni’s funding activities have been independently reported in the India Ocean Newsletter of October 27, 2008. And have has been admitted to in email exchanges between UNAA officials and Moses Byaruhanga of  Uganda state house which this reporter has seen.

In a highly suspect move, the Vice President of Ggwangamujje Boston, and not the secretary, took the minutes for the controversial October 26, 2008 general meeting. And he leaves the names of many attendees off the minutes, most notably that of the man who highly influenced the proceedings, UNAA stalwart Moses Kalemba. Bukenya wrote the minutes despite the presence of secretary, Patrick Bukenya.

According to one attendee who briefed this reporter, on condition of anonymity, it appears that Bukenya wants to the put decisions on record without details on who was there and who said what.  According to the attendee: “The fact is that the meeting was about two things. Most important to the Kalemba caucus was the Ttabamiruka date change. The other one was removing Kaasa Nakabale. Kalemba and Bukenya aggressively demanded and got the date change they wanted and, after that they were happy to give a lot of time to the other stuff. A few of the “basajja ba Kabaka” who supported the change would shock you. Bukenya is leaving Kalemba and others off the minutes and hiding the Ttabamiruka ’09 date change deep in the minutes because they think that we are really stupid.”

The minutes that Bukenya wrote, including the English mistakes and with the Ttabamiruka ’09 decision in boldface, are reproduced below:

members,

General meeting-Gwanga Mujje
Place: Pastor Mutyaba’s church-Waltham
Time:6.30pm
Committee Members in attendance

Kaasa Nakabaale
Moses Bukenya – Recording secretary
JohnFred Kawere
Kato Kajubi
Patrick Nsereko
Robert Kabuye
Prof. Lugira
Dan Nvule
John Mayanja

Meeting opened with singing of the Buganda Anthem.
Minutes:
1. Move a vote of thanks from the Chair to Pastor Mutyaba for all the help extended during the Buganda Independence function
2. Move to write a letter of thanks to the Boston Medical Center folks for all the facilitation provided towards the same function noted above.
3. Move to thank all those who volunteered and attended the functions. All accounts point to a successful event based on imput from attendees.
4. Explored need to get physical office premises for association:
-suggestions
i) -set up virtual office
ii)-rent office space from one of the churches and/or businesses in the community
iii)-Request Chairman to avail space at his residence to house office.
iv)-Write a grant proposal to Charitable Organistions to solicit funds to promote cultural themed projects like dance, language and other heritage issues.

-Meeting resolved to appoint committee to compile a  report exploring the viability of acquiring office premises and formulate a cost benefit analysis of the same. To present report to executive committee in near future. Chair did not set terms of reference as regards to time frame of submitting said report.
-Committee comprised of Dan Nvule, Frida Sebalu, Prof. Lugira, Salongo Kafeero & Moses Kalemba.
-Also Frida Sebalu pledged $100 towards Office project.
-Mr. John Mayanja pledged to build website, will need material from community
5.Members agreed to the date of July 4th of 2009 as date for hosting Ttabamiruka 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts.
6.Members agreed to hold off on electing the organising committee of the Ttabamiruka Boston 2009 until fresh elections are held for the Board.
-Date set for elections was Sunday, November 9th 2009 at 4pm at same location, Pastor Mutyaba’s Church, Waltham.

Meeting adjourned at around 9.35pm with a short prayer by the chairman.

Note: Chair urged everyone to actively engage all folks to attend the November 9th meeting, vote and play thier role in promoting Gwanga Mujje and it’s ideals.

End
Moses Bukenya
Vice Chair

On November 4, 2008 the Chairman of Ggwangamujje Boston, Rev. Nakabaale Kaasa, sent an email to BugandaPost.com, to deny that he had made a posting earlier that day, which, among other things, attacked one Joe Magandazi and praised UNAA’s Moses Kalemba. Buganda Post has been able to verify that this email is genuine. However, it is not been possible to establish who made the posting which Rev. Nakabaale has denied.

Our source in Ggwangamujje Boston has told this reporter that the “not so smart” impersonation of Rev. is clearly an attempt to confuse the Boston community about Kaasa’s true personality and Buganda credentials, a typical NRM technique. According to the source: “It is a fact that Kaasa has management skills issues but his commitment to Buganda is 100%.  The NRM and UNAA diehards simply want to damage him so much that when by the November 9, 2008 general meeting he will have no credibility to retain his chairmanship. In the end, however, it is all about a couple of individuals who stand to be financially rewarded by Museveni for killing Ttabamiruka ’09. And changing the date from September to July 4th, which Kaasa is fighting, would be a huge step towards the cash.”

The full text of the email that Rev. Nakabaale Kaasa sent to Buganda Post, to clarify his position is reproduced in full below. Spelling corrections were made to words appearing in [brackets].

From: bumaaya buganda bumaaya@yahoo.com
To: info@bugandapost.com
Cc: Bumaaya@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 10:46:11 PM
Subject: Impostor/ Imposter
Bugandapost website,
 
Thank you so much for exposing the NRM activities. Right now am writing on the  Ggwangamujje Boston Chapter  2008 matter that has appeared on your web site on  25th September  and  31st October 2008.

I [am] the true Chairman of the Ggwangamujje  Boston, Massachusetts USA writing this article.  I was shocked today to read your  posting that I sent to you an  e-mail today   8th November 2008 at 10:08 am. At this time of posting, I was at my work place and did not touch any computer.

I  did not write to you therefore the whole world must know this article has been written  by someone  amongst us “OLULIRA MUNNYANA” It is  an imposture of  low [caliber]. Yes, it is not well in the Ggwangamujje Boston camp. It is true I have [convened] a general meeting on 9th November 2008  at precisely 4:00pm at 14 Felton Street in Waltham for all Bostonians  to come and screen the  officials including myself in order to weed out OLUMBUGU.
 
I [am] so embarrassed that  Mr. Joe Magandazi has been implicated in these unintellectual tactics. [Therefore] I request all the readers to  wait for the full version of the episode after the next meeting on  the November 2008. Yes, my telephone is  617.458.1968  as reported but I will not answer any blocked calls or no  ID numbers.

Signed,

Rev. Nnakabaale  Kaasa  …( Omuliga)
Musajja wa Kabaka

Mr. Moses Bukenya, the current Vice Chair of Gwangamujje Boston has made a posting on Buganda Post where he says that his character was slandered when, according to him, it was suggested that he supports the NRM. Bukenya specifically requested that a correction be made to reverse the impression that he is an NRM supporter and the implied accusation that he had committed the “heinous crime” of plotting against the kingdom. Mr. Bukenya’s posting does not however deny his involvement in the changing of the Ttabamiruka ’09 date from Labor Day weekend to May or July. For many Baganda all over the world, changing the Ttabamiruka date to make it less convenient to attendees is viewed as sabotage.

When contacted about Mr. Bukenya’s posting, our Boston source argued that Bukenya was trying to deflect the most important questions, “Did he, Kalemba and others (not yet to be mentioned) meet on October 26th and change Ttabamiruka ’09 to July 4, which, by coincidence, agrees with what the NRM needs?  Or is it still September 4th? And, is he a key UNAA organizer (New York and Florida), which UNAA has accepted money from Mr. Museveni’s NRM government through one Byaruhanga?”

In light of the response from our original source for the story n Boston, this reporter makes the correction requested by Mr. Bukenya. For the record, Mr. Bukenya, the Vice Chair of Ggwangamujje Boston, is not a supporter of the NRM. And he is not knowingly “working with any individual or government while transacting Gwangamujje business and/or other affairs.” We regret anyinconvenience caused.

However, we stand by our story that on October 26, 2008 Mr. Bukenya joined Mr. Kalemba and others, yet to be named, at a meeting in the greater Boston area and agreed to change the Ttabamiruka ’09 date from the first weekend in September to July 4th, 2009. And that they did it fully aware that it would advantage the UNAA convention at the expense of Ttabamiruka ’09. Additionally, Mr. Bukenya has been actively involved in the organization of UNAA conventions; and UNAA officials have received large cash contributions from Uganda’s NRM government in connection with their organizing and their conventions.

Mr. Bukenya’s unedit posting is reproduced below:

My name is Moses Bukenya, current vice chair of Gwanga Mujje Boston Chapter and I’d like to express my utter shock at the article you authored that implicated me being an nrm supporter and the insinuations that myself together with others are planning to sabotage the planned ttabamiruka convention here in Boston.

For the record, i am not an NRM supporter, am not working for any individual or government while transacting Gwanga Mujje business and/or other affairs. I AM A PROUD MUGANDA AND MY FAMILY ARE PROUD BAGANDA WHO HAVE SERVED THE KINGDOM WITH DISTINCTION. I feel betrayed that a publication like yours that claims to lobby for and advance Buganda’s interests can publish such a story without seeking out comment from the main people i.e myself you wrote about and hearing their side so as to present balanced reporting and let the readers decide who is telling the truth. If you had contacted me prior to your publishing your article, i could have said on the record that i am not a supporter of NRM and do not work for them or any other apart from doing my best to serve Buganda’s interests. And most importantly, I’d have challenged anyone to produce evidence and/or proof that i work for the NRM and that i am sabotaging Buganda’s interests here in the diaspora and in Uganda.

I will not stand for having my character slandered, defamed and dragged through the mud. Now it is true that there are differences in opinion in the way we percieve issues in the running of Gwanga Mujje in Boston and in my opinion that’s understandable among cilivised folk. But to label all those one disagrees with as NRM insiders without backing up those claims really defeats the purpose of all those fighting for Buganda’s cause and i count myself among them.

The main purpose of writing this letter is to request you and/or your editorial staff to correct this anomaly. I have been wrongly accused of what i consider to be a heinous crime i.e plotting against the kingdom and i strongly demand that the record be set straight. My email address is momobukenya@gmail.com and my cell is (617)913-5793. I am doing this because i believe in due process and due diligence. There is nonthing here that in my opinion can not and/or could not have been resolved with a simple phone call. I expect to hear from you ASAP. I believe we can clear the air promptly. I however reserve the right to seek redress, legal of otherwise if the record is not set straight.

sincrerely,
Moses Bukenya
Vice chair
Gwanga Mujje Boston

Sources close to the Uganda North American Association (UNAA) Vice President, Moses Kalemba, tell this reporter that NRM operatives have a plot to derail Ttabamiruka ’09 during the next Ggawangamujje Boston general meeting. The meeting is to be held on November 9, 2008, and according to our sources in Boston, the strategy that Kalemba and Bukenya emphasize first changing the Ttabamiruka date from September to May. Bukenya is a diehard NRM who, like Kalemba, takes the view that Baganda events like Ttabamiruka must not become an alternative to their UNAA Convention. However, they support similar conferences by Basoga, Bakiga, Bamasaba, Acholis and other nationalities.

According to the sources, the Kalemba/Bukenya team scored first when they bulldozed a clearly weak Ggwangamujje Executive to agree that changing of the Ttabamiruka ’09 date to May or July be put to a vote in a general meeting. And now they are engaged in a well funded intense ground campaign (“kakuyege”) to get very many of their supporters to the November 9, 2008 meeting and vote for the date change they want.  Apparently, they are confident that, once the date is changed to May 2009, there simply will not be enough time for the Ggwangamujje Executive to organize a serious Ttabamiruka. So, in short order the powerful Baganda conference which shook Museveni in 2007 and 2008 will be dead.

Members of the Ggwangamujje Boston Executive include Reverend Nakabaale (President), NRM’s Bukenya (Vice President), Prof. Lugira, Kato Kajubi, Samalie Kajubi, Ssali, Mark Kizza, Mayanja and Dan Nvule. Historically, the Boston chapter of Ggwangamujje has suffered from NRM manipulation, placing a cloud of doubt over the overall loyalty of Boston Baganda to their Kabaka and nation. The immediate past president of Ggwangamujje Boston is Abdul Kimbugwe who simultaneously held that position with Chairmanship of UNAA. Kimbugwe was later widely reported to be an ISO operative who was later recalled by State House and given a consultant job in Uganda Revenue Authority. All evidence so far is that Reverend Nakabaale and a few others on his Executive may be committed to the Buganda cause but they simply don’t have the experience and organizational skills to fight off the NRM.

Bukenya is Vice President of Ggwangamujje Boston but also, together with Kalemba,  one of the UNAA Convention organizers.  He is one of the NRMs strongest activists and has on many occasions spoken against Ttabamiruka. He has never attended a Ttabamiruka conference but was one of the key organizers of the UNAA convention in Florida. Moses Kalemba is Vice President of UNAA and a well known opponent of Ttabamiruka. This reporter has reliably learnt that Moses Kalemba is a Muganda or Mmamba but opposed to Baganda only affairs.

On September 25, 2008, Buganda Post broke the story that Boston Baganda were  threatening to report, directly to Kabaka Mutebi that NRM activists in the USA who had accepted money from Kampala were plotting to sabotage the next Ttabamiruka conference.  This reporter kindly requests all those who will attend the November 9, 2008, Ggwangamujje general meeting to send your observation to info@bugandapost.com.