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.”

According to unsigned press release from the leaders of Ggwanga Mujje Boston, former Buganda Katikkiro Muliika is the leader of a new Uganda political group committed to ousting the president of the NRM occupation government. The press release was issued at what was widely advertised on Free Buganda Radio as a Buganda liberation conference (“Olukiiko lw’Okununula Obuganda”). The publicity brochure for the conference clearly stated that the purpose of the conference was (a) the progress made so far on the work of liberating Buganda and (b) how to deal with the coming 2011 elections. However, the press release the press release says: “The purpose of the meeting was to launch Ggwanga Mujje International.”

The press release also states that: “At the end of the conference Mr. Muliika was elected President-General of Ggwanga Mujje International by acclamation.” However, it does not say if Ggwanga Mujje chapters in other cities officially endorsed the idea of a Ugandan anti-Museveni political party called Ggwanga Mujje International. What is clear is that some Baganda nationalists who insist on liberating Buganda from Ugandan occupation were disappointed that former Katikkiro Muliika has joined the anti-Buganda Ugandan politics. One of them sent to us a copy of yesterday’s Ekiba Kibe program saying that she supports Mr. Robert Kabuye’s campaign that Baganda should stay away from Museveni’s NRM elections.

The May 1, 2010 Buganda/Uganda conference also, in its press release, urged the Nnabagereka: “to refrain from participating in the functions of the Uganda North America Associations (UNAA).

Click on Ekiba_Kibe10May10A to listen to the full Ekiba Kibe program. The Ggwanga Mujje Boston press release is reproduced in full below:

Ggwanga Mujje International is born

On May 1, 2010, members of Ggwanga Mujje convened in a mammoth meeting at 920 Trapello Rd in Waltham Massachusetts. The purpose of the meeting was to launch Ggwanga Mujje International. The keynote speaker was Owek. Dan Muliika retired Katikkiro of Buganda. Mr. Muliika gave a rousing speech about political freedom and federalism in Uganda.

Addressing the delegates who came mainly from New York, New Jersey, Illinois, California and, of course, the whole of Massachusetts, the retired Katikkiro declared amidst a thunderous applause of the delegates: “Human rights are not for negotiation; they inherently belong to the people. The right to self-determination is recognized by international law. Therefore we cannot beg the leaders to give us a federal system of government. We must assert our right as a sovereign people to determine our destiny and the system of government we want and deserve.”

After the keynote speech the audience was given a chance to ask questions. Most people expressed sadness about political repression going on in their motherland. They cited rampart corruption that has further impoverished the poor while enriching the corrupt in government. The consensus was that a federal system of government is the best solution to Uganda’s perennial problems.

At the end of the conference Mr. Muliika was elected President-General of Ggwanga Mujje International by acclamation. His primary mission is to educate Ugandans about federalism and political freedom.

The Conference passed resolutions to concretize and implement the ideas, proposals and suggestions raised and discussed at the conference:

We members of Ggwanga Mujje committed to the full restoration of political freedom and the establishment of federal system of governance in Uganda do hereby

1. Re-affirm our previous resolution that Museveni and his corrupt regime must be removed from power in Uganda in order for true democracy to take root in the nation, including the establishment of a mechanism that unconditionally guarantees to all citizens of the country internationally verifiable, free and fair elections.

2. Reenact our previous resolutions to raise funds by starting with ourselves who are gathered here today. The funds so raised, will be supplemented by others sources, and will be mainly spent directly on financing civic education in Buganda and in other parts of Uganda about the benefits of federal governance for the whole of Uganda.

3. Unanimously elect by acclamation retired Katikkiro of Buganda, Owek. Dan Muliika, to represent us in Buganda and to spearhead our efforts to achieve our political goals in Buganda and Uganda, and hereby pledge to support him and his team to the full extent of our collective abilities.

4. Declare the creation of Ggwanga Mujje International which will be headed by Owek. Dan Muliika as a vehicle for achieving our objectives.

5. Note with appreciation the long standing practice of the political neutrality of the His Majesty the Kabaka of Buganda and his official members of the Royal Palace, and urge the Nnabagereka to refrain from participating in the functions of the Uganda North America Associations (UNAA).

Subject: PRAYER SERVICE FOR BUGANDA KINGDOM 3/27/2010 – Details

Bazukkulu ba Kintu n’Emikwano gyaffe:

Nga tuli mu kukungubaga okwatandikiirawo okuva olunaku amasiro g’Obwakabaka bwa Buganda bwe gayokebwa; nga era tunateera okukomekkereza okungubaga okutongole , tutegese wo okusaba okwenjawulo, okusabira Obuganda, Amasiro gaffe nabo abatibwa nabatuukibwako ebisago e Kasubi .

Tujja kusabira ku  Trinity Episcopal Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540, nga March 27, 2010 okutandiika ku ssawa munana n’ekitundu ez’olw’egulo – (2:30PM)

Tusaba buli afunye obubaka buno abusasanye mu mikwano gyaffe era abulire bannaffe abalala bonna.

The Prayer service for Buganda Kingdom, Kasubi tombs and for those who lost their lives will be held on March 27, 2010 at 2:30PM at Trinity Episcopal Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540.

Please spread the news.

Contacts:

Wycliffe Lule-Musoke                                                      908-591-9965

Patrick Mwerinde                                                             302-562-7387

Rev. Benjamin Lubega Musoke                                     609-443-5247

Jackie Mirembe                                                               908-296-8540

Sula Bunkeddeko                                                            917-846-0922

Awangaale Ssabasajja Kabaka!

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Sent by Ssabasajja Kabaka Representative Information Office

New York , New Jersey , Delaware

A young Muganda woman who requested that her name not be revealed, has sent Buganda Post and email, admitting that she attended the party that was quickly arranged by the NRM government’s ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda.  According to Ekiba Kibe program on Free Buganda Radio, Rugunda and NRM’s brother Panus Bugembe quickly organized the party to subotage Baganda meetings in Boston and New York (see “Beti Kamya In Boston Baganda Meeting As Rugunda Bribes Youths With Free Beer“).

Below is the email that we received:

—–Original Message—–

From: XXXXXXXXX [mailto:XXXXXXX@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:16 PM
To: info@bugandapost.com
Cc: writers@bugandapost.com
Subject: Uganda house party
Importance: High

dear Buganda post,

I think it is unfair to say all of us who went to the Uganda house thing are M7 people. fact is I think that the man is a brut because i saw how he killed so many Baganda during Kayinga riots. When my friends told me and I read the story in Buganda post and listened to mr. kabuye Robert I saw that may be I have to be careful going to the Uganda house parties. They spend so much on booze and the like but the hospitals in UG have no beds for maternity.  I am so am sorry to Kabaka of Buganda for my bad judgment. Long live Kabaka!

thank you.

please don’t show my name or email address.

XXXXXXXXXX

David Kasozi
USA and Buganda

Kyawedde dda! Ssabasajja  is cool with us radical Baganda.  Many of us are constantly accused of being “too radical” by fellow Baganda because we are not willing to compromise with NRM or anyone else who suggests that Uganda is more important than Buganda. Many Ugandans, including prominent Baganda both in Mmengo and outside have vilified us by calling us “tribalists”, “sectarian”, “unpatriotic”, “backward” or  ”too radical”. Even Kabaka’s representatives in Europe and America, serving their own personal interests, have made false reports to Mmengo and Kabaka about us. We have even been accused of being “anti Kabaka” and “anti Mengo” simply because we are not afraid of pointing out Buganda government officials who are in bed with the enemy.

Who are we? We are the millions of Baganda youths in Nkoba za Mbogo, Bana ba Kintu and other organizations, who pioneered the resistance against the marginalization of our Kabaka and our nation Buganda.  We are the Bazukulu ba Buganda, who a few corrupt Buganda government officials, cheating Kabaka, have harassed for years. We the radicals also include members of Ggwangamujje in Europe and America who have not been equivocal about putting Buganda and Kabaka first. We have organized Ttabamiruka conferences in America and Buganda, angering the NRM government, Uganda politicians and even some Buganda government officials. Oh, and we are also deep in Mmengo, fighting the NRM moles who betray our Kabaka and Buganda for a few pieces of silver. A few of us are even Baganda clan leaders, who would rather die poor than betray our Kabaka and our Bazukulu. Some of us radical have been kidnapped and molested, or otherwise harassed, but gone back to the our usual  behavior  of channels to telling the NRM dictators that we won’t quit!  It is us radicals who have also made the ultimate sacrifice for Buganda, getting shot dead by the NRM government’s police and soldiers.

The reason we are radical is simple. We whole heartedly embrace the saying, “Baganda nkoba za mbogo; zegya zoka mu bunya”.  And the plot to destroy Buganda, since 1990, is so thick that if we continue acting “nice and civilized” there might be no Buganda soon.  You will not hear us praising any Ugandan politician, Muganda or not, as the one will save Buganda;  because we know they cannot.  Nor do we get excited about promised from the NRM government because we do not accept the idea that anyone has a right to play “master” over Kabaka and Buganda.   All that talk about Federo is alright so long it is not “given” or “granted” to us. Only Baganda can and should determine how they are ruled, whether Federo or full independence. We do not owe Uganda  anything and cannot be forced to accept other people’s arrangements under duress, as it happened in 1960 and 1995.

We proudly claim that Ssabasajja  is now one of us radical Baganda because his historical actions in September 2009 leave no doubt that he has lost patience with the “Abasajja tubakwaate mpola” philosophy.  We are confident that he is tired of uncivilized, unkempt, Banamawanga telling him to shut up while they rape and pillage his kingdom. Look around him now and you see us, the radicals. We didn’t all start this way. So, it is OK if you are not yet a radical Muganda but we look forward to having you join us. It is such a liberating feeling!

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.

With the early elimination of the New York Giants from the American football National Football League playoffs last season because of the antics of Plaxico Burress, it has been expected that the team would be on the market for a new number one wide receiver. In recent weeks there has been speculation that the Giants are interested in trading for Cleveland Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards. To make the trade possible, defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka’s name has come up in the discussion. The Browns are based in the city of Cleveland, Ohio.

However, according to an NFL source the New York Giants are not interested in dealing Kiwanuka for Edwards or any player. The Giants have strengthened the defensive line, on which Kiwanuka has been an integral part, in the off season but they consider Kiwanuka, in his third season, a key player now and in their future.

Mathias Kiwanuka is the grandson of Ben Kiwanuka, Uganda’s first prime minister who went on to become the country’s first chief justice before getting murdered by the dictator Idi Amin. Kiwanuka is the third Muganda to play professionally American football in the NFL.

On September 28, 2008 someone posted a  video titled “Museveni and Child Soldiers” on YouTube.com  in an apparent effort to alert the world community about President Museveni’s possible crimes relating to the use of child soldiers. At the time, a vote was about to be taken on whether to allow Uganda to become a member of the UN Security Council.

In the video, Mr. Museveni explains his use of child soldiers with:  “In Africa here even by the age of four you learn to fight. This is our tradition; you fight with sticks, with spears and with arrows. “ And he dismisses children rights activists who oppose use of child soldiers with: “If you think that this [child soldiering] will disorient them psychologically, that is not the case.”

Click here to see the video.

The United Nations, Denmark, the European Union and the USA are all officially against the use of child soldiers.  There are credible reports, as recent as 2008, that President Museveni’s government has been using child soldiers, especially in the war against an Acholi rebel group led by Joseph Kony.  The Danish embassy is intimately knowledgeable about these and other gruesome human rights violations by Mr. Museveni’s government, yet they continue to aggressively support  his programs, including those that may lead to more conflicts in future.

Possibly the most controversial of these program supported by Denmark and the European Union in Uganda today s is Mr. Museveni’s efforts to illegally steal 9,000 of native lands from the Baganda people and to dismantle their cultural institutions and kingdom.  He has passed several target anti-Baganda political and property rights laws which are even illegal under the United Nations charter and protocols with tacit support from the Danish, Norwegian and British ambassadors.

The consensus among all the Baganda intellectuals we interviewed for this article is that Denmark’s support for Mr. Museveni on the question of Buganda self-determination is driven by deep subconscious racism, greed for business opportunities and corruption in their Kampala embassy.  Because Denmark is a kingdom that claims to support human rights and has done so in Europe, Asia and Latin America, they have no logical excuse for using DANIDA to fund programs to dismantle another kingdom, Buganda, about as big as their own.  The consensus is that the Danes have a subconscious racist belief that black people are all the same- they don’t need or deserve kingdoms of their choice ; they just need food and medicine.

A Muganda historian based in Kampala has assured this writer that  Mr. Museveni’s claims that child violence is an African tradition are untrue, especially in relation to the Buganda kingdom and  some other parts of Uganda. He explained: “ It is true that among Mr. Museveni’s the Bahima/Tutsi cattle keepers fighting with sticks to settle personal disagreements is usual, the practice is not a in many African communities. For example,  in Buganda courts to settle personal issues were in operation well before European came to the area in the 1880’s. Buganda had a standing army of thousands of adults only (around 15 years and up) and its role was to fight national enemies. A court system which extended down to village level (kitawuluzi) handled personal criminal and civil cases, including the crime of fighting with sticks. Similarly, Banyoro, Batoro and Basoga do not have a culture of training 9 year olds to kill.”

The Uganda government owned New Vision newspaper of January 2, 2009 reported that the Buganda Government has decided to avoid any future confrontation with Mr. Museveni’s government. The New Vision quotes the Katikkiro of Buganda, in his New Year message, telling the kingdom: “As for the relationship between Mengo and the central government, we should avoid any more confrontation because we are all Ugandans who must learn to amicably solve our differences.” The story is attributed to Josephine Maseruka and Eddie Ssejjoba.

According to the New Vision, Katikkiro Walusimbi made these statements at the annual New Year Nkuuka festival, which Kabaka Mutebi and Nnabagereka Nagginda attended. However, a Buganda Government source who attended the festival has told this reporter by phone that the New Vision is intentionally twisting words to send the message that Mengo has surrendered and Baganda nationalist must give up.

The source, who does not want his name disclosed to avoid retaliation, said: “As expected Walusimbi and a few other Mengo ministers said things that sounded like intended to please Museveni. In fact some of us were annoyed but decided to be polite. But they did not talk surrender, which is the message that the Uganda government is using New Vision to spread to non-Baganda and Baganda who live overseas. How can anyone sensible decide to avoid any future confrontation with a Museveni whose way of life is conflict and confrontation? How could Mengo avoid all confrontation when they still oppose the Regional Tier arrangement and Mr. Museveni’ s latest land laws? Are you not surprised that the Luganda Bukedde, which is also published by New Vision did not report what Walusimbi, Mayiga or Makubuya said?”

Click here to read the full New Vision story.