A Buganda Post reader and Facebook member in the UK informed us that Kabaka Muwenda Mutebi II is on Facebook, more evidence to his subjects of how technology savvy he is. When we contacted sources close to Banda Palace, we learnt that Kabaka Mutebi has been an avid computer and Internet user since the early 1990s, “exchanging tons of emails each day and doing a lot of Web research, to keep abreast of global developments.”

Below is the message on Kabaka Mutebi’s Facebook page:

The Baganda cannot continue to mourn indefinitely for what was lost. We should not continue to labor under the burden of self pity because this self pity will destroy our soul and, therefore, our resolve to rebuild Buganda.

The number of Kabaka Mutebi’s fans is just under 1,200 at the time of posting this story. Click here to access Kabaka Mutebi’s page. If you have problems accessing the page or,  don’t know what Facebook is, or you just don’t have an account, but would like to become a fan, visit www.facebook.com and search on “Kabaka Mutebi” for more details.

The Buganda Post reader who first alerted us to Kabaka’s presence on Facebook, also pointed out that Mr. Museveni’s vice president, Gilbert Bukenya, is one of the fast growing numbers of Facebook users who are Kabaka’s fans. According to our reader: “Bukenya’s message to Kabaka Mutebi opens a lot of questions about Museveni’s VP. First, the terrible spelling of Bukenya suggests that either he is disrespectful of Kabaka or, he is a generally careless and clumsy guy or, he is a 60 year old ‘Muganda’ who cannot write Luganda or address our Kabaka properly. Second, why talk about Buganda as a region, knowing very well that the man he is talking to is the Kabaka of Buganda – a kingdom and not an NRM-style ‘region’. Is he trying to rub Museveni’s ‘central region’ concept into Kabaka Mutebi’s face?”

Dr. Bukenya’s unedited Facebook message to Kabaka Mutebi reads as follows:

Greetings to you Ssabasajja Kabaka W’Buganda. It’s a privilege to find you here. For the time I have been on, I have really appreciated the wonderful people here and all the advice and comments they give. All these are very critical for the development of our regions and the country at large. Wangala Ssabasajja Kabaka – Empologma ya Buganda.