buganda'S demand for the 9,000 square miles of land is “rubbish” and “nonsense”, Lt. Gen. David Tinyefuza, told Parliament yesterday. The remarks infuriated buganda MPs, some of whom charged that the language was un-parliamentary and others heckled and protested.
The House was debating the statement to Parliament by the Attorney General, Dr. Khiddu Makubuya, on the legal status of the 9,000 square miles of land.
Tinyefuza said: “That clique of Mengo demanding emailo akenda (9,000 square miles), saying land in buganda is for the Baganda alone, is rubbish and nonsense.”
On a point of order, Erias Lukwago (DP) argued that Tinyefuza’s language was un-parliamentary.
Speaker Edward Ssekandi asked Tinyefuza not to use such language.
Tinyefuza, who is an army MP, said some people were advocating for fascism and genocide in the land debate.
“I want to sound a warning against those advocating fascism and genocide that the UPDF, in carrying out its constitutional duty, shall not tolerate fascism.
“It is fascism we fought in the past and will not hesitate to fight now or in the future,” he asserted.
The “divisive messages” coming from the Mengo group and aired on CBS radio and other media houses targeting certain regions or in other instances specific ethnic communities, he added, were regrettable.
Earlier, Kaddu mukasa (Independent) stunned the House with a list of people who own land in Kyankwanzi, Kiboga district. President Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame were listed as owners of one square mile each.
Others were Gen. Salim Saleh who allegedly owns 200 acres, his wife Jovia 200 acres, Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire 1,280 acres and Col. Logobe Lutaaya 200 acres. But Otafiire denied owning land in Kyankwanzi.
“I don’t own an inch of land in Kyankwanzi. I put it to you (mukasa) that you are lying,” he charged.
Ssekandi asked mukasa to to bring certified copies of ownership of the plots to Parliament on Thursday.
