Cultural leaders are not the same as monarchs
Jan 07, 2008
EDITOR—I wish to thank you for the coverage of the press conference I held on January 3. However, a few points in your story of january 4 need some corrections and clarification. In the story I was referred to as a grandson of Samson Bazongere.
EDITOR—I wish to thank you for the coverage of the press conference I held on January 3. However, a few points in your story of january 4 need some corrections and clarification. In the story I was referred to as a grandson of Samson Bazongere.
That is not correct. I am a grandson of Lasto Mutale who bought land from Samson Bazongere who was a saza chief and a beneficiary of the land share accrued from the 1900 Agreement.
It is this land that I am in charge of and some additional pieces of land I have personally bought for farming. Your reporter quoted me as having said that the 1995 Constitution “brought back cultural leaders and not the Kabaka.â€
What I said is that the 1995 Constitution did not restore kingdoms, ie Kabaka, Omukama, Omugabe, and Kyabazinga in a monarchial political sense but restored cultural leaders.
‘Cultural Leaders’ is the title enshrined in Article 245. The absence of the cultural titles of the leaders in the 1995 Constitution was consistent with the meaning of the word ‘Republic’ which is the correct antithesis of Monarchism.
Your reporter stated that I said land is not cultural. It is true I said so but I elaborated the point which is that while human interaction with land may sometimes be cultural, land and water are resources of nature whose existence preceded the event of mankind.
The human cultures (worldwide) began with the advent of mankind but land and water embody all intrinsically natural values of life- supporting systems. While culture is within the domain of mankind, land and water are governed by physical laws which are external to the domain of man.
Maj (Rtd) Kakooza Mutale
Kampala
That is not correct. I am a grandson of Lasto Mutale who bought land from Samson Bazongere who was a saza chief and a beneficiary of the land share accrued from the 1900 Agreement.
It is this land that I am in charge of and some additional pieces of land I have personally bought for farming. Your reporter quoted me as having said that the 1995 Constitution “brought back cultural leaders and not the Kabaka.â€
What I said is that the 1995 Constitution did not restore kingdoms, ie Kabaka, Omukama, Omugabe, and Kyabazinga in a monarchial political sense but restored cultural leaders.
‘Cultural Leaders’ is the title enshrined in Article 245. The absence of the cultural titles of the leaders in the 1995 Constitution was consistent with the meaning of the word ‘Republic’ which is the correct antithesis of Monarchism.
Your reporter stated that I said land is not cultural. It is true I said so but I elaborated the point which is that while human interaction with land may sometimes be cultural, land and water are resources of nature whose existence preceded the event of mankind.
The human cultures (worldwide) began with the advent of mankind but land and water embody all intrinsically natural values of life- supporting systems. While culture is within the domain of mankind, land and water are governed by physical laws which are external to the domain of man.
Maj (Rtd) Kakooza Mutale
Kampala