Museveni to meet cultural leaders
“President Museveni is embracing this dialogue. He is interested in taking this dialogue further and personally getting involved. He asked me to tell you Owekitiibwa (Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga) that you arrange all the chiefs of Buganda, prepare them so that he can have interaction with them when they're ready,” Alupo said.
Vice Presidinet Jessica Alupo has said President Yoweri Museveni is set to meet all cultural leaders in Uganda to discuss the future and betterment of their subjects. (Pictured is a file photo when President Museveni met met the Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi at State House, Entebbe in 2017)
KAMPALA - President Yoweri Museveni is set to meet all cultural leaders in Uganda to discuss the future and betterment of their subjects.
This is in the message he sent to the Mengo administration during a special engagement with Buganda Kingdom Cabinet, where he was represented by the Vice President of Uganda, Maj. (rtd) Jessica Alupo, on Tuesady July 07, 2026.
“After he meets the chiefs of Buganda, the President will again appoint another special day where he will meet all the cultural leaders in Uganda to discuss the future of our country, and how to work together as leaders for the betterment of all the people of Uganda,” said Alupo.
Before this, Alupo said President Museveni was ready to dialogue with Buganda kingdom given its influence in the political, social and economic spheres of Uganda.
“President Museveni is embracing this dialogue. He is interested in taking this dialogue further and personally getting involved. He asked me to tell you Owekitiibwa (Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga) that you arrange all the chiefs of Buganda, prepare them so that he can have interaction with them when they're ready,” Alupo said.
Also in the delegation was Lwengo Woman MP Cissy Namujju and Joseph Sewava Mukasa, the Presidential envoy in charge of Buganda, among other officials.
These were welcomed by Katikkiro Mayiga, who was in the company of Kingdom ministers. Upon arrival, Mayiga took Alupo to his office for a discussion which lasted about 20 minutes.
This meeting was also attended by Prof. Twaha Kaawaase, the first deputy Katikkiro and Buganda's minister in charge of administration, innovation and ICT (Information and Communication Technology). Alupo was joined by Mutasingwa.
Mayiga speaks out
He expressed the kingdom’s readiness to work with the central government in causing social and economic development in Buganda.
“We’re very eager to work with the central government on different programmes that directly affect the people of Buganda as your excellence may be aware. The kingdom of Buganda is very cosmopolitan, everyone from Uganda is here. So, when services are extended to the people in Buganda, every other Ugandan is a beneficiary,” noted Mayiga.
The premier cited an example in the area of health where the kingdom is working with the central government in the fight against HIV/AIDS through Uganda AIDS Commission and the Ministry of Health, as well as in campaigns against malaria and promotion of public hygiene.
In the area of education, Mayiga said the kingdom was grateful that President Museveni signed the kingdom’s university charter; Muteesa I Royal University charter on March 11, 2024, and donated to them a bus. Mayiga, however, reminded the President of the commitment he made to build a fully-fledged library at the university.
He also talked of the kingdom's views, which it submitted to the education review commission led by Amanya Mushega, saying the kingdom advocated for teaching history of the regions of Uganda in schools and teaching in local languages (Luganda in Buganda) up to senior four, as well as teaching agricultural and animal husbandry practices and ICT.
Over the years since his coronation in 1993, Kabaka Mutebi II has mobilised people effectively in many spheres of life, including the fight against HIV/AIDS where he is the goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS in Africa in the fight against corona virus, polio, among others.