Kabaka should guard against bad advisers
Feb 24, 2008
THE Baganda should save Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi from bad advisers, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Museveni said unlike other traditional leaders, the Kabaka breaks the Constitution by engaging in politics.
By Alfred Wasike
and Raymond Baguma
THE Baganda should save Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi from bad advisers, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Museveni said unlike other traditional leaders, the Kabaka breaks the Constitution by engaging in politics.
The President said when the NRM government restored traditional institutions, the agreement was that traditional leaders would not get involved in politics.
Museveni was responding to a memorandum by ex-NRA fighters from Kiboga, Mubende and Mityana districts during a meeting at Kyankwanzi National Leadership Institute.
Through their spokesperson, Bonny Kamoga, the ex-fighters asked the President to counter claims by the opposition that the NRM was fighting the Buganda Kingdom.
“We should put up a team to counter the lies that we in the NRM are fighting the kingdom of Buganda,†Kamoga said.
According to a State House statement, Museveni said the opposition in Buganda was using the Kabaka to fight their wars and urged Mutebi to respect the Constitution.
The President said he would meet the Kabaka but asked other Buganda leaders to help remove the opposition from Mengo. Museveni said Mutebi’s advisers hide behind the argument that ‘Kabaka tasobya’ (the Kabaka makes no mistakes).
However, citing Kabaka Mwanga who killed Christian converts, the President noted that even kings could make mistakes.
He refuted allegations that the Movement does not support kingdoms, saying those advancing that argument needed mental check-up.
In an earlier meeting with war veterans from Mpigi and Wakiso districts, Museveni revealed that the Government was considering setting up a radio station to counter ‘lies, abuses and malicious opposition attacks’.
The radio will be called Ddwaniro FM, Museveni said.
Museveni, who has camped in Kyankwanzi for a week, invited the ex-combatants from the Luweero Triangle to the retreat.
He has met various groups, which have recounted their contributions to the five-year war that brought NRM to power.
The veterans backed the amendment of the 1998 Land Act to stop the eviction of tenants and streamline the land tenure system. Museveni said the amendments would stop rampant land evictions.
“I have been stopped several times by evicted peasants on my tours. I was stopped four times from Kampala to Fort Portal,†Museveni said.
Museveni agreed with the veterans’ call for discipline in the NRM and rejection of independents during elections, saying they divide votes.
The President said the Government would consider amending the Local Government Act to create jobs for veterans at all districts and LC3 headquarters.
In their memorandum read by their chairman, Hajji Sekaabira, the veterans requested the Government to compensate relatives of combatants who died during the NRA guerrilla war.
Maj. Jacob Asiimwe, a special presidential assistant, took the veterans through the history of the land law in Uganda.
Asiimwe warned that anyone who evicts or participates in an eviction commits a serious crime and is liable to suffer a seven-year jail term among other penalties.
and Raymond Baguma
THE Baganda should save Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi from bad advisers, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Museveni said unlike other traditional leaders, the Kabaka breaks the Constitution by engaging in politics.
The President said when the NRM government restored traditional institutions, the agreement was that traditional leaders would not get involved in politics.
Museveni was responding to a memorandum by ex-NRA fighters from Kiboga, Mubende and Mityana districts during a meeting at Kyankwanzi National Leadership Institute.
Through their spokesperson, Bonny Kamoga, the ex-fighters asked the President to counter claims by the opposition that the NRM was fighting the Buganda Kingdom.
“We should put up a team to counter the lies that we in the NRM are fighting the kingdom of Buganda,†Kamoga said.
According to a State House statement, Museveni said the opposition in Buganda was using the Kabaka to fight their wars and urged Mutebi to respect the Constitution.
The President said he would meet the Kabaka but asked other Buganda leaders to help remove the opposition from Mengo. Museveni said Mutebi’s advisers hide behind the argument that ‘Kabaka tasobya’ (the Kabaka makes no mistakes).
However, citing Kabaka Mwanga who killed Christian converts, the President noted that even kings could make mistakes.
He refuted allegations that the Movement does not support kingdoms, saying those advancing that argument needed mental check-up.
In an earlier meeting with war veterans from Mpigi and Wakiso districts, Museveni revealed that the Government was considering setting up a radio station to counter ‘lies, abuses and malicious opposition attacks’.
The radio will be called Ddwaniro FM, Museveni said.
Museveni, who has camped in Kyankwanzi for a week, invited the ex-combatants from the Luweero Triangle to the retreat.
He has met various groups, which have recounted their contributions to the five-year war that brought NRM to power.
The veterans backed the amendment of the 1998 Land Act to stop the eviction of tenants and streamline the land tenure system. Museveni said the amendments would stop rampant land evictions.
“I have been stopped several times by evicted peasants on my tours. I was stopped four times from Kampala to Fort Portal,†Museveni said.
Museveni agreed with the veterans’ call for discipline in the NRM and rejection of independents during elections, saying they divide votes.
The President said the Government would consider amending the Local Government Act to create jobs for veterans at all districts and LC3 headquarters.
In their memorandum read by their chairman, Hajji Sekaabira, the veterans requested the Government to compensate relatives of combatants who died during the NRA guerrilla war.
Maj. Jacob Asiimwe, a special presidential assistant, took the veterans through the history of the land law in Uganda.
Asiimwe warned that anyone who evicts or participates in an eviction commits a serious crime and is liable to suffer a seven-year jail term among other penalties.