Kasese set to welcome Mumbere
Dec 27, 2004
Arrangements to welcome Charles Wesley Mumbere as the Bakonzo/Bamba cultural leader (Omusinga) are in final stages in Kasese district.
By John Nzinjah
Arrangements to welcome Charles Wesley Mumbere as the Bakonzo/Bamba cultural leader (Omusinga) are in final stages in Kasese district.
However, a group of the Bakonzo and Bamba, led by National Political Commissar Dr. Crispus Kiyonga, has insisted that they are suing Mumbere and pro-Obusinga leaders if they do not abandon their plans of establishing a monarchy.
The chairman of the organising committee, Yolamu Mulima, said, “We are following the law and the constitution. Those who do not want the Obusinga will stay in peace and the majority of us who like it will support it,†he said on Friday.
He was part of a delegation that welcomed Mumbere at Entebbe airport on Saturday.
The delegation of about 500 included 25 district councillors, clan leaders, Rwenzururu veterans, prominent elders from Bundibugyo and Kasese districts and a group of traditional dancers and Obusinga supporters.
Kasese district chairman Yokasi Bihande led the delegation.
Bihande said at the World AIDS Day celebrations recently that, “We are not shaken by Kiyonga’s threats. This is a majority will. Those opposed to the Obusinga can go and hang.â€
Arrangements to welcome Charles Wesley Mumbere as the Bakonzo/Bamba cultural leader (Omusinga) are in final stages in Kasese district.
However, a group of the Bakonzo and Bamba, led by National Political Commissar Dr. Crispus Kiyonga, has insisted that they are suing Mumbere and pro-Obusinga leaders if they do not abandon their plans of establishing a monarchy.
The chairman of the organising committee, Yolamu Mulima, said, “We are following the law and the constitution. Those who do not want the Obusinga will stay in peace and the majority of us who like it will support it,†he said on Friday.
He was part of a delegation that welcomed Mumbere at Entebbe airport on Saturday.
The delegation of about 500 included 25 district councillors, clan leaders, Rwenzururu veterans, prominent elders from Bundibugyo and Kasese districts and a group of traditional dancers and Obusinga supporters.
Kasese district chairman Yokasi Bihande led the delegation.
Bihande said at the World AIDS Day celebrations recently that, “We are not shaken by Kiyonga’s threats. This is a majority will. Those opposed to the Obusinga can go and hang.â€