Busoga royals have refused to take Bakopi advice
Following the wrangles and confusion among our royals in Busoga Kingdom, the rest of us, (the Bakopi), are left with nothing else except to look on .
Ezra Kasango
Following the wrangles and confusion among our royals in Busoga Kingdom, the rest of us, (the Bakopi), are left with nothing else except to look on .
The Bakopi have always criticised, advised and counselled our royals, but all our emotionally painful efforts have been to no avail. Recently, Prince Gabula Nadiope IV of Bugabula chiefdom, was named Kyabazinga (king) of Busoga.
Men prostrated allowing Nadiope to walk on their backs as he headed to and from the podium. “Basoga, this is your Kyabazinga (king) whom the majority of hereditary chiefs have chosen to lead you,†Kaunhe, the hereditary chief of Bukhooli, said. The ceremony was attended by chiefs Munulo Luba (Bunyha), Fred Kakaire (Bugweri), Christopher Nkono Mutyaba (Bukono) and John Nanyumba Ntale (Bunyhole)
Kaunhe said eight chiefs, on October 4, resolved to have Gabula as the new Kyabazinga. Busoga’s 11 royal chiefs have instead decided to listen to the Government, from which listening and submission we have not had anything to resolve our wrangles and settle the kingdom.
The two meetings between the royal chiefs and the Government have only benefited the chiefs in terms of the sumptuous meals they eat in State House.
To be specific, the Kyabazinga problem has worsened because two thrones and two Kyabazingas have been created. Recently, a guard of one of them lost his life in the aftermath of the last Busoga fracas. The Bakopi have become onlookers. Let the royals fight; after all, what they are fighting for has always benefited themselves and those who are close to them. We cannot lose our sleep over that.
I pity all the Basoga who can still afford to exchange insults over who the rightful Kyabazinga is, instead of tending to their potato gardens. Let us utilise these rains brothers.
It is good that the Kyabazinga is symbolically referred to as Kisegese (porcupine) and not an elephant.
My advice to the Bakopi is to focus on development activities in the kingdom and forget about the Kyabazinga wrangles.
The writer is a teacher of Iganga High School
Following the wrangles and confusion among our royals in Busoga Kingdom, the rest of us, (the Bakopi), are left with nothing else except to look on .
The Bakopi have always criticised, advised and counselled our royals, but all our emotionally painful efforts have been to no avail. Recently, Prince Gabula Nadiope IV of Bugabula chiefdom, was named Kyabazinga (king) of Busoga.
Men prostrated allowing Nadiope to walk on their backs as he headed to and from the podium. “Basoga, this is your Kyabazinga (king) whom the majority of hereditary chiefs have chosen to lead you,†Kaunhe, the hereditary chief of Bukhooli, said. The ceremony was attended by chiefs Munulo Luba (Bunyha), Fred Kakaire (Bugweri), Christopher Nkono Mutyaba (Bukono) and John Nanyumba Ntale (Bunyhole)
Kaunhe said eight chiefs, on October 4, resolved to have Gabula as the new Kyabazinga. Busoga’s 11 royal chiefs have instead decided to listen to the Government, from which listening and submission we have not had anything to resolve our wrangles and settle the kingdom.
The two meetings between the royal chiefs and the Government have only benefited the chiefs in terms of the sumptuous meals they eat in State House.
To be specific, the Kyabazinga problem has worsened because two thrones and two Kyabazingas have been created. Recently, a guard of one of them lost his life in the aftermath of the last Busoga fracas. The Bakopi have become onlookers. Let the royals fight; after all, what they are fighting for has always benefited themselves and those who are close to them. We cannot lose our sleep over that.
I pity all the Basoga who can still afford to exchange insults over who the rightful Kyabazinga is, instead of tending to their potato gardens. Let us utilise these rains brothers.
It is good that the Kyabazinga is symbolically referred to as Kisegese (porcupine) and not an elephant.
My advice to the Bakopi is to focus on development activities in the kingdom and forget about the Kyabazinga wrangles.
The writer is a teacher of Iganga High School