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The Kabaka of Buganda launches a book on Ssekabaka Muteesa II struggles:

Posted Friday, 27 May, 2016

 

By the Monitor, Uganda

 

Kabaka Mutebi (centre) with Mr Patrick Makumbi (right) and Dr Colin Sentongo (left) at the book launch at Bulange in Mengo, Kampala.

 

 
Kampala in the State Kingdom of Buganda:
Kabaka Ronald Mutebi on Wednesday, 25th May 2016,  launched a book about the struggles of his late father and former Buganda king, Edward Muteesa II, touching on Uganda’s history before and after independence.

The book titled The Brave King, revisits the stories of Muteesa’s exiling, first between 1953 and 1955, and again from 1966 to 1969 when he died in London. The author, Mr Patrick Makumbi, drew from the documents preserved by his father, 99-year-old Thomas Makumbi, who was an official at Mengo, Buganda’s power capital.

“I was very happy to write the preface to this book,” Kabaka Mutebi said, adding: “It will help the readers understand what Kabaka Muteesa went through in those days.”

When Mutesa was exiled in 1953, the older Makumbi, the father of the author, led a team of six Buganda officials to negotiate with the British about the king’s return to Buganda, which was secured in 1955. The other members of the team were Mr Apollo Kironde, Mr Matayo Mugwanya, Mr Amos Sempa, Mr Eridadi Mulira and Mr Ernest Kalibbala.

Kabaka Mutebi, while officiating at the function, called on more people to document what they saw during those days, saying “it is a good thing” that some of those who witnessed or participated in the events are still alive. Muteesa himself wrote about the period in question in his autobiography, The Desecration of my Kingdom, and Kabaka Mutebi’s endorsement of Mr Makumbi’s new book will be seen as an extension of the kingdom’s bid to manage the narrative.

Mr Apollo Makubuya, Buganda’s third deputy Katikkiro, at the launch held at Bulange-Mengo said there have been attempts to misrepresent history by “those who do not like us”.

Accusations and counter accusations of betrayal between Buganda Kingdom and Obote are rooted in a rather happy start, when Buganda’s party Kabaka Yekka (KY) teamed up with Obote’s Uganda People’s Congress to defeat the Democratic Party and form government at independence in 1962.

But the two centres of power soon quarrelled violently and were involved in what many have regarded as a critical turning point in Uganda’s history. The army, on Obote’s orders, stormed Muteesa’s palace on May 24, 1966, killing multitudes and forcing the king-president into exile.

Mr Makubuya said his grandfather was among those killed during the attack, an occasion the kingdom commemorates yearly on May 24. He said in addition to explaining how Buganda and Muteesa suffered during that period, Mr Makumbi’s book will clarify a number of other issues, including how colonialism thwarted Buganda’s development efforts.

He said Buganda stiffly resisted colonialism and the demands of colonial governor Andrew Cohen in particular, to the extent of winning a court case in London against the exiling of Muteesa. In all its efforts, Mr Makubuya said, Buganda was consistently seeking autonomy, and that the kingdom can “never” lose sight of this objective.

Mr Makumbi, the author, said his father could not attend the launch due to old age.

The publication of the book was financed by Dr Colin Sentongo, who said at the launch that KY, which ceased to exist in the 1960s, is the only political party he has ever belonged to.

The fathers of Mr Makumbi and Dr Sentongo met with Muteesa as students at Kings College Budo, from where, Mr Sentongo said, the three men forged a life-long friendship. It is probably much for this reason that Kabaka Mutebi warmed up to Mr Sentongo and Mr Makumbi at the launch.

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Fiscal Budget y'Ensi Buganda ebiro bino:

Posted 7th July, 2014

 

By Dickson Kulumba

 

Omuwanika wa Buganda, Eve Nagawa Mukasa

 

Omukyala Eve asomye embalirira y’Obwakabaka bwa Buganda eya 2014/2015 nga ya buwumbi 7 (7,411,638,600/-) . 

Embalirira eno eri wansi w’omulamwa 'Okwolesebwa n’Ebigendererwa' egendereddwamu okutumbula enkulaakulana okuli; okumaliriza Amasiro g’e Kasubi ne Wamala, Masengere, okulongoosa Ennyanja ya Kabaka, okussawo etterekero ly’ebyedda, okukulaakulanya ettaka ly’e Kigo ne Makindye 'State Lodge', okuzimba olubiri lw’omulangira Juma Katebe, okuzimba olubiri lwa Namasole, okuddaabiriza embuga z’Amasaza wamu n’okuzimba eddwaliro ly’abakyala.

 

Nagawa yagambye nti ensimbi zino zisuubirwa okuva mu Buganda Land Board, Amasomero, Minisitule ez’enjawulo, mu bupangisa, amakampuni g’Obwakabaka, ebitongole ebigaba obuyambi n’obuwumbi buna okuva mu Gavumenti eya wakati.

 

Ng’ayogera mu lukiiko luno, Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga yasabye abantu okutambulira ku kiragiro kya Kabaka eky’abantu okujjumbiro ebifo by’obulambuzi era n'ategeza nti pulojekiti zonna Obwakabaka ze butandiseeko ssi zaakukoma mu kkubo, zirina okumalirizibwa n’olwekyo enkola y’okunoonya Ettoffaali ekyagenda mu maaso kubanga Kabaka ayitibwa mufumbya Gganda n'antabalirira batyabi- ensimbi zikyetaagisa.

 

Olukiiko luno lwetabiddwamu abakiise bangi ddala ne baminisita ba Kabaka nga lwakubiriziddwa, Sipiika Nelson Kawalya eyagambye nti embalirira eno abakiise basaanye okugenda n’ekiwandiiko kino, bwe banakomawo mu lukiiko luno basobole okugiyisa.

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Tewali nsonga eneetulemesa kumaliriza Masiro - Katikkiro:
Kakati 21st November, 2021 nga ne Ssabasajja naye agenyigiddemu okugazimba. Wangaal ayi Ssabasajja wa Buganda.
 
Posted 2nd February, 2015
 
By Dickson Kulumba
 
KATIKKIRO Charles Peter Mayiga agambye nti okusoomoozebwa kwayolekedde kwe kutaasa Bassekabaka abagalamidde mu Masiro e Kasubi omusana mu kiseera kino ogubookya ate n’okuteeka ekifo kino ku mutindo gw’ensi yonna.

Yazzeemu okuwera ng’Amasiro gano bwe galina okuggwa mu mbeera yonna n’agamba nti, “Nziramu okuwera nti tewali nsonga egenda kutulemesa kumaliriza mulimu guno. Enkuba ketonye, kibuyaga kaakunte, omusana ka gwake, tulina okumaliriza amasiro.”

Bino Katikkiro yabyogedde bwe yabadde alambuza Obuganda omulimu ogukolebwa ku Masiro e Kasubi eggulo ku Ssande n’asiima bonna abali ku mulimu era n’agamba nti omulimu guno gulina okutambuzibwa okusinziira mu mitendera.

Ssentebe w’olukiiko oluvunaanyizibwa ku kuzzaawo Amasiro, Al- Haji Kaddu Kiberu yategeezezza ng’okutusibwa kwa langi ebadde emaze ebbanga eddene ng’erindirirwa bwe kiguddewo essula empya mu kuzzaawo Amasiro gano.

 

Kaddu yagambye nti “ Essa kwe tutuuse, omulimu guno gusigadde mu mikono gy’abantu babiri ate bonna nga bataka; Kasujja ne Muteesasira era mubadde mugamba nti tubadde tutambudde mpola naye nange ngenda kubakanda ebyetaagisa ebirala okuli essubi, emmuli, amavuvume n’ebirala.

Omutaka Muteesasira Tendo Keeya yagambye nti ttiimu ye ey’Abagirinya yamaze dda okugitendeka era yeetegese okutandika omulimu gw’okulasa akasolya k’enju Muzibu Azala Mpanga ate n’oluvannyuma akwase Wabulakayole ( Omusige okuva ewa Kasujja), omulimu gw’okusereka.

“ Omulimu oguddako muzito era muzibu. Mu mbeera eno gugenda kutambula mpola kubanga eby’obuwangwa tebikubibwamu mavuunya n’olwekyo tulina okugendera mu mitendera,” Omumyuka owookubiri owa Katikkiro era Minisita w’obulambuzi, obuwangwa n’ennono Haji Muhamood Sekimpi bwe yagambye.

Langi ebadde erindiriddwa okuva e Girimani yatuusibwa wiiki ewedde nga kwajjirako omukugu era nga gulondoolwa aba kkampuni ya langi Peacock ng’olunaku lw’eggulo ( Ssande) baalaze abantu abaabadde e Kasubi engeri langi eno eyatereddwaako gy’egenda okutaasaamu Amasiro.

Allan Kibirige ku lwa Peacock yannyonnyodde nti, “ Langi eno eyamba okutaasa omuliro ne gutasanyawo Masiro okumala essaawa bbiri ng’abazinyamwoto bwe bajja. Mu ngeri

y’emu egenda kuyamba okuwangaaza enju eno.

 

Omuwanika w’olukiiko lw’Amasiro, Gaster Lule Ntakke yalangiridde ensimbi 5,019,700/- nga ku zino Pius Mugalaasi n’omutuba gwa Katulami e Kisunku mu ssiga lya Jjumba mu kika ky’enkima gwakulembera yaleeseeko obukadde buna. Ntakke yagambye nti ensimbi zino zigenda kusigala Kasubi okukola ku nsonga ez’enjawulo okuli amasannyalaze n’amazzi agatawaanya abagasulamu.

The people's Parliament of Uganda has again given the debt ridden government the mandate, to continue to borrow over 1000 million shillings to repair roads:

 

By World Media

 

Several of Uganda's roads are in a very bad state as the country goes through the tropical rain season.

 

Parliament has okayed a request by the government to borrow Shs 1.22 trillion to upgrade national roads across the country.

The money is to be borrowed from the Islamic Development Bank, and the OPEC Fund for International Development. MPs approved the request during a plenary sitting chaired by speaker Anita Among on Wednesday.

The funds will facilitate the rehabilitation of the Masindi port bridge designed to last for 100 years; Katine-Ochero road, Kiruhura-Bwizi-Rwamwanja-Kahunge road, and Mpara-Bwizi road, each designed to last for 20 years.

Robert Migadde, national economy committee deputy chairperson who presented an assessment report of the loan request, stated that as much as Uganda’s public debt remains within sustainable levels, the country is rated at moderate risk of debt distress.

The committee recommended that the ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development renegotiates the risk premium of the loan to a lower rate and also have it fixed for the entire debt servicing period.

Further, the committee also implored ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to observe strict project designs before sourcing for money, to minimize project delays by effectively compensating project-affected persons (PAPs) under the Upgrading of National Roads Project.

 

The government is expected to provide Shs 83.388 billion for land acquisition. The MPs also authorized the government to refinance the reconstruction, rehabilitation, and upgrade of major roads in the Masaka and Ntungamo districts at Shs 691.6 billion. Under the prefinancing agreement, 89.5km of Masaka-Mutukula road will be reconstructed, 11km of Nyendo-Villa Maria road will be rehabilitated, 3.5km of access roads to Masaka UPDF barracks and to Masaka Industrial Park will be upgraded, whereas 28.5km of Kikagati-Kafunjo road will be improved.

 

In a committee report on the prefinancing proposal, it was observed that the unit cost of a road under the project is valued at Shs 5.08 billion per kilometer compared to Shs 3.38 billion [for upgrading] as indicated under the annual budget performance report for the financial year 2022/2023.

The committee recommended that given the high unit cost of construction, ministry of Works and Transport as well as the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) ensure that the contractor delivers the best quality bridges and roads to achieve value for money.

 

The approval comes after parliament, last week approved an earlier request by the government to borrow another Shs 1.807 trillion from the Export-Import Bank of China and World Bank to finance National Internet Fiber and the Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation projects.

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It is a pity that any person would find it fit to manage a country on borrowed money. matters are made worse that more than half of the money ends up stolen by the very leaders that are supposed to oversee service delivery.

Much of the public are very well aware of how these very expensive African politicians are telling all lies about effectively managing to run a poor country with borrowed money. As young life goes, one remembers the everlasting artistic photo that compared the life of two business men. One who run his business on a cash basis and the other one on debts and loans. That is why much of the African public accuse many African leadership of morgaging to the hilt many African countries for some 100 years. These black African politicians anticipate very rightly so, that by 2123 they will all be gone and well forgotten on this God's world!

 

Kabaka wa Buganda, awadde abatuuze ba Buganda abakiriza ba Islam ettaka mu Ssaza ly'Abakristayo wano e Busiro:

By Dickson Kulumba

 

Added 30th May 2018

 

KABAKA mutebi II awadde Abasiraamu ekyapa okuzimbako omuzikiti n’okukolerako emirimu gy’enkulaakulana okuli amasomero, amalwaliro n’emirala ng’ettaka lidda mu kifo ky’eryo eryaliko omuzikiti mu Lubiri e Mmengo.

 

Katikkiro Mayiga nabakungu be ddini yo Buyisiramu wano e Buganda

 

Ettaka lino lisangibwa ku bbuloka 495 poloti 9 Buswa- Ssisa- Busiro nga liwerako yiika ttaano. Ekyapa kino Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga yakikwasiza Jjajja w’Obusiraamu mu Uganda, Omulangira Kassim Nakibinge.

 

“ Emabegako awo mwawulira ensonga z’Omuzikiti mu Lubiri e Mmengo. Sirowooza nti waliwo Omusiraamu ataaziwulirako. Omulangira Nakibinge n’abakulembeze b’Obusiraamu tubadde tuwuliziganya bulungi ku nsonga eyo era byonna bye tubadde twogeraganya mbadde mbyanjula ewa Ssaabasajja Kabaka. Bwatyo nno Ssaabasajja yasiima okufunira

Abasiraamu ettaka eddene obulungi basobole okuzimbako omuzikiti n’ebyokwekulaakulanya ng’amasomero n’amalwaliro. Olwaleero nnina essanyu okukwasa Omulangira Kassim Nakibinge ekyapa ky’ettaka Ssabasajja kye yasiima okuwa

 

Abasiraamu olw’ensonga eyo,” Mayiga bwe yalambuludde okusiima kwa Kabaka.

Omuzikiti guno gwali mu Lubiri e Mmengo, gugambibwa okumenyebwa okuva mu Lubiri e Mmengo ku ntandikwa ya 2013 era Abasiraamu bangi bakissa ku Mayiga ebiseera ebyo eyali Minisita w’ebyamawulire e Mmengo okuba mu kkobaane ly’okuggyamu omuzikiti guno.

Bino byabadde Bulange - Mmengo ku Lwokutaano May 26, 2018 ku mukolo Obwakabaka kwe bwasiibululidde Abasiramu mu kiseera kino eky’ekisiibo kyabwe nga guno gwabadde mulundi gwa kutaano ng’ekikolwa kino kikolebwa.

Nakibinge ye yabadde Omugenyi omukulu ku mukolo guno era mu kwogera kwe yasambazze ebyogerwa abantu nti Kibuli ne Mmengo tebikwatagana wabula n’akiggumiza nti ye tasobola kubeera ‘mujinga’ bwatyo kubanga enjawukana bw’ebeerawo ekirya omu ate bwe kimumala kidda ku mulala.

“ Waaliwo ebigambo bingi ku nsonga y’Omuzikiti guno naye twatuula emyaka ena egiyise ne tukkiriziganya era Mmengo y’ebadde etubanja nti ‘ewandiise ekyapa kino mu mannya ki?’ Twali tumanyi nti ensonga z’Obusiraamu eziri mu mikono gya Gavumenti ziritereera wabula ne kirwawo.

Ekirala, twalwawo kubanga ensonga eno yakwata ku biwayi by’Abasiraamu byonna ne kiba nti bwe tugamba nti tubiteeke mu kiwayi ekimu, ate ekirala kijja kuwulira bubi,” Omulangira Nakibinge bwe yannyonnyodde.

Nakibinge yategeezezza nti bakiriziganyizza okuteeka ekyapa kino mu linnya Uganda Young Muslim Men Association era bwatyo naye yakikwasizza Ssentebe w’ekibiina kino.

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Kakati no ne Butambala ne Mawokota Amakanisa ge ki Christayo gatandike okuzimbibwayo nga bwekinaba kisobose! Kitalo kino nti Busiro ebadde emanyi kukuuma Masiro ga ba Ssekabaka ba Buganda. Mpozzi era kwekutawanyizibwa kwa Masiro agazimbiddwa mu Kyadondo awo e Kasubi.

 

 

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In Uganda, most likely, Archbishop Lwanga will be conned of State House money he has accepted:

May 9, 2018

Written by Yusuf Serunkuma

 

 

Those who have visited the bowels of State House at Entebbe or Nakasero tell glowing stories of piles after piles of cash securely stashed in there.

 

Entrance is highly restricted. Lanky mean-looking fellows – keep close guard of these mega-size coffers. For those who have been lucky to drop in either as fumigants, electricians and sometimes helping hands with counting (big money is counted via weighing scales or estimated in bundles), or packaging for dispatch to different missions, the experience is overwhelming.

Once in, one is welcomed by the compelling fragrance of new bills. Like freshly cut wood. Either recently shipped from Bank of Uganda – the budget allocation of State House donations – or brought in by cheerful fellas looking for or appreciating favours from the president.

 

Our loquacious chroniclers tell stories of overwhelming spread-out rooms of cash in all forms: local and regional currencies, the US Dollar, the Pound Sterling, Francs, Riyals, the Ruble, and Euros. Even the highly restricted Chinese RMB, I am told, is plentiful behind those walls.

Bundles of cash are meticulously lined up like books in a library. My mind drifted back to these State House money fables when the president offered my mentor, Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, Shs 500 million to support church projects.

For those who may not know, the archbishop and I come from neighbouring villages in Kyampisi sub-county, Mukono district.

The archbishop is one of our village heroes. My parents settled here in the early 1990s, and we were lucky to become neighbours with the archbishop’s family. I studied at Bishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga secondary school, Kyabakadde.

While Bishop of Kasana-Luwero diocese, Lwanga immensely contributed towards building this secondary school – which would be named after him. In the late 1990s, as one of the stars of the school (I was football team captain, and chairman of debating club), we looked to Bishop Lwanga for inspiration – and he offered a great deal of it!

During mass – and bishop often visited and led them – I was often selected to read the day’s scripture. To this day, Archbishop Lwanga remains a major source of inspiration. So, when he was offered money amidst claims the church he leads was suspected of subversive activities, my mind started racing.

It raced not because I would visit and remind him of our shared village roots and ask for some money, but I was tense of fear that my archbishop could be fleeced of this money.

Our president is on record saying most of his handlers are thieves. (Recall he had started moving with his money in sacks so as to give it out on the spot, cutting out handlers.

But we are told handlers made duplicate sacks which they filled with smaller bills!) Since donations are rarely wired through banks – often given out in sacks, vans, or envelopes depending on the amount – I started wondering from whose desk was the archbishop’s money going to come.

I need to explain this thing about money desks at State House: for presidential donations, there are two desks – both manned by women Maj Gen Proscovia Nalweyiso or Lucy Nakyoobe.

Nakyoobe is the official State House comptroller and responsible for dishing out official government donations.

But handlers do not like her desk since all monies departing it have to be signed for. Political offers, like the one my archbishop was receiving, may not necessarily be signed for.

This makes Nalweyiso – although her position in State House is not properly defined – the most popular teller as her monies are free of encumbrances. Once the president makes an offer, the beneficiary is given an intermediary to lead them to Nalweyiso who takes their details and offers to contact them when the delivery is ready.

Please do not harass her with phone call reminders. When Nalweyiso’s go-betweens contact you to deliver the package, they act like ghosts.

They may ask to find you at City Square at 10pm, but later change to Sheraton hotel parking yard. Interlocutors narrate that these God-blessed intermediaries, convinced it will take you years to see the president again, choose to deliver either half or quarter of the sum the president promised.

This was the basis of my worry. But while I grieved, I chastened myself with the thought that being the archbishop, Lwanga had a direct line to the president.

The author is a PhD fellow, Makerere Institute of Social Research.

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My friend Yusuf, such big time State House Money for the Africans has been flowing much since when the first Prime Minister Benedicto Kiwanuka resumed power around 1958/62. There was real shed of catholic tears when Benedicto Kiwanuka failed to make a come back after being defeated in the repeat national polls of early 1961/62.

 

 

 

Kabaka receives heroic welcome in Kayunga as he enters town on foot:

28 November, 2016

 

 
 
 
 
Kabaka Ronald

Mutebi together with His entourage in Bugerere County, Buganda Kingdom

The Kabaka, who arrived at Ssezibwa bridge at about 6.00 Pm, disembarked from his vehicle and after being greeted by the Katikkiro Peter Mayiga, decided to walk as he entered Kayunga District drawing ululations from his subjects.

Ssezibwa is where the then Katikkiro of Buganda JB Walusimbi was in 2009 blocked from entering Kayunga District.

The beaming Kabaka after walking across Ssezibwa Bridge entered his car but upon reaching Kayunga Town, he disembarked from his vehicle and walked along the main street covering a distance of about half a kilometer.

He walked through the crowds that had lined at the roadsides as he waved to his subjects, some of whom, prostrated before him amid tight security.

After walking through the Town, the Kabaka was driven to his palace at Ntenjeru, where he spent the night.

“Land lord you are welcome to your Bugerere County,” an elderly man, wearing a bark-cloth shouted as the Kabaka waved towards him.

This was the Kabaka’s second official visit to Kayunga District since 2009.

On Sunday morning, the Kabaka separately met members of the Bugerere County Lukiiko executive, sub-county and parish chiefs at his palace.

During the brief meetings, the Buganda elders led by John Lubega, complained about the memorandum of understanding (MoU) that signed between Mengo and the central government in 2013, saying it has many loopholes, which they said have resulted into the Banyala taking over some of the Kingdom properties in the county.

“Efforts should be made to have the MoU amended so that our property is not grabbed by some people here,” Mr Lubega told the Kabaka.

In his speech, the Kabaka said: “We shall not fight with anyone in this area who doesn’t respect our culture and norms but we shall only work with those who respect our culture.”

Under the MoU, the properties that include land and former administrative units of Buganda were given to the Banyala, an ethnic community in the area which claims that Bugerere is not under the Kabaka. The Banyala in October stormed Bbaale sub-county headquarters, where they constructed the Ssabanyala’s palace. Mengo asked them to vacate the area in vain.

The Kabaka, later graced the finals of the Bika football and netball championship. The football championship was won by Nte clan which beat Balangira clan on spot kicks.

 

 

Mayiga the Kattikiro of Buganda, let us all do Ettofaali for a cancer hospital in the State of Buganda for once:

By Mike Ssegawa
 

Posted  15 April, 2015

 

One Charles Peter Mayiga is worth 100 ministers in a banana republic.

Mayiga, who took over from Walusimbi as Buganda kingdom prime minister, has done for his cultural institution only a few would dream of two years ago when he was appointed. From mobilising people who describe themselves as poor to donate money voluntarily towards projects such as Amasiro, to raising money for real estate like the Masengere building that was donated to the Kabaka as a birthday gift on Monday.

It is difficult to convince people to part with their money for a project they see no direct benefit. Those who have organized fundraising for weddings, funerals or religious activities know better.

However, Mayiga has managed to get people to appreciate his fundraising initiatives. One of the fruits of his fundraising drive is Masengere, a building in Bulange Mengo, that was rotting away for three decades, but has been completed at a tune of Shs5 billion. That was no mean feat.

Mayiga and his Ettofaali team have proved that Ugandans can be donors – poor or rich. Secondly, that dedicated and transparent leaders can get support from everyone especially when doing noble causes.

Mayiga puts across a strong message of accountability and empowerment. That is why he is trusted by thousands with their shillings.

For a long time, it was known that it is bazungu who donate $10 or $20 for poverty stricken Africans. When they stop their taps, all projects on the continent dry up. Mayiga proves that thinking wrong – actually, we can support our own noble projects.

Against demeaning remarks from critics calling him a beggar, Mayiga is like John Walker who keeps walking, ignoring naysayers. And this is why the Katikkiro should now embark on other projects that would address the cries of the helpless.

This country has pleaded with its government. Patients have died. Many are bedridden and in pain. However, no solution has come to save.

Uganda needs a specialised hospital for ailments that our national hospitals cannot undertake due to resource constraints. Of course our government has money, but, there is simply no will to make a revolutionary difference in the health sector.

To be a heart and cancer patient in Uganda, you have to pray for a miracle, be rich to afford medication abroad, or get yourself ready for death.

The funding to the heart and cancer institutes at Mulago hospital can’t do much despite our good doctors wanting to make a difference. I know – at least the doctors at the heart institute treated my daughter. It is the tools that frustrate them.

Again, it is not because we have no money. We do, because, we have some to steal, and some to donate to neighbours to build schools.

This is where Mayiga’s Ettofaali project comes in. Kabaka’s subjects can live better with a specialized hospital where Ugandans can get treatment in country. This is Ettofaali I am itching to give.

Thinking about Rosemary Nankabirwa, the former NTV news anchor who succumbed to the disease on Sunday, or Bbale Francis and Dan Kyazze, among others who die every day from cancer related diseases, I wish Kabaka’s subjects got their good health back from a Kabaka’s hospital.

As I pray for Kabaka’s good health and that he lives longer, I also pray another birthday gift for him of a specialized hospital, from Mayiga’s gifted hands, comes to pass.

mssegawa@ug.nationmedia.com

 

 

Posted 15 August 2016

 

KABAKA Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II agguddewo Olukiiko lwa Buganda olw’omulundi 24 bukya Bwakabaka buzzibwawo mu 1993 era n'asabuukulula eηηoma Mujaguzo eyitibwa Kawulugumo oluvannyuma lw’enkadde okwetuga gye buvuddeko:

 

Kabaka wa Buganda nga atudde ku Nnamulondo y'Obwakabaka bwa Buganda mu Lukiiko lwa Buganda e Bulange.

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