BUWEMBO: This is how Baganda risk losing identity of their kingdom
In 2009, the central government blocked the Kabaka’s movement to a county where some cultural sub-chief was challenging his authority. Kampalans reacted by rioting and many lives were lost. Since then, a loveless peace is observed between the Kabakaship and the presidency. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGA | NMG
On November 21 Kampala scholars marked 50 years since Sir Edward Mutesa II died in exile. He was the first president of Uganda and king of Buganda, the centrally located kingdom around which British colonialists constructed the Uganda state in the 19th century. Mutesa was overthrown in 1966 escaped and after a heroic fight.
He lived in London for about 40 months in poverty despite having enormous personal wealth in Kampala that he could not access.
