Tag Archives: Buganda Kingdom

Mpigi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Two vulnerable families in Mpigi district are to receive houses valued at Shillings 20 million each thanks to Habitat for Humanity Uganda, Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II and Buganda Kingdom. The beneficiaries are Margret Nakiganda and Josephine Nabwegamo residents of Kiryambidde village in Buwama town …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom Charles Peter Mayiga has condemned the harassment of different presidential and parliamentary candidates during the on-going campaigns. This follows the arrest of National Unity Platform’s presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu in Luuka district on Wednesday. The Forum for Democratic Change …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Buganda Kingdom has resolved to set up a committee to examine the merits of re-establishing cooperative unions in the central region. The Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga says that their objective is to start cooperative unions in the Kingdom but since they already have existing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Internal Affairs Gen. Jeje Odongo has been directed to present a statement on the floor of parliament in regard to the incident where police officers fired teargas and dispersed a meeting by members of Buganda Kingdom’s Mbogo Clan. Speaker of Parliament …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The prime minister of the Buganda Kingdom, Charles Peter Mayiga has condemned police and the military for dispersing people who were attending a cultural event yesterday in Mityana district. Mayiga said on Sunday during a press conference at his office in Mengo that it …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Archbishop, Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has appealed to Ugandans to always appreciate the historical role played by Buganda Kingdom in the formation and development of the modern day Pearl of Africa- Uganda. Lwanga made the appeal during the sermon at Rubaga Cathedral …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Buganda Kingdom has contributed UGX 70million towards the construction of a museum in honour of Sir Edward Mutesa II, the 35th Kabaka of Buganda and the first president of Uganda.  The Museum is going to be housed in the same building that Mutesa II used …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A fire has gutted one of the huts in Kasubi tombs, the burial grounds for four former Kings of Buganda Kingdom and other members of the Royal Family. The minor fire is said to have broken out in the hut located just a distance …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was an exchange between the State Minister for Lands Persis Namuganza and the Sembabule district leaders over the ongoing construction on a disputed piece of land in the area. Namuganza went to Sembabule on Friday to arbitrate a dispute between Buganda Kingdom authorities in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Kingdom is seeking a payment of five billion Shillings from Monitor publications over a story indicating that the Kingdom had failed to account for USD 250,000 (934 million Shillings) received as a grant from the United States Embassy in Kampala. The Kingdom’s …