Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 49 loyalists of Rwenzururu Kingdom have asked the International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala to grant them bail after close to six years in custody. The applicants are part of the group of Rwenzururu loyalists who were arrested together with their …
Read More »Micro Finance Support Center pledges aid to former Rwenzururu royals guards
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Micro Finance Support Centre-MSC will support widows and wives of the former Rwenzururu royal guards with seed capital to start income-generating activities. MSC will also offer special support to all former and freed royal guards. The commitment followed appeals made by the Busongora North …
Read More »Kasese NRM leaders demand freedom of Mumbere, royal guards
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement-NRM party leaders and supporters in Kasese district used the 36th NRA/NRM liberation day celebrations to call for the freedom of the Rwenzururu cultural leader, Charles Wesley Mumbere. They argue that NRM can only consolidate its current political gains in Kasese district by …
Read More »Rwenzururu to mark first Coronation Anniversary since arrest of Mumbere
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu-OBR cultural Institution in Kasese District is set to hold coronation anniversary celebrations for the first time in six years. It will be the first celebrations since the arrest of Charles Wesley Mumbere. Mumbere faces treason, terrorism and murder charges arising …
Read More »Kasese MPs demand speedy trial of Mumbere, royal guards
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament from Kasese district have called for a speedy trial of Omusinga Wesley Charles Mumbere, the King of Rwenzururu and his royal guards. It is close to 5 years since Mumbere and over 200 of his royal guards were arrested …
Read More »Obudingiya Bwa Bwamba Queen mother laid to rest
Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Queen Mother of Obudingiya Bwa Bwamba-OBB Rhoda Nansolia Kawamara has been accorded a state funeral. Her remains were laid to rest next to the grave of her husband Yeremiya Kawamara at Booma grounds in Bundibugyo town on Sunday afternoon. The burial followed a …
Read More »Only 20 for burial of King’s mother
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 20 people will attend the burial of the Obudhingya Bwa Bwamba-OBB queen mother Rhoda Nsoliya Kwamara. Nsoliya was a wife to late Kawamara Yeremiya one of the three Rwenzururu movement liberators and the mother of the reigning king of OBB, Lt Col …
Read More »Kasese leaders ask gov’t to apologize over Gen. Elwelu’s unremorseful statement
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders and subjects of Rwenzururu kingdom in Kasese district have condemned the remarks made by the Commander of the Uganda Land Forces, Lt. Gen Peter Elwelu regarding the Kasese killings of 2016 and asked government to apologize for them. In November 2016, the military hit the …
Read More »Former Rwenzururu premier wants bail terms of juveniles revised
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Prime Minister of Rwenzururu Kingdom, Thembo Kistumbire wants the court to relax the bail terms issued to six juveniles who were charged alongside Rwenzururu cultural leader, Charles Wesley Mumbere. The juveniles who were granted bail alongside Mumbere were tasked to report to the …
Read More »Delayed trial of Mumbere, royal guards irks Rwenzururu prime minister
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister of Rwenzururu Kingdom, Joseph Kule says that the delayed trial of Rwenzururu King, Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere and his royal guards is an infringement on their right to vote in next year’s general elections. Kule argues that for the past four years, …
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