{UAH} Mbu Buganda Snubs Ttabamiruka

Buganda snubs Diaspora fete

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Information minister Denis Walusimbi says organisers have also blocked government officials from the conference. PHOTO BY Kasirye Faiswal. 

By Herbert Zziwa

Posted  Wednesday, August 28  2013 at  01:00

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The kingdom says the organisers' actions are likely to jeopardise the recently signed memorandum of understanding with govt.

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KAMPALA

Buganda Kingdom has said it will not be party to this year's Ttabamiruka, an annual conference organised by the Baganda living in the US and Canada.

The three-day conference scheduled for August 31 to September 2 in Boston, aims at promoting Ganda culture, traditions and customs as well as identifying ideas to develop Buganda.

The kingdom's information minister Mr Denis Walusimbi Ssengendo, told daily monitor that the organisers of the conference have defied the Kabaka's orders to desist from attacking the ruling NRM government. "The people in the Diaspora are not advised on what is going on here, they have been more confrontational to the central government and this must stop," Mr Walusimbi said.

Mr Walusimbi said the confrontation is disastrous since the kingdom embraced another chapter, after the recently-signed memorandum of understanding with the central government in which some of the kingdom's confiscated properties are to be returned.

The kingdom also accuses the organisers of the conference of refusing officials from the central government to attend this year's conference. "Why would they deny government officials access to the conference, we are all Baganda and Kabaka's subjects, we should sit down and talk," Mr Walusimbi added.

Meanwhile, the kingdom has advised members of the Buganda Caucus to stop internal bickering over the memorandum of understanding between the kingdom and the central government. The kingdom's spokesperson said politicians should desist from using the kingdom for their personal gains while pretending to be working for the institution.

hzziwa@ug.nationmedia.com

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