Fwd.ed, JOHN'S DELIGHT! - Kenya's Charles Njonjo Incarnate aka Nagenda John's delight about Buganda Today & Always...
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Buganda is very well-treated and I think that the people of Luweero triangle might not agree with me as they see most of the things going beyond them to the north or whatever all the time
and they say what about us. I think quite honestly sometimes the people of Luweero haven't been all that happy. However, when I was lucky in 1985, to go those areas with the Kabaka and yes, I brought him, sometimes people think he brought me and we heard a lot about people like Lutamaguzi and other people.
For me I am completely against federalism or federo as we call it, they say it is very competitive and so on but I don't see that at all and Britain which I know quite well had England, Scotland and Wales mostly plus Northland Island and it is only now
300 years after they got together that they are now saying yeah, if Scotland wants to go, they can go and so on because we shall be friends and that is what I will like for Uganda to know - that federal at the moment will do away with our wonderful chances of working together as Ugandans and Uganda is too small.
In East Africa, we must be in the East African Community right, Uganda is not big enough and I wouldn't like to listen too much to Mengo when it wants federal. I will be 100 per cent against it. The chances are there right and if the people are going to follow them (Mengo), the way is open to grow the way they like.
Let us face it and I have to say I was very annoyed with Mengo for many years because they seemed to me to be standing in the way of progress for Uganda as a whole but I see a change and I think the Kabaka has realised that the only way things are going to go is if Buganda sees itself as completely as part of Uganda ... right and grows from there. I think that is what is happening now and I am delighted...
You remember when Kabaka wasn't allowed to go to Kayunga? [in 2009] And all those tried rising up trying to burn people's vehicles and so on and I don't think that will happen again. In any case even as we speak he (Kabaka) is there or about to get there, an understanding has been reached that there are certain things which were taken during the bad days of Buganda and they should be given back and they should do that to other parts of Uganda, of course.
I very much hope that as a Muganda, this is what our progress will be throughout Uganda.
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