{UAH} WHY DOES THE NRA CONTINUE TO GUARD THE KABAKA, AGAINST WHAT THREAT? WHERE ARE THE KABAKA GUARDS?
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When Iddi Amin overthrew Militon Obote in 1971, the Baganda overwhelmingly embraced the new regime of Iddi Amin. Its for the same reasons that the anti-Amin struggle never took root among the Baganda. Even when the invading groups from Tanzania were pushing against Iddi Amin, caution was exercised not to bring
Obote to the fore in order not to hurt the Baganda. The two post Amin presidents Prof. Lule and Binaisa were both Baganda including Paul Muwanga the powerful Chairman of the the Military Commission. During the 1980 general elections that were won by the UPC under Militon Obote, the Baganda overwhelmingly supported the Democratic Party (DP). After these disputed elections, its the Baganda that led the armed groups to fight the UPC government. Both Prof Lule and Andrew Kayira initiated the armed rebellion against the Obote government and enjoyed undisputed support in Buganda. It is this support that Museveni opportunistically jumped in to exploit by forming alliances with both groups before suffocating them. He was later to emerge as the sole leader of the bush war. During the bush war, when the going got tougher, Museveni hoodwinked the Baganda with promises of restoring the Kingdom in return for their support to dislodge their traditional enemy Milton Obote. It is in the same efforts that Prince Mutebi was smuggled to the bush to reassure the Baganda fighters before the final push on Kampala where Baganda leaders(DP) and fighters (UFM and FEDEMO) had joined hands with the Okello junta.
After taking over power, in early the 90s a symbolic monarch was restored by a military council resolution and not the NRC. Since then there has been occasional collision between Museveni and Buganda. However, Museveni has tamed the Kabaka not to be confrontational. His only discomfort is the office of the Katikiro (Prime Minister) and the Lukiko (parliament) for which he has always reasoned that they should be elected. He has publicly declared that Buganda kingdom harbours enemies of his government and that the kingdom was receiving funding from foreign sources to fight his government. However, of late relations between Buganda and Museveni seem to be improving. This can be attributed to the Kabaka firmly presiding over his Lukiko and Prime Ministers. More so, the current calmness is precipitated by fear that a continued confrontantional approach towards Buganda could be exploited by exiled Gen. Tinyefuza to win Bugandas support in his bid to dislodge museveni from power.
Kabaka Mutebi knows very well that Museveni cant hesitate to attack him militarily as was the case in the 1966 against his father. But more so, he knows that unlike his father King Mutesa, Kabaka Mutebi cant affort to escape from a Museveni orchestrated military onslaught. If anything, in case of a serious misunderstanding, Kabaka Mutebi would only be held hostage since he is always surrounded and kept watch by Musevenis elite security forces on pretext of providing him personal security.
INFORMATION IS POWER.
Obote to the fore in order not to hurt the Baganda. The two post Amin presidents Prof. Lule and Binaisa were both Baganda including Paul Muwanga the powerful Chairman of the the Military Commission. During the 1980 general elections that were won by the UPC under Militon Obote, the Baganda overwhelmingly supported the Democratic Party (DP). After these disputed elections, its the Baganda that led the armed groups to fight the UPC government. Both Prof Lule and Andrew Kayira initiated the armed rebellion against the Obote government and enjoyed undisputed support in Buganda. It is this support that Museveni opportunistically jumped in to exploit by forming alliances with both groups before suffocating them. He was later to emerge as the sole leader of the bush war. During the bush war, when the going got tougher, Museveni hoodwinked the Baganda with promises of restoring the Kingdom in return for their support to dislodge their traditional enemy Milton Obote. It is in the same efforts that Prince Mutebi was smuggled to the bush to reassure the Baganda fighters before the final push on Kampala where Baganda leaders(DP) and fighters (UFM and FEDEMO) had joined hands with the Okello junta.
After taking over power, in early the 90s a symbolic monarch was restored by a military council resolution and not the NRC. Since then there has been occasional collision between Museveni and Buganda. However, Museveni has tamed the Kabaka not to be confrontational. His only discomfort is the office of the Katikiro (Prime Minister) and the Lukiko (parliament) for which he has always reasoned that they should be elected. He has publicly declared that Buganda kingdom harbours enemies of his government and that the kingdom was receiving funding from foreign sources to fight his government. However, of late relations between Buganda and Museveni seem to be improving. This can be attributed to the Kabaka firmly presiding over his Lukiko and Prime Ministers. More so, the current calmness is precipitated by fear that a continued confrontantional approach towards Buganda could be exploited by exiled Gen. Tinyefuza to win Bugandas support in his bid to dislodge museveni from power.
Kabaka Mutebi knows very well that Museveni cant hesitate to attack him militarily as was the case in the 1966 against his father. But more so, he knows that unlike his father King Mutesa, Kabaka Mutebi cant affort to escape from a Museveni orchestrated military onslaught. If anything, in case of a serious misunderstanding, Kabaka Mutebi would only be held hostage since he is always surrounded and kept watch by Musevenis elite security forces on pretext of providing him personal security.
INFORMATION IS POWER.
Viele GruBe
Robukui
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