{UAH} LIKE TOORO'S OYO, BUGANDA'S KABAKA ALSO STAYS OUTSIDE HIS KINGDOM

LIKE TOORO'S OYO, BUGANDA'S KABAKA ALSO STAYS OUTSIDE HIS KINGDOM

Introduction
The Kingdom of Tooro in the western region of Uganda is facing a crisis whereby the King is accused of abandoning his kingdom to stay in the capital city of Kampala which was formally part of Buganda Kingdom. His reign is under threat by his cousin Prince Kijjanangoma who has proclaimed himself king on among other grounds that the substantive King Oyo deserted his kingdom. The King of Buganda also resides in the capital city of Kampala that was in 1995 constitutionally proclaimed not to be part of Buganda Kingdom but has not been accused of desertion by his subjects.

Background
In 1966 following a clash between the central government and Kingdom of Buganda whose seat was in the capital city Kampala, the king fled into exile, kingdoms were abolished, kingdom properties confiscated and Uganda was declared a republic. The confiscated properties more especially the much cherished and valued land was vested in the Uganda Land Commission. The developments culminated into the deep rooted hatred of the then UPC I government and its then President Milton Obote by some good number of Baganda. It is that hatred that was fomented and exploited by Museveni in the early 1980s during his pursuit of his presidential ambitions disguised as a liberation war. In order to undermine the other Buganda aligned fighting groups, Museveni promised to restore the Buganda kingdom in return for support. During the Nairobi Peace talks in late 1985, he smuggled Prince  Mutebi to the rebel territory in order to reassure the Baganda and in particular the fighters who were at the time expressing dissatisfaction following the death of the rebel chairman Prof Yusuf Lule.

After taking over power in 1986, Baganda immediately embarked on agitating for the return from exile of Prince Mutebi, the restoration of the Kingdom and the return of the properties. Museveni's military government at the time referred to the agitators as "disgruntled opportunists purporting to be monarchists" before threatening "strongACTION".  Museveni met clan elders, allowed Prince Mutebi to return in secret but a few days later prominent Baganda were accused of plotting to overthrow his military government and restore the King. Museveni insisted that  the issue of restoring the King was a matter for the constitution making process that was taking place at the time. However, in a twist of events, in 1993 he chaired the Army Council session that passed a resolution to restore the Kingdom of Buganda. The Traditional Rulers (Restitution of assets and properties) Act of 1993 returned some properties but provided for the return of others after negotiations between the central government and traditional rulers. Since then Museveni has been scheming to undermine the Kingdom of Buganda.

Redrawing the map of Buganda
For decades now, Museveni has been orchestrating the dientergration of Buganda. He has formulated new districts out of the original districts of Buganda basing on the divide and rule policy. With the new districts, he  has managed to create sub-autonomous entities within Buganda Kingdom. The Sebanyala in Bugerere, the Sebaruli in Buruli, the Sebakooki in Kooki and the Sebamooli in Sembabule are such sub-entities. In 2007 the King of Buganda was stopped by the military regime from visiting his kingdom area of Buruli. In 2010, he wasAGAIN blocked by security forces from visiting Bugerere prompting violent protests and clashes between his subjects and the security forces that culminated into the killing of over 30 of his subjects.

Buganda Kingdom officially recognises 18 sub-counties spread over the original districts of Kampala, Mukono, Mpigi, Luwero, Mubende, Kalangala, Masaka, Rakai, and Kiboga. The seat of the Buganda Kingdom has historically been in Kampala but during the 1995 constitution making process, Museveni managed to strike off Kampala district from the above list as stipulated in the First Schedule. Buganda's push for federal status was defeated in the Constituent Assembly through bribery, intimidation and manipulation. Instead, Museveni has been trying to push the Regional Tier system on Buganda's throat. Museveni set out to rally the rest of the country while decampaigning Buganda. However, some other parts of the country are now also feeling the brunt of organised land grabbing schemes in their respective geographical areas by the ruling military clique. It is fashionable for regime cohorts to acquire large chucks of land in Buganda rural areas of Gomba, Mubende, Mpigi, Nakaseke, Kiboga, Luwero, Wakiso and Buruuli for diary farming while targeting strategic urban chunks of land within KCCA forREAL ESTATE and speculative purposes. The impoverished and powerless Baganda cant resist the temptation of huge sums of cash, intimidation and manipulation by the regime cohorts.

In all the above mentioned schemes, Museveni was targeting Buganda's much cherished and valued land. Land grabbing by the regime's cohorts who wield the power of ill-gotten cash from public coffers is the order of the day. The scheme has been gradual; having started from the 1995 constitution and then the enactment of the Kampala City Council Authority Act. Article 5 of the constitution empowered him to create districts that have eaten into Buganda's cohesion. Article 26 empowered government to acquire land in public interest, it identified public land to include statutory leases to urban authorities, leases granted out of urban land to be reverted to freehold, citizens owning land under customary land tenure to acquire certificates of tittles and bonafide occupants of mailo land, freehold, or lease hold to enjoy security of occupancy. Here he was targeting the Kabaka's and his Chief's land which is spread in many strategic areas including the bigger part of Kampala city. Article 178 provided for two or more districts to beFREE to cooperate in areas of intra-inter development projects. Here he was targeting Kampala, Mukono, Wakiso and Mpigi in order to expand Kampala city thus eating more into Buganda. Article 179 empowered parliament to alter boundaries of districts and to create new ones. The intention here is to further disentergrate Buganda Kingdom. Article202 empowers the President to take over administration of any district in situations of emergency or ineficiency. Here he was preparing grounds for taking over of Kampala City. Article 277 excluded the defunct Kampala City Council (KCC) from the urban authorities that could constitute lower local governments.

To galvanize the above constitutional provisions, he enacted the Kampala city council authority (KCC Act of 2010 that saw the disbanding of Kampala City Council (KCC) formmerly headed by the Mayor and the Town Clerk.  The KCCA Act provided for the Administration of Kampala by the Central government, the creation of a Metropolitan Area to include the neighboring districts of Mukono, Mpigi and Wakiso. S.22 created a Metropolitan Physical Planning authority that handles andADDRESSES planning issues in Kampala, Mukono, Wakiso and Mpigi. It ensures that land use in the city and metropolitan area follows designated plans, irrespective of of the land tenure. To enforce the scheme, a Special Police force known as the Metropolitan Police Force was put in place by S. 26 of the Act. S.27 provides for the KCCA to render advice and assist in controlling development, and to administer town and country planning schemes in any areas in the neighboring districts within agreed distance from the boundaries of its jurisidiction. Here, KCCA area of control is extended into the neighboring districts.

The appointment of the Minister for Kampala and the KCCA Executive Director coupled by the denying the elected Mayor from accessing his office, was in line with the sinister schemes by Museveni to facilitate land grabbing. The city is expanding in all directions except the southern part that is incumbered by the lake. It has gone as far as Kabanyolo, Matuga, beyond Wakiso town, Nsangi, beyond Entebbe Airport, and beyond Mukono town. The King of Buganda continues to reside in Kampala which is outside Buganda Kingdom that continues to loose territory to Kampala.
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