{UAH} General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the first son who doesn't bury or mourn the dead

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General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the first son who doesn't bury or mourn the dead,

Growing up, I was taught that when a person dies in our neighborhood, all ...of us must leave whatever we are doing, abandon our plans to just stand in solidarity with the grieved. In fact, we would never tend to our farms until a dead person in our village was laid to rest. You would be labeled a witch or cannibal if you went normal with your day today activities when the village was grieving. You would be isolated, people would actually wait for any person to die in your family, be it you or one of your loved ones to revenge. You would be abandoned and no one would come to mourn with you. That's how important it was to attend burials and mourn with the grieved growing up. This seem to have changed though, more especially in the first family.
I have grown to know that its only kings who don't attend burial ceremonies for their subjects. I'm tempted to imagine the title of Omugabe, the king of Ankole was bestowed upon Muhoozi Kainerugaba without our knowledge. How else do you explain his behavior towards fallen comrades and national figures?

The Holy Scriptures tell us that there is wisdom in the house of mourning. The death of someone makes us take life to heart. Our culture has sanitized life so that when someone is dying, we put them in hospitals, organize prayer sessions because we don't want them around us when they are dying. We don't like to think about death, let alone be around it. That's precisely the reason we hospitalize them, stick tubes in them and wait for the inevitable. We don't like to deal with the unpleasantness of death. What we forget is how comforting it is to grieving people when you bother to show up for a funeral. It tells them you cared about them and about the deceased. 

The sages said one of the great mitzvot for which you lose nothing in this world and yet have great blessing in the world to come is "escorting the dead," going to their funeral, and visiting the grieving afterwards. Nothing says you care like being there. When you can't come, its good lend a helping hand. You can send in food, because food comforts, but when you can be there, being there is better than food. Sometimes we don't show up because we don't want to deal with the emotions of grieving relatives, or with our own emotions, but the good it does for them, and for ourselves outweighs those emotions. It does us well to remember the frailty of life, and the importance of living our lives to our best potential, valuing the loved ones we have. It really is better to be in the house of mourning than the house of mirth. Do a mitzvah and go to a funeral or at least pay a shiva call. 

We may not understand exactly why Muhoozi doesn't attend burials or vigils like his father sometimes does. Is he prohibited from doing any of the above? Do you know of any person's funeral or vigil that Muhoozi attended? Well, we may grapple to find answers. You'll scratch your heads until you develop bolds. 

As the country was mourning the slain Felix Kaweesi, a man whom it is generally agreed served this country wholeheartedly, condolences poured in from all circles, including the opposition. Dr Kizza Besigye even attempted to attend a requiem mass at Lubaga Cathedral where he was blocked by police and other security operatives for reasons we shall possibly never get to know. That's how unifying Felix Kaweesi's death was to Ugandans. Amongst the mourners and the grieving however, notably absent was the first son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
President Museveni attended the vigil at Kaweesi's home in Kulambiro alongside the first lady Janet Museveni. He also sent in a condolence message which was read out by the 2nd prime minister General Moses Ali at Lubaga Cathedral. 

At his (Kaweesi) burial at Kitwekyanjovu, Kyazanga in Lwengo district, thousands saw him off. People from all walks of life attended the burial ceremony. Former CDF, Edward Katumba Wamala was present, the current CDF was represented too. Many dignitaries were present. Muhoozi didn't appear. Same when General Aronda died, the president and first lady attended his burial. Remember, Aronda was a former CDF, directly supervising Muhoozi, later minister of Internal Affairs. Still, Muhoozi never attended his burial or vigil, but why?
 

Of course one can argue that it's Muhoozi's right to attend or not attend burials. Perhaps being a soldier, Muhoozi has no emotions like other Ugandans do. However, that doesn't negate the fact that Muhoozi is a Ugandan who ought join the rest of us in times of difficulty. He is also not an ordinary Ugandan, he's a first son.
 

How come Muhoozi comes out every time the Uganda Cranes are playing to show solidarity and cheer up the national team? Why abandon Ugandans when it matters most? Well, you may argue its not his duty to do so. However, its clear there's more than meets the eye.

Musa Masaba.

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