The ‘Kabaka’ (king) of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has today warned some people in the central government to stop tampering with the kingdom boundaries.
The king said this today at Villa Maria Catholic Church in Kalungu district while celebrating his 63rd birthday.
During his address, the king questioned the intentions of people who are producing maps without Buganda kingdom. “The new maps have other kingdoms like Ankole and Bunyoro but Buganda is not there. I wonder what their intentions are!” the Kabaka asked.

Kabaka arriving for the function
The Kabaka also asked government to organize Local Council elections if they are to curb down the rampant kidnaps and killings that have rocked the country recently.
Buganda premier Charles Peter Mayiga, while addressing the gathering apologized to all journalists in front of the king and the Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, to forgive the kingdom officials who manhandled them during the birthday run last Sunday.
Tycoon Emmanuel Lwasa and the minister for Micro finance Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo, vowed to fully support all Buganda kingdom and central government programmes like Operation Wealth Creation and help in alleviating poverty from locals.
Andrew Mugagga, the greater Masaka scouts’ coordinator told the Grapevine that they deployed over two hundred scouts to make sure nobody causes chaos at this function.
The Masaka Diocesan bishop John Baptist Kaggwa, while leading the mass at the function commended the good work done by the king.

The birthday cake that the king served to his subjects
THE BATTLE TO TAKE BUGANDA LAND
Buganda officials and politicians led by Betty Nambooze have on several occasions come out and warned the central government on trying to use every trick in the book to target the kingdom land, first with the Bamugemereire commission and the current proposal by Kampala Minister Betti Kamya to extend Kampala boundaries to regions of Mukono, Kampala, Wakiso and Mpigi districts. Nambooze said that extending the boundaries of Kampala will automatically mean that those areas under Kampala will no longer be in Buganda because Kampala is not part of Buganda.
In 2004, Cabinet rejected a proposal by Buganda that Kampala district, which houses the seat of government, be part of Buganda region.
In a memorandum to the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), Buganda demanded that Kampala be recognised as part of Buganda.
Outside Buganda, the unanimous view was that Kampala, the gateway to the world, belonged to all Ugandans.
The CRC headed by Prof. Frederick Ssempebwa, a city lawyer, produced a report saying that many people, who submitted views to the commission, expressed misgivings about Kampala being part of Buganda.
They interpreted the demand as a scheme by the Kingdom of Buganda to take over the management of land in Kampala or exact payment of special dues and rates from either the city council or the city residents.
The CRC said although Kampala was geographically located in Buganda region, it was not included in the districts of Buganda within the First Schedule of the 1995 Constitution.

Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago also attended the function

MP Veronica Nanyondo (R), MP Florence Namayanja and MP Mary Babirye Kabanda

Afande Kirumira (M) also graced the function

Minister Kasolo with wife
By Aslam Kabugu, Masaka
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