One of these incidents took place last September when the Kabaka was refused to visit part of his kingdom in Bugerere after Gen Museveni ordered security forces to deter him from visiting the area. It had been made into a chieftaincy of the Banyala headed by a serving Uganda Peoples Defence Forces officer. The officer subsequently went on to announce that he was ordering the Kabaka not to visit the area without his (the Banyala Chief) permission. Angry Baganda loyalists took to the streets causing mayhem until Gen Museveni, who has been in power since 1987 ordered security forces to shoot to kill anyone engaged in the street demonstrations. At least 40 people were left dead.

The Cambridge-educated monarch told his audience in Butambala -Uganda: "The demand for what belongs to Buganda kingdom will remain an endless struggle. You should keep up the spirit of claiming for your heritage." He vowed that for him, he would not give up the struggle against the suppression and persecution of his subjects. Drawing from examples of prominent nationalists like Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi, the Buganda monarch urged his subjects to copy from them and fight for what belongs to their nation.

In what his detractors may eventually call an attempt by the Kabaka to divulge in politics, His Majesty told Baganda loyalists that Buganda had been denied her freedoms and rights on leadership and ownership of what belongs to her. The Uganda constitution bars hereditary leaders to engage in any acts of politics. President Museveni has in the past accused him and his chiefs of doing just that.

Addressing thousands of Baganda loyalists at Kabasanda in Butambala, the King called upon the Museveni Government to end what he referred to as ‘the illegal seizure and occupation' of what does not belong to it and the rights of his subjects and Ugandans to be fully respected. He warned against misinterpreting love for Buganda as hatred to Uganda.

His Prime Minister, Engineer JB Walusimbi also criticised the creation of new chiefdoms within the Buganda Kingdom and the unwarranted restriction on the Kabaka's movements within his kingdom which he termed as a means through which the Kingdom's greatest enemies were trying to weaken it. He said despite several attempts by the Buganda government to negotiate with the Central Government over issues of vital importance to the kingdom, no positive outcome has been forthcoming. "I strongly oppose the deliberate government's refusal to pay Buganda the money it owes Buganda, the continued closure of the Kingdom's Radio Station (CBSfm), the confiscated 9000 sq miles of land and the (refusal by central government to grant Uganda a) federal system of government, among.

Mr Walusimbi noted that the success Buganda has recorded during all these years of hardships is enough to show that high levels of development can be achieved if the kingdom had powers to control and manage her own resources.

However, political leaders turned the cultural ceremony into a political function when many of them, including Amelia Kyambadde (aspiring parliamentary candidate for Mawokota North) who was for the last 31 years Gen Museveni's Principal Private Secretary, went on their knees requesting for the king's blessings and favor to be voted for in next year's general elections. Others politicians who prostrated themselves in front of the Kabaka were Peter Mutuluuza a Member of Parliament (MP) and Kaddu Nabbi Lubega MP for Butambala.

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• |2010-09-03 22:25:21 kj
  Hello fellow country men,
  The King of Buganda is not only afraid of partitioning his kingdom by the dictator whose aim is to stay in power for life or transfer power to his family but more concerned of the next young generation in particular.NRM is busy recruting men like the late Serwanga Lwanga.In fact l was one of those who were trained and brain washed by the NRM.But one thing is clear here as the saying go(A true Muganda does not talk while eating).We were promised jobs after graduating from MUK which l got.But the job had strings attached and we were told that NRM came to stay.
  Please Mengo you have got alot to do as the enemies of mengo are both within and outside.
  I have seen the faces of the Mengo officials and some of them were trained together with me but l dont know if they were just like me who just wanted a job.My fear is some can excute the dictators program please take exstra caution.
  This is the beginning of the story l will be giving you more vital information ...
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• |2010-09-05 16:46:59 Jjingo Dalausi Moses  - OKWEBAZA NE SSIKWEBAZA YENNA.
  Nze muzukulu wa nkali Ebuddu masaka, nebaza abatesitesi ba pologulamu eno. mwebale nnyo ok
  utuwabula mubyonna
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• |2011-01-18 01:59:55 nsieggulamilambo  - baganda we have to stand very firm to fight for ou
  i urgue the baganda and all the well wishers all over the coutry that it's the beginning of the end of kawekene.what happened in Tunisia we can make it happen in uganda so itz high time to start our strategy and those people who betray our kabaka and buganda nyaffe we show them that we are not willing to give up b'se of their behaviour.awagale magulu nyondo,awangale buganda,nkyukyu magulu nyondo,natakwatta massimu ngabakoopi,ondambilanga ddala.we are ready to die for u our king and our kingdom.
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• |2011-03-01 14:54:17 Nyanzi jimmy Martin Ssenkatuuk
  20 yrs ago,i had that feeling that m7 has come to rule forever.This started when all chief gov. posts were divided between the so called bahimas.In our native kampala u could not go anywhere an don't find these people.That's when felt our land is being occupied slowly by slo.My only cry now is;we have torise an end this nonsense.The more we shall wait ,our sons an grandsons will stay with nothing.M7 is becoming a dictator an his people r sitting on our land.Little time remaining.
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• |2011-05-16 21:52:59 doneben 27-04-2011  - uganda will never be divided as you think.
  Iam sorry for all of you who have the feeling of dividing uganda into trible matters.wheather yuo are amuganda ,acholi,munyankole,musoga ,or muteso ,we are all ugandans and we should see uganda as one country but not to think about baganda only.uganda is asmall country which should not be divided again.museven is not the first ugandan to rule uganda and he is ruling uganda through the constitution which is the law of the land.iam augandan who does not deal in whatever is being talked above by those who want to mislead kabaka to become an enemy of government but only to solve which ever problem with the mr president who brought him from exile and instal him to buganda kingdom which was nolonger seen in uganda since obote regime.every body in uganda is free to stay in any part of uganda, and iam sure if you go to western uganda you find baganda there with land ,take example of bushenyi .let us stay together in hermony rather than fighting each other.long live uganda.
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• |2012-02-04 23:08:49 Haggai  - Federation is the Answer
  @ doneben. Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania???. what are these? they are European tribes. They are accidents of history with no intrinsic value. The days of the nation state are over my friend. Their creators the Europeans have dumbed their own nation states and opted instead for something called the European Union. Let us, at once erase all traces of colonialism: rid ourselves of nation states and its class economy based, rich vs poor system and instead declare East Africa a federation of tribes founded on cultural solidarity and traditional values. Do that and we shall flourish. Do it not, and we will surely perish. Our tribes are not artificial creations and they are here to stay. Nation states are, and they have a lifespan based on economic performance. I am a Nandi (tribe in kenya) and not a kenyan. Kabaka is my hero. Long live Kabaka. God bless.
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