The Buganda clan leaders’ council has distanced itself from a group of individuals who recently met with President Museveni and requested Shs 9 billion to acquire land for their offices. A reliable source within the council informed The Observer that the organizers of this initiative took these actions without informing or seeking consent from the leadership committee.…
The President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who also doubles as the ruling NRM party chairman, has contributed UGX20 Million (Twenty Million Uganda Shillings) towards the Bika Bya Buganda football tournament. The president’s contribution was delivered to the Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom, Owek Charles Peter Mayiga by the Office of the National Chairman of the NRM manager,…
The Senior Presidential Advisor & Personal Assistant Office of the NRM National Chairman Kyambogo & National Coordinator, Bazzukulu Movement Hajjat Hadijah Uzeiye Namyalo has purchased 1500 kits worth Thirty Million Uganda Shillings (UGX 30,000,000) for the Kabaka Birthday Run scheduled for this Sunday, 16th April 2023. Accompanied by a group of Bazzukulu donning Jajja Tova…
The senior Presidential advisor & Personal Assistant Office of the NRM National Chairman Kyambogo & National Coordinator, Bazzukulu Movement Ms Hajjat Hadijah Uzeiye Namyalo has held a meeting with Buganda kingdom minister for Youth, Sports and recreation Ow’ek Henry Ssekabembe Kiberu. The Capital Times has learnt that Hajjat Hadijah was accompanied by the ONC Spokesperson…
By David Serumaga Kampala: Land disputes in Uganda are escalating every day and are causing a negative impact on our society and the people. One of the major factors fueling these land wrangles are the land professionals in central government and cultural leadership who use their offices to cause confusion in land matters. On 16th…
Buganda Kingdom’s Lukiiko has approved a budget totaling 157.84 billion Shillings to support different activities of the monarchy in the coming financial year 2022/2023. The budget was approved following its presentation by the Kingdom Minister of Finance, Robert Waggwa Nsibirwa. The new budget under the theme, “Enhancing Service Delivery to the People As a United…
On May 12, 2013, Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi appointed lawyer Charles Peter Mayiga as the Katikkiro (prime minister) of Buganda. His appointment was touted as a strategic move geared at galvanising the kingdom’s young population across the country. His tenure during the last nine years has been a bittersweet experience peppered by, among others, the…
Businessman Ham Kiggundu has appealed to the Katikkiro of Buganda, Owek. Charles Peter Mayiga to institute reforms at the Buganda Land Board to tackle alleged fraud by some officials at the organisation. Speaking after a meeting called by the Ministry of Lands to discuss an ongoing conflict between Kiggundu and the Buganda Land Board over…
Ugandan Human Rights lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde of Legal Brains Trust (LBT) has trashed Chief Justice Alphonse Chigamoy Owiny Dollo’s apology to Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, describing it as a “Non-Apology” Apology. According to Ssemakadde, the Chief Justice’s apology cannot be accepted because although he apologized to Kabaka Mutebi, he did not apologise to his…
City businessman Hamis Kiggundu aka Ham, who is the proprietor of Kiham Enterprises Limited, is working on modalities of reaching an amicable understanding with his neighbours (Buganda Kingdom) over the contested land in Kigo. We have established that a series of meetings are underway between both sides, Ham and Buganda Kingdom in a bid to…
