ugnet_: Museveni to give some power to Kabaka Mutebi - Bukedde 21/4/2004

[Omar Kezimbira]

President Museveni has made a re-assurance that he is to hold talks with Mengo to evaluate the extent of powers to be given back to the Kabaka. Museveni who was at Wakiso district officiating at the opening of the newly constructed Wakiso district headquarters complex, said that he understood Buganda's difficulties related to the power issue. He added that he was ready to amicably determine ways and means to overcome this difficulty jointly with Mengo.

 

Museveni was consolidating on what he had said at the extra-convened Movement delegates conference at Kyankwanzi last year. However, he went on to say that what he would not endorse is the dismantling of all district powers and place them at Mengo.

 

Museveni while talking tough, warned that there are people bent on playing with people's power in decision making and warned such people that they were playing on a wrong ground. "There are some people who had wanted Buganda powers to be reverted to Mmengo and local authority powers in other parts of the country to be re-located to certain/ particular areas but we rejected that.

 

We implied the districts so that you could make decisions and those inclined to turbulations of local authorities are joking", Museveni was quoted as saying.

 

In saying all this, the President had just performed the official opening of Wakiso district headquarters complex which has been constructed at a considerable cost and also graced other projects under construction. Vice President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, Ministers, MPs, heads of local authorities and key public figures attended the function.

 

President Museveni lambasted some politicians and other people whom he said flattered the ordinary citizens by saying that they had no powers in making decisions on vital national issues and urged them to stop it. " This freedom in which you are playing , we derived from the sacrifice of blood and sweat of Ugandans. Since then, the Movement has firmly secured freedom and placed it back into the hands of the masses in ensuring decision making in all matters as per their wishes", emphasized Museveni.

 

Museveni went on to say that political judges are the masses and not judge Kanyeihamba whom he said was a judge best suited for petty theft cases adding that parliament has its limits in decision making and the rest is left to Ugandans.

 

President Museveni thanked the people of Wakiso for the overwhelming support that they had demonstrated to him and said, "I have seen your support and I assure you that I am around as a comrade in arms".

 

Museveni's address was all along punctuated with thunderous cheers and was entertained to traditional dances with dancers downing ebisanja while tantalising, "Sir, stand again".

 

On the land eviction disputes, Museveni directed Residence District Commissioners to save the land owners who had been wrongly evicted, saying that he was going to set an independent commission/ body to oversee this matter.

 

Wakiso district Chairman, Engineer Ian Kyeyune re-counted what they had  accomplished and what they had so far failed to accomplish. He thanked the government for the assistance rendered to Wakiso and added that assistance from the government had helped quite a lot.

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Kabaka Mutebi ng’enda kumuddiza ku buyinza — Museveni

Kabaka Mutebi ne Pulezidenti Museveni

Bya Herbert Lumansi, Wakiso PULEZIDENTI Museveni azzeemu okukakasa bw’ajja okuteesa ne Mmengo balabe obuyinza bwe baddiza Kabaka. Bwe yabadde e Wakiso eggulo, Museveni yagambye nti amanyi obuzibu bwa Buganda ku buyinza, era mwetegefu okusala amagezi nabo okuvvuunuka ekizibu kino. Yabadde anyweza bye yayogera mu lukiiko lwa muvumenti e Kyankwanzi omwaka oguwedde. Kyokka yagambye nti kyatayinza kukkiriza kwe kuggyawo obuyinza bwa Disitulikiti bwonna n’abuteeka e Mmengo. Museveni ngákaladde yalabudde nti waliwo abantu abazannyira ku buyinza bwábantu ku kusalawo ebiteekwa okukolerwa eggwanga n’abalabula nti bazannyira wakyamu. "'Waliwo abaali baagala obuyinza bwa Buganda buzzibwe e Mmengo, nóbwebitundu ebirala mu ggwanga bussibwe mu bifo ebitali bimu, naye ffe twakigaana. Twabuzza ku disitulikiti mmwe musalengawo, era abaagala okubusaabulula basaaga," bwe yagambye. Bino Pulezidenti yabyogedde yaakamala okuggulawo ebizi mbe ebipya eby'ekitebe kya disitulikiti y'e Wakiso ebimazeewo ssente ezikunukkiriza mu kawumbi n'okutongoza ebirala ebigenda okuzimbibwa. Omukolo ogwetabyeko omumyuka we Polof. Gilbert Bukenya, baminisita , ababaka ba palamenti , abakulembeze b'ebitundu n'ebikonge. Yagugumbudde Bannabyabu-fuzi n'abantu abalala be yagambye nti bajerega abantu ba bulijjo nga bagamba nti tebalina buyinza busalawo ku nsonga enkulu ezikwata ku ggwanga lyabwe n'abalagira okukikomya. "Lino eddembe lye muzannyiramu twaliggya mu musaayi n'entuuyo za Bannayuganda era okuva olwo obuyinza Muvumenti yabununula n'ebuzzaayo mu mikono gy'abantu okubweyambisa okusalawo ku nsonga yonna gye baba baagadde", bwe yakkaatirizza. Yagambye nti abalamuzi b'ebyobufuzi be bantu sso si mulamuzi Kanyeihamba gwe yagambye nti ye mulamuzi wa misango gya bubbi ate nga ne palamenti bw'eba erina ensonga z'esalawo ebeerako w'ekoma, ebirala ne bisigalira Bannayuga-nda. Yeebazizza abatuuze b'e Wakiso olw'obuwagizi bwabwe bwe baamulaza n'agamba nti " obuwagizi bwammwe mbulabye era nange mbakakasa nti wendi mulwanyi munnammwe". Okwogera ebyo obwedda abantu bamukubira emizira, n’okumuziniramu nga bwe beesibye ebisanja n'okusaakaa-nya "ssebo ddamu weesimbewo." Ku nsonga y'abebibanja abagobwa ku ttaka, yalagidde ba RDC okutangira bannanyini ttaka abagobaganya abantu mu bukyamu era n'agamba nti agenda kuteekawo omuwabuzi ow'enjawulo ku nsonga eno. Ssentebe wa Wakiso Ying. Ian Kyeyune yayiseeyise mu bye bakoze n'ebikyabalemye ne yeebaza Gavumenti olw'obuyambi bw'ebawa n’agattako nti ensimbi okuva mu gavumenti zibayambye nnyo. Published on: Wednesday, 21st April, 2004

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