KING OR CHIEFS – BUSOGA SAGA CONTINUES
Since the passing of the last Busoga King in 2008 has the Busoga Kingdom in the East of Uganda been without a monarch, as every single attempt to have a new king elected by the kingdom’s chiefs so far has failed, overshadowed by wrangles, claims and counterclaims and courtcases upon courtcases. Lack of quorum, lack of the required number of chiefs’ votes, venues and dates were all featuring in the local media as reasons of failed election attempts and even the attempted intervention by President Museveni, himself a great friend of the late monarch, did yield little progress.
The latest chapter in this saga is now out in public, with the chiefs apparently and surprisingly agreeing that they would not, for the time being, elect a new king but first strengthen their respective chiefdoms in Eastern Uganda while mulling over the issue and having sufficient time to ‘consult’ with their subjects on the way forward. In fact it appears that some of the chiefs are trying to use the ‘vacuum’ to become themselves more powerful again, supported by the call of some to call a ‘general meeting’ to discuss the abolition of the kingship in favour of stronger chiefdoms. There have been quotations of legal precedence over a similar scenario earlier in the last century, when for a long time there was no king, but only time will tell how the Busoga people will react to these ongoing wrangles by their cultural leaders, who are now set to put their own interests and themselves above the good of their top institution.
Watch this space for further periodic updates.
5 Responses
I simply want to tell you that I am new to blogging and site-building and truly enjoyed this web page. Almost certainly I’m going to bookmark your site . You absolutely have excellent articles and reviews. Many thanks for revealing your web site.
let price gabula wilberforce nadiopa be aking for busoga kingdom because he is auniting figure for all basoga
price gabula wilberforce nadiapa let chiefs of busoga elect him because he is the ony one basoga are waiting lam bamwangwiya keneth kaligoro esau from makerere university
Thanks Wolfgang,
i apparently hail from that end but i am really saddened by what has been made by the royals. There is nothing big that has failed the success of the busoga kingdom. Intrigue, greed,…..I for one wonder how the young generation is going to be told about the richness and history of their ancestry has.
Besides, thanks for posting
There is also a lot of politicking and infighting over small things. It’s all politics that has failed this state
Thanks for posting