Isabaruuli Butamanya has been operating in a single-roomed office located at Kibira village in Nakasongola town council since his coronation on December 10, 2004. It’s surrounded by a perimeter wall made of papyrus reeds.
Two people, including a Lebanese national, have died instantly and two others are critically injured following a morning motor accident in Nakasongola district. The incident took place at Bujaabe village near Kafu.
However, the letter does not address Isabaruuli as the cultural leader of Buruuli chiefdom but as Ssalongo Mwogezi Butamanya of Nakasongola. It also seeks to inform rather than seek permission to visit his territory.
Two children have been killed by a wall as their family relocates after eviction by Nakasongola army barracks at Kasenyi village in Lwapanga Sub County on Wednesday evening. The dead has been identified as Winnie Muduwa (7) and Nicholas Gift (1.5) years.
The Cultural Leaders of Buruli Chiefdom have petitioned President Yoweri Museveni accusing Buganda Kingdom of failure to respect the chiefdom’s autonomy and breaching the recent Memorandum of Understanding signed between Mengo and Central government.
The Buruuli chiefdom has welcomed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between Buganda Kingdom and Central Government. Last week President Yoweri Museveni handed over to the Buganda officials a MOU that he and Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi signed on the return of the kingdom properties.
He explains that more than 80 percent of their subjects and their places are found on private land, yet the land owners have never introduced them to the occupants.
Recently, the management of Luweero Industries, the company that produces bullets for UPDF and Nakasongola army barracks ordered the residents to vacate the land saying that they were squatters.
Buruuli chiefdom has banned all activities of Buganda Kingdom in Buruuli County worsening the relationship between the two cultural institutions. Buruli chiefdom accuses Mengo of stage managing events with intentions of causing disunity amongst its subjects.
James Wandira, Nakasongola LC V chairperson has clashed with witchdoctors over the proposed ordinance to restrict the entry of witchdoctors in the district. Last month, Nakasongola district resolved to introduce an ordinance to regulate and monitor witchdoctors operating there.
