Mengo 1966 Massacre

[Musajjalumbwa]

Mirembe webale nnyo update eyo ku byafudde mu lukungaana lwokujjukira 24 May 1966. tusubira nti omwaaka ogujja, olukungaana lujja kukwaata Buganda bwonna omubabiro, naffe abali eno ebweeru tusaanye tufube tubengako kyetukola buli bamu webali okuzzamu bannaffe amaanyi. Agali wamu…

[Omumbejja]

Abaganda twandyebuzizza bantu ki abaali mu nnyonyi waggulu nga kawenkene alumbye olubiri abo abaali bagezaako okumulisa amagye go obote okutta abantu bonna okubamalawo ne Kabaka waabwe mu lubiri kyokka nga basuula emiriro.
Esaawa etuuse Abaganda twerondere Master omupya tekigasa kusigala kuba master nga bwekutuuka kubantu abatutta bebasooka okudduka okwongera okubabangula , kisingako oli nakugamba nti sikwagala nabuli kimu ekyange tokikozesa okusinga okwesiba kumuntu kyokka nga kwagaliza kubonabona obulamu bwo bwonna .
Kyokka nga ewaabwe bbo tebagala kubagambira ku bwakabaka bwaabwe naye bwebituuka ku bya Baganda tebaagalira ddala kulaba nti balina bo obutebenkevu mu bwaabwe.

[Namukaabya]

Omugenzi Meeja Joshua Katende eyali omukuumi wa Muteesa
Musasi Waffe

Omugenzi Meeja Joshua Katende eyali omukuumi wa Muteesa yayogera bw’ati ku ngeri Muteesa gye yatolokamu.

“Twafuna essimu ey’omunda okuva ku muserikale Ssenngendo ayali akuuma Wankaaki, n’atutegeeza ng’abajaasi bwe baali bamaze okumenya oluggi Kaalaala”. Ku ssaawa 11.30, amasasi gaatandika okuvuga, nga gava ku ludda lwa Lubiri Secondary School, ne ku woofiisi y’omukuumi w’olubiri, eyali okumpi ne Wankaaki. Omuzinga ogw’amaanyi gwakubwa ku Twekobe, era wano we nnatuukira ku Ssekabaka ng’amaze okwambala.

Abantu abasinga baali bajjudde okutya, kyokka nga Kabaka mugumu nnyo, naye nga munakuwavu, era buli kaseera yanngambanga tweyongere okulwana, kyokka nze ne mmutegeeza nti kye tukozeeko kimala, era nga kino nnakimuddamu emirundi egiwera, kyokka ng’alabika tayagala kukkiriza.

Kabaka yalwawo okukkiriza, era wano we yalabira abaserikale abaali beetawula ebweru, n’akuba essasi limu, abaserikale ne babulawo, n’abuuka, n’agwa ebweru, olwo naffe ne tugoberera”.

Twatambula nga tuyita ku nnyumba z’omugenzi Kisosonkole, ne tugguka mu Ndeeba, gye twagwira ku mmotoka eyali egenda e Masaka ne tugiyimiriza, n’etutwala e Lubaga. Twatuukayo ssaawa nga 12 ez’akawungeezi.

Twayanirizibwa omugenzi Ssaabasumba Nsubuga eyayagala okuwa Ssaabasajja caayi, kyokka n’amutegeeza nti yali takyayinza kunywa caayi.Mu kumusiibula, Nsubuga yasabira Kabaka omukisa, n’amukwasa ne ssappuli eyaliko ekifaananyi kya Biikira Maria, gye nkyakuuma n’okutuusa kati, olwo ne tuyitira emmanju, ne tugwa mu luguudo olugenda e Lungujja ne tutuuka e Bulange ew’omugenzi Nsibambi.

Obudde bwe bwakunira, twavaawo ne tusala ekkubo, ne tutuuka ew’omugenzi Rev. Kigozi, gye twasula. Mu matulutulu, nga 25 ogw’Okutaano (Muzigo), twafuluma nga tetusiibudde, ne tutambula nga twolekedde e Sentema, kwe kusanga Dan Kaamaanyi, ne twevumba mmotoka ye, ne twolekera Sentema.

Nga tetunnatuuka Sentema, olwo ne tuva mu mmotoka, ne tuyita mu makubo ag’amawunjuwunju, ne tugguka ku mugga Namududuma, ogwali gubotoddwa, kyokka tuba tukyalowooza eky’okukola, ne wajjawo omusajja eyali atwala oluggi e Sentema n’alutuwa ne tulussaawo, emmotoka n’esomoka.

Emmotoka yatutwalako katono ate ne tugivaamu nga twewala okugwa ku balabe, n’egenda etulinda e Buloba, ne tukwata obukubo obw’amakutu, obwatuggusa ku mugga Mayanja. Twalinnya mmotoka ne tuyita e Nswanjere, ne tutuuka ew’omugenzi Kisaaliita, mutabani w’omugenzi Stanisilas Mugwanya, e Bbulamazzi, ne twolekera Masaka.

E Lungala twayita mu kagga ne tuggukira e Mbaale ewa Kibuuka Omumbaale, era bwe twatuuka e Mayembegambogo, Kabaka kwe kuntuma ku ggombolala, okulaba oba waliyo eyali ayinza okutuyamba, kyokka nga yonna lyali lisigadde ttayo.

Twayitira e Lukalu Kimbugu, ne tutuuka ku mbuga ya Katambala, gye twasanga omusigire we, Haji Suleyimani Lubega, eyatutuusa ewa kitaawe, Ibrahim Lubega, era eno gye twasula.

Nga 26 Ogw’okutaano (Muzigo), awo twavaawo ne tutwalibwa ewa muto wa Lubega Kamoga, era eno Kitunzi, Nafutali Musoke ne Luweekula, Israel Kasagira gye baasanga Ssekabaka ku ssaawa 11ez’olweggulo n’abategeeza nga bwe yali ayagala okusomoka Katonga.

Twasomoka ne tuyitira e Sembabule mu maka ga Sebasitiyane Kitayimbwa eyali owessaza eyatulabula nti e Ntuusi ku lugenda e Lwemiyaga waaliwo abaserikale, n’atulagirira tugende ew’omukazi Nnaalongo, e Lugusuulu mu lukoola gye twatuuka ku ssaawa 2 ez’ekiro. Twasuzibwa mu kayumba k’abaana ba Nnaalongo, akaali katannaba kuggwa, ng’emiryango gyako gisibiddwamu essanja.

Enkeera, Dan Kaamaanyi twamuta agende n’emmotoka ye. Kabaka yaleeta ekirowoozo tugende mu lukoola awaali amayinja amawanvu, kwe twali tuyinza okulinnya ne tulengera ebitundu ebisinga ebya Ankole ne Buganda , era ku luno twasula mu kasaka, era twasiibirira mpirivuma na bukansokanso olw’obutabaawo kyakulya.

Mu kiro ekyakeesa olwa 29, twasimbula ku ssaawa 10.30 ez’ekiro ne twolekera olukoola, era ku mulundi guno twanoonyaayo akasaka akalala, ne tukalongoosa, era kano Ssekabaka yakatuuma “Bulange,” oluvannyuma ne tuddayo ewa Nnaalongo, gye twabeerera ddala, okutuusa nga 22 ogw’Omukaaga.

Twafuna amawulire nti Obote yali akitegedde nti tuli mu kifo ekyo. Twasitulirawo ne tukwata olw’e Lwemiyaga, okutuusa lwe twatuuka ku mugga ogwawula Buganda ne Ankole ne tugusomoka, olwo ne tusiibula Buganda.Twayitira Mbarara, tuutwo e Kabale, kyokka bwe twali twakava mu mmotoka, ne twekanga Land Rover eyalimu abaserikale, ne twekuba ensiko Ssekabaka gye yeekubira akakongovvule.

Okuva awo twatwalibwa ew’omusuubuzi w’amaliba, eyali yeesudde mayiro 5 oba 6 okuva e Kabale gye twasuzibwa mu sitoowa y’amaliba eyali ewunya ennyo ekivundu.

Awo we twava nga 23 ogw’Omukaaga ne twolekera ery’e Kisoro ku nsalo. Twali tumaze okujjuza empapula za kasitomu, nga tutaddeko amannya amapaatiike, nga Ssekabaka yeetuumye Kikaabugo, Maalo nga ye Gatalimaawule, nange nga nze Guweddeko.

Ensonga gye twawa eyali etutwala e Bujumbura, kwali kunoonya bannaffe abasuubuzi abaali bagenze ennaku ssatu eziyise, kyokka nga kati ennaku ziri mu 5 nga tetubalaba.

Kyokka abaserikale b’oku nsalo baatugaana okweyongerayo okutuusa ng’obudde bukedde nga batutiisa okugwa mu batemu olw’obutabanguko.

Nga 24 ogw’Omukaaga, abaserikale ba Burundi abakuuma ensalo baatuggulirawo ne tuyingira mu Burundi ne tugenda butereevu mu wooteri eyali okumpi n’olubiri lwa Umwami, gwe baatutegeeza amangu nti yali agenze mu Geneva, kyokka oluvannyuma gavumenti yatutumira minisita w’ebyensimbi eyatuyamba ennyo.

Nga 28, twalinnya ennyonyi y’Omumerika eyali mukwano gwa Muteesa, ye yatutuusa mu Bufaransa, gye twasanga Omulangira Henry Kimera ng’apangisizza ennyonyi, kyokka Ssaabasajja yasalawo okulinnya ennyonyi eyali eweerezeddwa gavumenti ya Bungereza, era ku olwo ne tutuuka mu Bungereza okutandika obulamu obuggya.

Enkeera Ssekabaka yagenda ku ssomero Omulangira Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II gye yali asomera gye yamusanga ng’ali mu mizannyo, n’amutegeeza byonna ebyali bimutuuseeko.”

[Ndibassa]

Ugandans need to close debate on Mutesa’s death

THE death of Mutesa I left more questions unanswered than any other in Uganda’s history. Following fresh revelations last week, UPC’s Joseph Ochieno thinks the chapter should be closed.

NEW details on Mutesa death”, shouted Sunday Vision lead story and headline on May 16. It was one of those lead stories that normally led one not to the real meat but an anti-climax. But being about Mutesa vs Obote and Buganda vs a perceived UPC government for that matter, it is such an emotive issue. It normally throws off common sense, reason or for that matter issues that would otherwise qualify for rational debate.

Even for a toddler that I was, when these very sad events occurred in 1969, the headline struck off almost an immediate conspiracy; why now? And for John Simpson that I knew, an investigative journalist with the BBC, a British citizen by birth, abode and character, aspects of the facts did not add up.

As it happened, I was not alone. Mama Miria Obote, with whom I discussed this matter, was equally disturbed. I am sure that my friends from Buganda Kingdom were disturbed too, because Simpson’s ‘revelations’ raise more questions than answers.

And the list of the questions would even be longer, but thanks to a renown lawyer Peter Mulira’s equally concerned piece in Sunday Vision of May 23 “Simpson was not with Mutesa”, where he adds a contextual perspective to the circumstance of the late King nearer the time and surrounding his unfortunate demise.

It included possible negligence by aides and public authorities and, significantly demystifying the ‘poison hands’ of a one Tatu Sekanyo, supposedly on the orders of the late Milton Obote. Now, is it true, for instance, that it took more than five hours from the time the king was found collapsed before permission was granted for an ambulance to be called? Who was responsible for granting permission?

Outside what Mr. Mulira calls the ‘inadequacies of others’ and, from the point of view of the king’s friends, family and his subjects, what then was the role and responsibility of the British authorities?

My experience of the British law is that in these situations, all suspicious deaths (let alone high-profile one as such) must be subjected to postmortem. All deaths are certified by medical doctors. No doctor in whose hands a patient dies is allowed to certify such a death! So what were the results? In this particular case, there would have been an inquest, by a coroner — an official responsible for establishing the cause of death. Were they conclusive and if not, where are we 41 years later?

That this death occurred of a former Head of State, the police would and should have been involved and so would, almost certainly have been the security services, MI5 and MI6, the British internal and external security agencies, considering the relationship the British government had with Uganda at that time. It simply made sense.

It should be recalled that by 1969, the relations between the two governments were not good. First, the Uganda government had nationalized a number of British companies, then there was intense debate around citizenship or not, of Uganda-Asians of British proxy and lastly, Dr. Obote’s avowed leadership stance on the campaigns against British support of Ian Smith’s apartheid regime in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and their arms sales to the more obnoxious apartheid regime in Azania (South Africa).

Obote was the spokesperson on these matters on behalf of the Front Line States, whose key partners were presidents Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia and ANC’s luminary Oliver Thambo for South Africa.

It is on record that the British were at this time already resolved and scheming to overthrow the government of Milton Obote, except that they were still being cautious and typically double faced.

Only that in 1971, Israel, for reasons outside this piece, simply speed-ed up the process in which both countries concurred at once. Surely, the death of the king, if it could possibly be linked to Obote or his government, would have provided the best diplomatic, political (for British domestic audience and Ugandans, especially Baganda) and moral grounds to move against Uganda. Why did they not? Instead, why would they decide to keep the same issue ‘under wraps’ for all these years?

Is there something else that happened to the king that some people fear to say or are embarrassed about? Surely his family, especially his young and unsuspecting family, Buganda, friends like me and all well-meaning citizens deserve to know.

As someone privy to Milton Obote’s last months and years on issues political, I was privileged to have discussed sometimes at length and worked with him on a number of national and international issues.
Buganda and Obote’s relationship with his friend, Sir Edward Mutesa was one of them. I am witness to serious and can categorically state, very advanced steps in his efforts and that of a number of leaders and members of the Mengo and Buganda Royal family aimed at harmonizing their relationship, establishing the truth, healing and bringing to closure a unique relationship and friendship mired in politics, self-interest, lies and political opportunism mainly from without the immediate parties. These two families need a breather, so do their respective ‘constituencies’ and Uganda at large.

On more than one occasion, I felt and witnessed the rare emotion involved in relaying the experience of a very close friendship that simply went sour. If only Obote lived another 12 months, a new paradigm would apply, but it was not to be.
As a young Ugandan who is married to these matters by circumstances, polity and social reality, I strongly believe that it is in the best interest of all concerned to bring these matters to a considered close.

Regardless of the ‘interests’ behind John Simpson’s new revelations, experience has shown that political leaders have played on emotions around this issue only to divide our peoples even more. Whatever the motivations, it has been opportunistic, callous and has never really opened genuine new pages for this country.

For now, let another mythical narrative, one that even Sunday Vision fell trap to, be rested: It is a fact that following the demise of the King in 1969, the UPC government offered to return his remains to Uganda, but it was refused. Though understandable, the apprehension was under the circumstances, unfounded.
Now, the British government too, owes the people of Uganda an explanation. Our first, albeit titular Head of State, died under their care, in their country.

Did they fall short of their responsibility under international law? Was there a foreign policy blunder somewhere?

As a country that has bled since independence, it is time for us to stop living behind our shadows. The truth must be told.

[Ndibassa]

Kino nze kyanjagala okwebuuza Obote ne Amin bebagenda nebabba gold mu Congo ngeera kati bwemuwulira ba M7 bwebagenda nabo nebakola ekintu kyekimu .
Naye omuntu atabakwaata kubasulirawo mu kkomera nga bo kyebandikoze banaabwe lwaaki bekyuusa okulumba nokwagala okuttira Ssekabaka Muteesa mu lubiri kyokka nebatakoma awo nebayambibwaako abangereza naba Israel nga bwetwabisomako abaali waggulu mu nyonyi nga bebunguludde olubiri waggulu nga basuula ebiriro okwookya nokutta buli asangibwa mulubiri.

Obote na Amin balina gwebabbira gold? lwaaki bo ababbi bebayambibwa okutta omuntu eyali abuuza obubuuza okusobola okumanyira ddala nti byebabogeddeko bituufu.
Lwaaki Muteesa bweyaddukira mu France abangereza bagenda nebamusabayo , kyokka nebamussa mu mbeera nga tasobola kufuna wadde buyambi kuva mu nsi ye nga gyobeera yeyali azizza emisango .

Nga maze okuweebwa obutwa lwaaki kyatwaala esaawa ttaano okumukolako , kyokka ne nfaaye nebagivuvuba nga yali mukulembeze wansi namba Buganda , kyokka nga twakisomako nti nomukazi eyamuwa obutwa Tatu Sekanyo yalina ne ticket ye nnyonyi era olwamala okumuwa obutwa yalina emmotoka eyali emulinze eyamuddusa ku kisaawe naddukira mu France , ne wabulawo okunonyereza kwonna.

Kizibu ebintu bino okubyerera wansi wekiwempe ngo muntu waffe yayita mu kubonabona nokuttibwa okutaliiko bintu birambike , kyokka nga yekubira enduulu mu United Nation nebamuddamu nti ffe ebyo tetubiyingiramu, kyokka bwebawulira abantu abetamiddwa double standard zebalaze ku kyokutta Abaganda okuviira ddala mu gyenkaaga nga bo bebali ku receiving end nga bulikiseera oyo yenna aba atta abaganda ,banaffe abatayagalira ddala baganda be ba training-a amagye ge .
Olumu Mukama agamba nti abantu bange babonyebonye ekimala , kati kyekiseera mbawonye ekibambulira..

[mirembe]

Owoluganda Ndibassa webale nyo nyo article eno. Bannange tulina okumanya butwaki omwagalwa waffe Muteesa butwaki bwebamuwa. Tebasubira nti tulina kusirika busirisi. Lwaki tebavunana abo bonna abaliwo kulunaku olwao akabaga lwekaliwo ye Lwaki balwawo okuyita Ambulance? Tukyebuuza era kitutawanya emitwe gyaffe. Kituluma banange baganda banange. Abo abantu bonna tulina okubegendereza enyo enyo. Obukoddyo bwabwe bwebumu. Ntegeza Tatu Ssekanyo kyewatukola oba okyali mulamu family yo yonna nkolimire paka mwenna bwemuliggwawo. Omwoyo gwa Muteesa guwummule nemirembe.

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