Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has declined to recognize the Bamasaba cultural leader over conflicts in the Inzu Lya Masaba cultural institution. In October, Jude Mike Mudoma was elected as the Umukuka III by a faction led by the embattled speaker of Inzu Ya Masaba, Nelson Wedaira. …
Read More »Inzu Ya Masaba succession wrangles suck in minister Mutuuzo
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gender Labor and Social Development State Minister, Peace Mutuuzo is being accused by one of the factions in Inzu Ya Masaba for being behind the leadership disputes that have bedevilled by the cultural institution. Inzu has been struggling to gazette its new cultural head …
Read More »Masaba cultural council resolves to petition to ministry over Umukuka III
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The cultural council of Inzu Ya Masaba has officially written to the Gender, Labor and Social Development Ministry notifying it that they have one cultural leader alias Umukuka III, John Amulamu Wagabyalile. This stems from the recent pronouncement by Peace Mutuuzo, the Gender and Culture …
Read More »We haven’t gazetted Mushikori’s successor-Minister Peace Mutuuzo
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Amulamu Wagabyalile, the newly elected leader of Inzu Ya Masaba was illegally gazetted, according to the Gender, Labour and Social Development Minister, Peace Mutuuzo. Addressing hundreds of mourners at the requiem service at St. Andrews cathedral for the late Umukuka II, Bob Mushikori on …
Read More »Umukuka succumbed to Covid-19-Doctor
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The late Inzu Ya Masaba Cultural Leader, Umukuka II Bob Kipiro Mushikori succumbed to Covid-19. This was revealed by the Health Minister and Mushikor’s doctor Dr Dominic Wabuloko. Mushikori died at the beginning of this month at his home in senior quarters in Mbale City. …
Read More »Rival Masaba cultural leaders storm out of Umukuka’s eulogy
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the rival faction of Inzu Ya Masaba Cultural Institution under Jude Mike Mudoma, the purported Umukuka III have stormed out of an assembly convened held to eulogize the deceased Umukuka II Bob Kipiro Mushikori. This morning delegates representing various Bamasaba clans converged in …
Read More »Inzu Ya Masaba installs new cultural leader as Mushikori’s mourning rituals begin
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Amram Wagabyalire has been installed the Umukuka III and head of the Inzu Ya Masaba Cultural Institution. He was installed on Monday following his election in December last year to replace Bob Saul Kipiro Mushikori, the Second Umukuka who passed died on Monday last …
Read More »Masaba cultural institution, Mushikori’s clan disagree on burial site
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership of Inzu Ya Masaba and relatives of the late Umukuka Bob Mushikori have failed to reach a mutual understanding over his burial site. Mathias Nabuteri, the Deputy prime minister of Inzu Ya Masaba, the Bamasaba cultural institution, says they want to bury Mushikori …
Read More »Bamasaba rooting for state burial for deceased Umukuka
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership of the Inzu Ya Masaba, the Bamasaba cultural institution is rooting for a state burial for the deceased Umukuka Bob Saul Kipiro Mushikori. The late Mushikori succumbed to diabetes at his residence on Union Road in senior quarters in Mbale City on Monday …
Read More »Inzu Ya Masaba factions clash over Umukuka’s funeral arrangement
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The two factions of Inzu Ya Masaba have issued contradictory statement about the burial arrangements of the late Umukuka Bob Saul Kipiro Mushikor. Mushikor succumbed to diabetes at his residence on Union Road in Mbale City on Monday afternoon. His body is lying in the …
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