Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With just hours left to the 2020 virtual Rotary Cancer Run, Buganda Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga, has pledged his participation in the virtual Rotary Cancer Run to be held on the 30th of August 2020. The Cancer run has for the past 9 years …
Read More »‘Uganda government institutions should be strengthened’
Archbishop Lwanga, Katikiro Mayiga castigate weak Gov’t Institutions Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has asked state officials to revive an increasingly dormant state machinery, which he says is affecting effective governance in the country. According to Mayiga, strengthening the state institutions should …
Read More »Katikiro warns on proposed coffee law
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Charles Peter Mayiga, the Katikiro of Buganda Kingdom is pessimistic that once passed into law in its current form, the National Coffee Bill 2018 will dampen farmer’s commitment towards reviving coffee production. Last year, Uganda Coffee Development Authority-UCDA unveiled the National Coffee Bill 2018 …
Read More »Buganda and EAC political federation
Katikkiro Mayiga should summon the Lukiiko come out with a clear Buganda position Kampala, Uganda | KAVUMA KAGGWA | President Yoweri Museveni has been selected to oversee and provide political guidance to the legal experts tasked with the drafting of the East African Community (EAC) constitution on political confederation. The …
Read More »We are ready to end hostilities with Kooki-Katikkiro
Kampala, Uganda | INDEPENDENT | Charles Peter Mayiga, the Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom says they are open to finding a lasting solution to their differences with Kooki Chiefdom. There has been a bad relationship between Mengo and Kooki Chiefdom for over a decade. Mengo insists that Kooki is one of …
Read More »Buganda warns on Mailo Land
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has told the Land Inquiry Commission that the kingdom opposes abolition of the Mailo land tenure system. He said the Kingdom of Buganda actually recommends the reinstatement of a Federal system of governance so each area can manage …
Read More »COVER STORY: Will Kabaka fire Mayiga?
ANALYSIS: Anger, anxiety, unease over Buganda monarch’s fights over land Kampala, Uganda| Andrew S. Kaggwa | Buganda kingdom Prime Minister, Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga could be punished with a sacking over court cases over land involving his boss, Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Muwenda II. At least that is what some of …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Will Kabaka fire Katikkiro Mayiga?
In the Independent this week: Will Kabaka fire Katikkiro Mayiga? COVER STORY Will Kabaka fire Mayiga?: Anger, anxiety, unease over Buganda monarch’s fights over land. NEWS ANALYSIS Muntu faces FDC boot: Defiant members plot to oust party president. THE LAST WORD The incongruence of the incongruence: How Ugandans get angrier …
Read More »COVER: Buganda land wrangles
Next fight between Kabaka, Museveni? Did President Yoweri Museveni recently summon Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II to a hurried meeting over the rampant land evictions in Buganda? Possibly he did or possibly he did not. What is known is that a meeting took place between them on April 07. …
Read More »VIDEO: Buganda’s sitting tenants to get land titles
VIDEO: Buganda Kingdom launches a campaign to have all sitting tenants get titles for the land they are occupying. The campaign, dubbed ‘’ a land title in your hands’’ will see all sitting tenants on Buganda land secure land titles at a minimal fee. The 130,000 tenants who registered in the …
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