Kampala, Uganda | AFP | The death toll has risen to 62 from weekend clashes in a traditional kingdom in western Uganda, which pitted security forces against royal guards accused of belonging to a separatist militia, police said Monday. The streets of the western town of Kasese were empty a …
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Wesley Mumbere arrested after clashes kill 55 Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Ugandan police stormed the palace of a tribal king and arrested him Sunday after fierce clashes between security forces and a separatist militia they believe is linked to him killed 55, police said. Heavy fighting broke out Saturday …
Read More »Mumbere blames media, enemies of kingdom for chaos
The Omusinga of Rwenzururu Charles Wesley Mumbere has met President Yoweri Museveni who is on a four-day security assessment tour of the Rwenzori region. “I met the King this afternoon and he assured me on all issues I was hearing and I am satisfied with his explanations,” Museveni said yesterday. …
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By Patrick Matsiko wa Mucoori The National Resistance Movement had no difficulty in supporting cultural revival. We had no difficulty because reviving the cultural institutions will address the following very important points’¦ It was of great significance that in the interlacustrine Bantu area, the kingdoms of Buganda, Bunyoro, Ankole and …
Read More »Can king Mumbere rally votes for Museveni in 2011?
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati In the 2006 election FDC’s Besigye won 56% of the vote against 43% for Museveni. October 19 is the day set for the official crowning of Prince Charles Wesley Mumbere Iremangoma as king of Rwenzururu kingdom, the Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu, which is found in the Rwenzori …
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