Tag Archives: royal guards

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six Rwenzururu royal guards released by the International Crimes Division of the High court on Monday arrived in Kasese district on Thursday amidst calls for the government to consider withdrawing all charges against the suspects. The six are part of the more than 200 royal …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Micro Finance Support Centre-MSC will support widows and wives of the former Rwenzururu royal guards with seed capital to start income-generating activities. MSC will also offer special support to all former and freed royal guards. The commitment followed appeals made by the Busongora North …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement-NRM party leaders and supporters in Kasese district used the 36th NRA/NRM liberation day celebrations to call for the freedom of the Rwenzururu cultural leader, Charles Wesley Mumbere. They argue that NRM can only consolidate its current political gains in Kasese district by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of legislators have called on government to grant a speedy trial to the royal guards of the Rwenzururu Kingdom who were arrested and detained in 2016 for abetting an insurgency. The MPs expressed their displeasure with the delay in resolving the matter stating …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  General Peter Elwelu, the newly elected Army Representative in Parliament  has said that the more than  100 Royal guards who were killed during the Kasese clashes were criminals ‘who deserved what they got.’ The police and military agencies have been repeatedly accused of killing more …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Jinja High Court Judge, Lady Justice Jeanne Rwakakoko has granted bail to 132 inmates who were detained in the different government prisons following the clashes between security forces, civilians and royal guards attached to Rwenzururu  kingdom. They comprise of 17 women and 125 men. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister of Rwenzururu Kingdom, Joseph Kule says that the delayed trial of Rwenzururu King, Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere and his royal guards is an infringement on their right to vote in next year’s general elections. Kule argues that for the past four years, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is set to release part of the Rwenzururu royal guards who have been in jail since 2016, URN has learnt. The royal guards were picked when the army raided Rwenzururu Kingdom palace on November 27, 2016, leading to the death of more than 100 …