Use our pull-down menus to find more stories
  


OR subscribers use AllAfrica's premium search engine


Click here to read or make comments on this topic »

Uganda: Rwenzururu Palace Works Halted


New Vision (Kampala)
 

Email This Page

Print This Page

Comment on this article

New Vision (Kampala)

29 June 2008
Posted to the web 30 June 2008

John Nzinjah
Kampala

THE construction of a rival palace by one of the claimants of the Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu (Bakonzo and Bamba kingdom), Swaleh Tibamwenda Basikania, has been halted.

Basikania's supporters were building the palace on Katswabwemi hill in Bughoye sub-county, Kasese district.

However, the ridge leader of Kastwabwemi, Alon Muhindo, and the sub-county leadership stopped the works last week.

"I do not know Basikania and he does not own a plot in this area. How can he construct his self-styled palace here?" Muhindo asked.

During an interview in Kasese on Friday, he challenged Basikania to prove when he was proclaimed the king of the Bakonzo and the Bamba.

Bughoye sub-county chairman Saulo Maate also said Basikania did not own land in the area.

Relevant Links

Basikania is one of four claimants to the throne of the kingdom whose members inhabit the south-western districts of Kasese and Bundibugyo. Others are Charles Wesley Mumbere, Robert Tibamwenda and Ibrahim Makoma.



AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.

 
Share this on:
Facebook
Digg
Del.icio.us
StumbleUpon
Muti


Copyright © 2008 New Vision. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections -- or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.

Make allAfrica.com your home page | RSS Feed

Top | Site Guide | Who We Are | Advertising | Search | Subscribe

Questions or Comments? Contact us. Read our Privacy Statement.

HOME
allAfrica.com


Relevant Links




Commissioner Compound Under Construction
Badme Construction Company's Brick Factory Begins Producing Large Number of Bricks
Tukunbo Tyres Will Be Banned Soon - FRSC
Inoni Announces Projects Bonanza for SW
LICCSAL Turns Sod at New Site