By Spy Reporter
Kampala, Uganda: The Buganda kingdom monarch his royal Highness Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II is expected to meet his Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the president of Uganda, today February 5, 2019.
According to highly placed sources, the Kabaka and Museveni will meet at the Buganda king’s palace in Banda and the matters they are set to discuss are highly confidential. Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Linda Nabusayi confirmed being aware of the Kabaka and Museveni’s visit when contacted by some sections of the media, although she remained tightlipped when prodded for details. The meeting is expected to start at 11:00am. However, this will be another historical visit between Kabaka Mutebi and president Museveni. The Buganda monarch and the President last met publicly in 2018 when the Ashante kingdom ruler the Asantehene came to Uganda to visit his Buganda counterpart. The visit came after the media revealing that president Museveni had been trying to reach Kabaka Mutebi on phone for a long time but that the monarch was avoiding his phone calls. But it should be noted that this presidential visit comes at a time when the Buganda royal family is battling a bitter land war headed by Prince David Wasajja, who accuses Dr.Muhammed Buwule Kasasa of illegally selling land belonging the royal family. The government has various institutions and installations on the chunk of land under contest, which is situated on Mutungo hill, they include; headquarters for CMI, ISO, ESO and other government apparatus.
The land is also occupied by wealthy squatters who have erected swanky houses all over it. Dr. Kasasa, whom Wasajja accuses of parceling the land into several pieces before selling it, hails from the family of late former Prime Minister Chief Justice Benedicto Kiwanuka. Prince Wasajja accuses Kiwanuka, who was a prominent lawyer in Uganda, of facilitating an illegal process that saw former President Edward Mutesa lose about 600 acres of land on Mutungo, Kampala, which land has since been taken over by Kasasa and his family, who sold most of it to government.
