Banyoro want Kibaale back
Some Bunyoro Kingdom tribesmen including the spokesman want the High Court to reverse the 1900 Buganda Agreement and recover Kibaale district from Buganda Kingdom, reports Jude Etyang.
Kibaale comprises Bugangaizi and Buyaga counties which the colonial British government through the 1900 Agreement, gave Buganda.
The spokesman, Henry Ford Miirima and eight others, on Tuesday applied to the High Court for permission to represent 514,000 Banyoro tenants of Baganda absentee landlords in Kibaale.
The group claims they held meetings with elders and leaders of Kibaale and agreed that a suit be filed to redress the injustices allegedly caused by the agreement.
�Since there are too many people interested in the same suit, we whose names appear in this application file a suit on behalf of and for the benefit of the people of Kibaale,� said Kyabangi.
Ayena Odongo who is representing the group said they were seeking to sue the Central Government, Buganda Kingdom and Baganda absentee landlords.
The application which was heard by the deputy registrar, Godfrey Namundi, stated that the residents of Kibaale were affected by the alienation of their land under the 1900 Agreement.
They also claimed it would be expensive to serve each of them personally.
Published on: Friday, 7th May, 2004
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