Ugandans
The worst part of this story is that we as Ugandans and we as Baganda men in
diaspora, have failed to embrace it and use it as a lesson to our kids let
alone ourselves as Ugandans in diaspora. Ssekabaka Mutesa’s death was never a
surprise, he died of Kangala as any Ugandan in diaspora can easily die. When I
came into this country, the very first office I visited was of an immigration
counselor who was very nice and he said and I quote “Edward there are two
things that are enormous in this country, food and alcohol, make sure they do
not kill you” Actually most of the deaths in this society by immigrants is food
and alcohol because they are plenty and firkin cheap. But his death is a very
good lesson of how we can fight stress, my dear friend there is stress in this
society and it can easily kill you. There are bills there are jobs that are
unfit and there are bosses that do not believe they will ever die. But there is
this thing called work and pay bills which has absolutely no end. When faced
with all that do not use drinking as a second base.
But Sir Edward Mutesa also clarify to all of us as Uganda men of how cruel and
money sucker are Uganda women especially Baganda women. It must bother any
intelligent human being out there how a man that was a king of such a huge
kingdom, with almost 20 women/wives, dies into a Rat hole in London, alone as
Bed Bug which cannot even happen to EM Omukopi. Honestly in all women this man
had and both officially and un officially, doesn’t it bother your mind to see
him dying a loner? In all children he planted out there, and I am ignoring the
entire Kingdom of Buganda but in all women this man screwed let alone rape, how
did he die a loner to such a point? This man died and no one knows exactly when
he died for he was found dead, and such a reports you and I know exactly what
they mean in this society. And that is the directly danger of dating only
Baganda women. They are available when you have the coin when you don’t they
laugh their way out. And I am not here to plead that do not date Baganda women,
no by all standards please do, but remember to mix in just a little turbulence
of an Acholi an Alur a Kupsabiny a Rwandese a Munyankole a musoga a anything
non Muganda woman for that matter, for unlike Baganda women when you are in
need these women will show up. But when you enclave yourself to a Muganda woman
and you are in diaspora, you will die and no one will know about your death
until when the birds fly by.
It is very sad that Ssekabaka Mutesa’s death was announced by Ensega. Ekyo ne
mu Buganda kibi ddalla kuba omusajja Omuganda tafa bwatyo.
EM
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Kabaka Muteesa discovered dead in his London house - Thought and Ideas
Kabaka Edward Muteesa II (R) photographed with some of his subjects in London
two days before his death. Courtesy Photo
In this fourth part of our series ‘Muteesa: The Last Days’, Faustin Mugabe
recounts the circumstances of the Kabaka’s death in a London flat and the
immediate events that prompted the family to temporarily bury him in the UK.
On November 22, 1969, unbelievable news begun to filter into Buganda, that
something was amiss with the king exiled in London. It was the BBC and Radio
Uganda first aired the news about the death of Kabaka Edward Mutesa II.
But the news was immediately dispelled. Buganda propagandists preached that it
was President Milton Obote who had circulated the rumours – and that Muteesa
was alive and well.
On the other side, however, those who believed that he was dead discreetly
exploited the sad news to besmirch President Obote, by claiming that it was him
who had assassinated Muteesa by poison. They claimed that the conduit of poison
was a Muganda girl sent by Obote; who administered it to Muteesa as he wined on
his 45th birthday on November 19, 1969 in London.
It was not until April 4, 1971, when Muteesa was laid to rest at the Kasubi
Royal Tombs, that the souls that had become doubting Thomas’s believed the
bitter truth that their Kabaka was dead. That notwithstanding, many others to
this day do not believe the cause of his death, or of what the autopsy reported.
So what killed Mutesa II?
Before culture changed, Ugandans, like most Africans and Muslims, never
believed in post-mortem (Yasser Arafat case excluded). In his book: ‘Memories
Uganda’, Dr Albert Cook, the first resident doctor to arrive in East and
Central Africa in 1897, wrote of how Ugandans thought he was a cannibal when he
first carried out a post-mortem exercise at Mengo Hospital.
He said Africans believed that it was only Olumbe (evil spirit) that takes away
or kills people and not shock, alcohol or any other reason. However, after
exposure, Ugandans learnt to appreciate the purpose of performing an autopsy.
When Muteesa passed away on November 21, 1969, every effort was made to
ascertain the cause of his death. Family members, friends, his subjects as well
as the British and the Ugandan governments wanted to know what killed him. An
autopsy was performed.
Because there had been rumours that Obote wanted Muteesa dead, the president
wanted to clear the reports hovering over his head. Unfortunately, even those
who worked hard to have the autopsy conducted so as too clear the government’s
image; do not want to be recorded. Some, though aging, are working for the
current government.
On November 24, 1969, a post-mortem was performed on Muteesa’s body. When Dr
Arthur Gordon Davies, a surgeon who conducted the post-mortem on behalf of the
British government, released the results on November 28, the cause of Muteesa’s
death was and is still unbelievable to many Baganda.
“I find that the deceased died on the 21 day of November, 1969 at 28 Orchard
House, Rotherhithe, from acute alcohol poisoning,” the autopsy report read in
part.
Apart from the Uganda Argus and People newspapers of December 1969, no other
newspapers detailed the autopsy. Dr Davies said the amount of alcohol found in
Muteesa’s body was more than one third higher than what is considered lethal.
He gave the level of alcohol level found in the blood as 408 milligrams per 100
millilitres. The pathologist also said alcohol level of 350 milligrams in his
blood, considering Muteesa’s body weight of 139 pounds by 5’6’’ in height, was
potentially lethal.
Prof Abdul Kasozi, a veteran Uganda academia, recently authored the book about
Muteesa’s life in exile titled ‘The Bitter Bread of Exile’.
On page 218, he wrote: “The psychological pressure on him from many sources
slowly turned into depression, which might have increased his desire for the
bottle. If this was the case, then the increased amount of alcohol in his blood
is understandable.”
He adds: “Any future analysis of the causes of death of Sir Edward Muteesa
should include the psychological problems as contributory factors”.
Why was Muteesa first buried in England?
It was largely because of politics and fear that Muteesa’s family chose to have
him buried in London. The political tempo in Buganda was too hostile to have a
befitting burial for the Kabaka.
>From 1966 to 1971, there had been a 6pm to 6am curfew in Buganda. This meant
>that mourners returning from far destinations would have been arrested for
>travelling at night.
It was also feared that Obote would have dictated terms for the burial against
the Kiganda culture. Besides, dissenting voices from Buganda in exile feared to
be arrested once they arrived for the burial.
On December 3, 1969, Muteesa was temporarily buried at Kensal Rise cemetery in
London. This was against hope that one day, Obote would cease to be the
President of Uganda – and Muteesa would be buried in dignity next to his fore
fathers.
On March 31, 1971, as hoped, it happened. Muteesa returned, though not alive,
as his tormentor Obote was now a fugitive in Tanzania having been toppled by
Idi Amin.
After four days of national mourning announced by the Amin government, on April
4, Sir Edward Muteesa was buried at Kasubi Royal Tombs with full military
honours.
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