Now this: "Last Friday, the Busoga Parliament (Lukiiko) amended the Constitution of Busoga Kingdom to allow the current Kyabazinga, Mr. William Wilberforce Kadumbula Nadiope Gabula IV, to rule for life. It was Bunyha Chiefdom representative, Mathias Mutatyama, who tabled the motion that paves the way for life Kyabazingaship."
Firstly, I would really like to hear the opinion of the Basoga people on this matter. Personally, I have always maintained that the problem is not about age. Not even about Life Presidency if that is what the people decide. It is simply crooked for one to alter pre-existing law to suit their own ambitions. I once suggested that as a solution, any such changes should not benefit the sitting leader. This is what needs to be clearly stipulated within a constitution so as to prevent abuse of the very Constitution. It is a serious conflict of interest issue that any person with integrity would understand. Uganda is currently undergoing the second time that the 1995 Constitution is unscrupulously being changed for an individual. On the other hand there are many Basoga (and people from other Kingdoms as well) who are publicly claiming that they are against the principle of Life leadership. They have also confused it with the issue of age. I now wonder how they make sense to themselves after such a development in their own villages/tribes. Cultural leaders who were here long before democracy, are proof that Life Presidency is not an African problem even today. Cultural leaders are also proof that age is not a problem. But the unscrupulous changing of rules that society has agreed to, and applying principles differently wether in the cultural or national arena is a definite problem. Isn't it all part of the selective application of principles based on who and where in leadership such changes are being applied? Or maybe I need Mr. Mathias Mutatyama (who proposed the Life Kyabazingaship bill), or a political scientist from Busoga to come and enlighten us on this point on behalf of Kyabazinga William Wilberforce Kadumbula Nadiope Gabula IV. Full story on Life Kyabazingaship here: edge.ug/2017/11/21/nadio pe-amends-constitution-becomes-kyabazinga-for-life/
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