OPINION: If The Opposition Won The Ugandan Polls, Would The Kabaka Get The «Federo» He Seeks?

OPINION: If The Opposition Won The Ugandan Polls, Would The Kabaka Get The «Federo» He Seeks?

Looking at the Ugandan political scene, it is clear that the dominant figures in Ugandan  politics right now are : Yoweri Museveni the current President and the Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Mutebi.  It is also evindent that there is almost endless tension between them!

The cause of this tension is Museveni’s rejection of the Kabaka’s demand for «Federo» ( a federal system of government.)  The Ugandan news paper The Monitor of August 17, 2009 in article entitled: Kabaka Renews Federo demand, expresses this tension, «Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi of Buganda said yesterday that his kingdom will keep demanding a federal system of government, despite President Museveni’s view that debate on the matter is closed…