Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reaffirmed his authorities’s dedication to working with Uganda’s traditional kingdoms in selling socio-economic constructing and cultural preservation. He made the remarks while presiding over the 31st Empango (coronation) anniversary of His Royal Highness Gafabusa Solomon Iguru I, the Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom, held at the Karuziika Palace in Hoima City.
Museveni congratulated the Omukama on the milestone and commended the Kingdom for its continued collaboration with the central authorities, significantly in championing local constructing initiatives and conserving cultural values. “I congratulate His Highness the Omukama on the 31st anniversary of his coronation,” President Museveni stated, including that despite the monarch’s most stylish sick smartly being, “we must continue to hope for him.”
Museveni printed that he had personally visited the Omukama and pledged authorities toughen for his ongoing clinical care. In a gesture of solidarity, he also handed over a contribution of Shs50 million to toughen the Kingdom’s activities. Museveni emphasized that the restoration of cultural institutions in 1993 became as soon as by no formulation intended to construct parallel energy structures, nonetheless quite to allow them to play four auxiliary roles: preservation of rational traditional norms and customs, promotion of local languages, mobilisation of of us for socio-economic transformation, and conservation of indigenous meals.
“These are the pillars that guided the restoration of kingdoms,” Museveni stated. “We need cultural institutions to mobilise of us into wealth creation. Here is social economic movement, now not politics.” He lauded the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom for aligning with authorities programs equivalent to the Parish Pattern Model (PDM), and for utilizing its cultural affect to unite clans and communities.
The President eminent that the authorities has returned several aged local authorities properties and land to cultural institutions to allow them to make money for his or her activities. He promised that extra financial toughen would be made available in due direction. The authorities is going to ship some financial toughen. It’s now not too worthy but, nonetheless this is in a position to presumably toughen,” he stated.
Museveni also praised the Kingdom’s management for staying constructive of partisan politics, noting that Bunyoro-Kitara has continually maintained a constructive relationship with the central authorities. “Now we have by no formulation had an concern with the Kingdom of Bunyoro. Some others mix culture with politics, and we repeat them—Crawl help to your lane,” he quipped. He concluded by acknowledging the memorandum submitted by the Muhitirwa (High Minister of Bunyoro) and promised that the authorities will overview it and answer accordingly.
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