By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard.
Kampala, Uganda: During Great Lukiiko session, the Vice Chancellor of Kampala University ‘Original’ Owek. Amb-Al-Haj Prof Badru Ddungu Kateregga sought whether he and other capacitated people could visit Kabaka on his sick-bed and joking said, you never know we could carry with ourselves local herb that can work for him.
In Luganda;
‘Mbadde mbuuza engeri Ssabasajja bwali omulwadde nagenda eyo, kati ffe abesobola tetuyinza kumulabako oba olyawo netumutwalirayo nakaddaggala akaganda akayinza okukola.’
In response, Katikkiro Mayinga posed that, if he allowed people to visit Kabaka, how many people do you think can go, don’t you think that planes can be overloaded!, But said some people visit Kabaka and that he knows his health status and that’s why he has revealed to the public.
Kampala University proprietor Al-Hajji Badru Ddungu Kateregga who is also a member of the greater Buganda parliament has asked Kingdom Premier Charles Peter Mayiga whether there is a possibility that some people allowed to see Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi and comfort him during the trying moment he is going through in his life.
Professor Kateregga submitted that allowing people to see Kabaka, it will give them an opportunity to see which local herb they can give him as alternative medicine to cure his sickness.
In his response, Mayiga assured Kateregga that his prayer cannot be allowed. He explained that doctors advised Kabaka not to go to places where there are a lot of people and it is the reason why he is no longer attending official Kingdom functions.
He added that allowing a section of people to see Kabaka is going to attract huge numbers of people which will lead to violation of doctors’ advice. He pleaded with him to wait until his health situation normalises.
Mayiga also assured members of Buganda Kingdom’s parliament that they will not be allowed to meet the Kabaka every month as they had asked to.