Reply To: The problem of Uganda political class

[Yoweri Museveni]

Fact: Museveni, Salim Saleh and John Katende are the reason why Mayiga joined Mengo in 1993, managed to return after the Regional Tier debacle and later became Katikkiro in 2013, executing the MOU after only a few weeks after getting in office.

Fact: Mayiga knowingly misled Kabaka Mutebi to sign the MOU, believing that his father, Ssekabaka Muteesa, was the legal and personal owner of all Buganda Kingdom assets which Obote grabbed in 1966 and he (Mutebi) had a right to register them in his names if returned.

Fact: Since the MOU signing, the Kabaka of Buganda is a hostage who can neither tell his subjects his true thoughts nor fire Mayiga without approval or threats by Museveni and Salim Saleh.

Fact: In the tradition of Katikkiro Apolo Kaggwa who lied to Baganda that he signed the 1900 Land Grabbing Deal on instructions of an infant Ssekabaka Cwa, Mayiga has convinced many unsuspecting Baganda that everything he does is on Kabaka Mutebi’s orders, scaring them from questioning his actions.

Fact: Mengo has gotten highly dependent on monthly payments that Museveni sends regularly since Mayiga became Katikkiro, to support payroll, Mayiga’s security, travel and other purposes.

Fact: Mayiga has committed Buganda assets in a few large multi-year investment partnerships with single-source Ugandans and foreigners since 2013. It is too early to tell if any of the investments is financially viable but the committed Buganda assets are at high risk.