With less than a day remaining to Kabaka Ronald Muwenda II's birthday, Buganda Kingdom has announced how they have cancelled the scheduled celebrations that have been held every year to celebrate him.
The celebrations were meant to be held either on this past weekend, or at least before tomorrow, Wednesday, April 13, 2022, when the King of Buganda will be marking 67 years but has now been stopped.
Addressing journalists at Bulange Mengo, the kingdom’s premier, Charles Peter Mayiga said the development was due to two main issues.
“The 13th of April will be the Kabaka’s birthday, he will be turning 67. The Sunday preceding the Kabaka’s birthday is when we have the Kabaka’s birthday run. One, we weren’t able to run (on Sunday) for two reasons; one, the (birthday run) kit, while it has been delivered in Uganda, it is still at the customs department, our partners are working on the modalities to have the kit released,” Mayiga said.
The Katikkiro said that the kingdom has temporarily suspended any celebrations, but they are hoping to hold them sometime next month, in May.
Last month, Katikkiro Mayiga revealed that the Kabaka had flown out of the country, via Dutch national airliner, KLM, to Germany for medical check up.
The Kingdom’s premier said that the Kabaka would also use this trip to meet up with several Buganda development partners in various European states including the Netherlands.
