Posted to the web 24 July 2008 Milton Olupot Kampala THE arrest of three officials of the Buganda Kingdom last week has provoked fresh controversy and tension between the kingdom and the central Government. However, the latest controversy is part of a political conflict that dates as far back as 1995 when the Constitution was enacted. President Yoweri Museveni and the Mengo royalists enjoyed very cordial relations from 1986 to 1995. Not only were the monarchies restored, but Buganda Kingdom was able to recover several of its assets including Bulange, its seat at Mengo and the Mengo Palace that had been turned into a military barracks in 1967. Rift in 1995 CA The first serious conflict between the Government and Mengo emerged in 1995 during the making of the Constitution. Mengo hoped that during the making of the new...
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