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Tooro Kingdom is in talks with leaders in Ntoroko district to end their negative stance to the kingdom.
Tensions between Tooro Kingdom and local leaders in Ntoroko district
started last year in July when a group named, the Anti-Tooro Kingdom’s
Interference in Butuku emerged, claiming that Ntoroko district isn’t
part of Tooro. The group warned Tooro Kingdom against extending its
cultural values and influence to Butuku. At that time, the group
protested King Oyo’s proposed visit to the area.
On Monday, a delegation of Tooro Kingdom officials led by Steven Kaliba,
the Kingdom Premier, travelled to Ntoroko district and met some members
of the group and pleaded with them to be part of the kingdom
activities.
Vincent Haliri, the Tooro Kingdom information minister, told Uganda
Radio Network that the visit to Ntoroko was aimed at addressing some of
the concerns of the group. Haliri says that the delegation from the
Kingdom was surprised by the sudden change in the leaders attitude and
yet since time immemorial, they were paid allegiance to King Oyo.
He says that as part of the reconciliation, they plan to elect
representatives from Ntoroko to be members of the Kingdom parliament,
the Orukurato. Haliri also says that they also want to extend some of
the Kingdom activities to Ntoroko like giving bursaries to needy
children, promoting the granary project among others.
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Uganda Radio Network has established from some Kingdom sources that the
visit by the kingdom premier was also to prepare ground for King Oyo
Nyimba Kabamba Iguru’s visit to Ntoroko in early September, as part of
the activities to celebrate his 20th coronation (Empango) anniversary.
In a telephone interview, Timothy Kyamanywa, the Ntoroko district LC V
chairperson who is a member of the anti-kingdom group said he attended
the meeting as a leader, but maintains that Ntoroko district is not
being part of Tooro Kingdom.
Kyamanywa says that King Oyo is free to visit Ntoroko as an individual
since he has relatives there and not as a King. King Oyo’s mother Best
Kemigisa is a Mutuku from Ntoroko. He also says that the Batooro living
are free to be elected members of the Kingdom parliament, but not the
Batuku.
In a telephone interview, Kaliba says that the Kingdom will continue to
hold talks with the group in a bid to invlove them in all kingdom
activties.
Last year, Kyamanywa banned the Tooro Kingdom Anthem in the district.
Kyamanywa said that by singing the Tooro Kingdom anthem, it meant that
Ntoroko is part of the Kingdom yet it is not.
Last week, six head teachers in Ntoroko district face disciplinary
action for allowing the Tooro Kingdom Anthem to be sang in their
schools.
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