| dc.description.abstract | About the Book
Exorcising the inexorcible Buganda ghost: Hoodwinked, Dumped, Used and re-dumped; A quest for Buganda's cause for Buganda's independence. Buganda in response to their proposals, were invariably faced either cynical deception. What went wrong? Where did this insolent manner of talking down from the height of their exceptionalism, infallibility and all-permissiveness come from? What is the explanation for this contemptuous and disdainful attitude to Buganda interests and absolutely legitimate demands? Buganda has grown weaker and subsequently broken apart. That experience should serve as a good lesson for Buganda because it has shown us that the paralysis of power and will is the first step towards complete degradation and oblivion. Buganda lost confidence for only one moment, but it was enough to disrupt the balance of forces in the Uganda.
As a result, this book will argue that the old treaties and agreements are no longer effective. Entreaties and requests do not help. Anything that does not suit the dominant state, the powers that be, is denounced as archaic, obsolete and useless. This redivision of the world, and the norms of international law that developed by that time and the most important of them, the fundamental norms that were adopted following WWII and largely formalised its outcome came in the way of those who declared themselves the "bread servers" under the scramble and partition of Africa. Of course, practice, international relations and the rules regulating them had to consider the changes that took place in the world and in the balance of forces, especially the 1900 Buganda agreement, should have been done professionally, smoothly, patiently, and with due regard and respect for the interests of all states and one’s own responsibility. Instead, we see a state of euphoria created by the feeling of absolute superiority, a kind of modern absolutism, coupled with the low cultural standards and arrogance of those who formulated and pushed through decisions that suited only themselves. The situation takes different turn. These Western colleagues (and their cronies) prefer to forget what they did, and when we mention the event, they prefer to avoid speaking about international law, instead emphasising the circumstances which they interpret as they think necessary. This so called 1900 buganda agreement has pushed Uganda towards a humanitarian catastrophe and into the vortex of a civil war, which has continued up today. The type of colonial con-artist behaviour was contrary not only to the principles of international relations but also and above all to the generally recognised norms of state sovereignty they used devide and rule.
This book offers no illusions in this regard and is extremely realistic in my assessment, further expansions of the Chinese influence deepen the Buganda question even more. For the colonialist it was obvious geopolitical dividends, for our country, it is a matter of life and death, a matter of our historical future as a nation. The Buganda question is not an exaggeration; this is a fact; it is not only a very real threat to our interests but to the very existence of our state Uganda and to its sovereignty. No doubts several red lines have been stepped over on numerous occasions. The cause and effect are that there should be no "staged coup" like the backfired " coffin cake " saga and third Kabaka crisis only and only ornamental election procedures towards the path of peace should be pursued. Buganda all must and should be done by peaceful political means.
It is Buganda's it is their aspirations, the feelings and pain of the people that is the main motivating force behind their decision to recognise the independence of Buganda. Although Buganda may have accepted the new geopolitical territorial gains and loses, it should never lose its sovereignty and independence. We need to respect the will sovereignty of Buganda. Buganda has faced tragic events and a challenge in terms of its statehood and integrity. Buganda cannot feel safe, develop, and exist while facing a permanent threat of its terrorial rights and sovereignty. The purpose of this book is to protect and remind the people of Buganda who, for over 700(seven hundred) years now, have been facing humiliation and genocide perpetrated by colonial legacy.
To this end, they as a people will seek to redeem, find and take back their " righteous God given sovereignty." It is not my desire plan to advocate for a Buganda territory. I do not intend to impose anything on anyone by force. At the same time, but history has it of a number of statements coming that what ever " documents" particularly the 1900 agreement was a mere puff from the colonialist and there is no need any more to abide by the documents setting forth the outcomes of World War I and II, as signed by the totalitarian western fascist, racial regimes, this book asks that magic question... How can Buganda respond to that? A nation like Buganda should enjoy the right to self-determination, which is enshrined in Article 1 of the UN Charter. Freedom guides our policy, the freedom to choose independently our future and the future of Bugandas children, Buganda must be able to enjoy this right to make a free choice. In this context I would like to address the unsettled Buganda question, Buganda is obliged to protect her sovereignty from those who stole it from them, their choice is in favour of being with their historical homeland, asoveign independent Buganda. The current events in Buganda and Uganda generally have everything to do with a desire to excorsize this in settled "Buganda ghost" in quest for its independence which has existed for over 700(seven hundred) years. Those who took Buganda hostage and used it against them and Uganda, played a very unfair "game" used legal social contracts like the order in council, inception clauses, reception clauses and particularly the 1900 Buganda agreement which for all intent and purposes were done with a Minor, (Daudi Chwa) and compromised reagents with no legal authority and therefore no contractual capacity, biased, taintated with malafide, frivolous and vexatious only to serve their own selfish ends. To use Kabaka Frederick mutesa words "we are acting to defend ourselves from the threats created for us and from a worse peril than what is happening now" (emphasis added) By allowing buganda to be used as a staging force to corce uganda and allign british intrest along the nile basin valley led to interfere in Bugandas affairs while strengthing Buganda from within as a single whole, but weakening Buganda from outside, the British exploited Buganda's best weakness " expansionist " tendency and prayed on Buganda's desire to extend its boarders from mere three counties to its present almost 20 but at the expense of its sovereignty and independence.
The book also addresses the loss of military force of the Bambowa, reducing the once best naval force in the interlacustrine area into mere " Byoya by a nswa" The Buganda fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers did fight the occupiers and did defend their common Motherland to allow today’s continued neocolonialism to seize power in Buganda is to hoodwink, use, dump, use re-dump Buganda. The Kabaka swore the oath of allegiance to the Buganda people and not to the colonial government, the people’s adversary which plundered Buganda and humiliated the Baganda people. I want to emphasize again that all responsibility for the possible loss of independence of Buganda will lie fully and wholly with the leaders of the time. | en_US |
