Baritazale Benson Kule, the Deputy Prime Minister of Rwenzururu Kingdom, stated that the kingdom is currently seeking financial support to fund various activities, including the coronation celebrations, a cultural gala, tree planting, and a football tournament.
Mumbere appealed to the people to desist from superstitions that could escalate the disease and hinder efforts to have it managed.
The Rwenzururu leader also asked the youth to check their lifestyles and desist from practices that make them vulnerable to diseases like cancers, hypertension, diabetes and HIV/AIDS.
Kasese District LC V Chairperson, Geoffrey Sibendire Bigogo, said it is unfortunate that close to three years after the arrest of the suspects, they have remained in detention without trial. Biigogo told URN that government had committed itself to screen all the suspects such that those who are innocent can be set free in vain.
A programme released by the Rwenzururu Kingdom Spokesperson Yonah Maathe Tumusiime on Wednesday 12 had indicated that Ms Mukirania would be buried on the Sunday on one of her estates in Kirembo village of Kisinga sub-county –Kasese district. However, Kibanzanga the Kingdom’s Chief Prince who also doubles the Minister of State for Agriculture on Thursday afternoon declared that he had taken over the burial arrangements of her mother.
A total of 203 Rwenzururu Kingdom loyalists are being detained at Kirinya Government Prison following the November 2016 clashes between a joint security forces and Rwenzururu Kingdom loyalists at Buhikira royal palace which left more than 150 people dead.
