The Omukamas official announcement clears the impasse within the kingdom on the appointment of Byakutaaga as the Kingdom Prime Minister. His appointment, on January 15, 2018, had been contested in court by his Predecessor Norman Lukumu and a number of subjects.
Jonan Atuhura who was last week sacked as principal private secretary to the King of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom is being held at the Hoima central police station following his arrest on Sunday evening.
The Omukama also appointed Kaliisa Kabagambe, the former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development as his Advisor on Oil and Gas and Dr Kihumuro Apuuli, the former Director General of Uganda Aids Commission, as his advisor on royal affairs.
Bunyoro Kitara king Solomon Gafabusa Iguru has disagreed with his prime minister, Engineer Yabezi Kiiza over the sacking of the kingdom’s culture minister, John Olimi Nyabongo.
Local leaders in Bugisu want government to resettle landslide victims on 50,000 acres that Bulambuli district has offered to President Museveni to give to sugarcane investors.
