“As a kingdom, we are under no obligation to make political commentary over the election processes of the speaker of parliament of the republic, but we cannot say that, all is well with us, because our prayer was that we get more and more of our illustrious sons and daughters in more lucrative positions without losing any, we didn’t see this coming and we didn’t know the scheme was deep, well calculated and spirited,” he said in a statement.
Busoga Kingdom has expressed sadness over the
loss of the former Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga to her rival and
former Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah. Kadaga suffered humiliating defeating
during the election of the speaker at Kololo ceremonial grounds on Monday
evening.
She polled 197 votes against 310 votes polled by Oulanyah. The Kamuli
Woman Member of Parliament, who had served as speaker for 10 years, was seeking
a third term. Busoga Kingdom spokesperson, Andrew Ntange, says
that they had anticipated to get more influential political positions but were
instead shocked by Kadaga’s loss.
“As a kingdom, we are under no obligation to
make political commentary over the election processes of the speaker of
parliament of the republic, but we cannot say that, all is well with us,
because our prayer was that we get more and more of our illustrious sons and
daughters in more lucrative positions without losing any, we didn’t see this
coming and we didn’t know the scheme was deep, well calculated and spirited,”
he said in a statement.
Adding that, “We are going to
learn to live with it now that, it has dawned on us. We call for calm and peace
and do ask our champion, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga to invoke the lioness in her,
to come to terms with this and find only advantages in this. As for Busoga,
such is politics and we faced the ugly side of it, let’s move forward.”
Wilberforce Mudiope, one of the elders within
Busoga Kingdom says that over the years most leaders have always capitalized on
elevating their individual fights rather than fostering the general
transformation of the sub region as a whole.
Mudiope says that instead of lobbying for economic
empowerment projects, leaders have instead rallied with foreign allies to boost
individual fights against their own, which has continuously retarded efforts of
transforming Busoga.
