How Does Calm Return To Ugandas Capital After 13 People Were Killed According To Traditional Ruler?
Scores of soldiers and police patrolled the streets of Uganda’s capital in pickup trucks and on foot Saturday following riots that have killed at least 13 people. Children playing in burnt-out police cars were the most obvious sign of the violence as a sense of order returned to Kampala. The clashes since Thursday have been between the government and members of the Buganda, one of Uganda’s four ancient kingdoms. Members of the Buganda ethnic group have clashed previously with the government over land rights. The government had prevented a representative of Buganda King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II from traveling to a region near the capital Thursday on “security grounds.” Many saw it as an insult to the king. Analysts believe the threat of more violence has not entirely disappeared. “Think of Uganda as a beer bottle with the president as the lid on top,” said Fred Masiga, an associate editor at the Daily Monitor newspaper. “The pressure is slowly building up and this is one of the things a
KAMPALA, Uganda (Map, News) – Scores of soldiers and police patrolled the streets of Uganda’s capital in pickup trucks and on foot Saturday following riots that have killed at least 13 people. Children playing in burnt-out police cars were the most obvious sign of the violence as a sense of order returned to Kampala. The clashes since Thursday have been between the government and members of the Buganda, one of Uganda’s four ancient kingdoms. Members of the Buganda ethnic group have clashed previously with the government over land rights. The government had prevented a representative of Buganda King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II from traveling to a region near the capital Thursday on “security grounds.” Many saw it as an insult to the king. Analysts believe the threat of more violence has not entirely disappeared.
