Joyce Namugambe
The Buganda Premier Owek Charles Peter Mayiga has officially opened the 3 days retreat for the Buganda lukiiko members aimed at discussing on the issues concerning the kingdom and how to continue with the kingdom work for its development.
While opening the retreat at Maria Flo Hotel in Masaka, Owek Mayiga urged Buganda kingdom lukiiko members and kingdom leaders at different levels to carefully find ways of fulfilling the responsibilities assigned to them by the King and to find means of how to improve on people’s wellbeing in the kingdom.
Owek Mayiga noted that the retreat is therefore very crucial for them to discuss and devise means of achieving such goals. He urged them to prioritise the wellbeing of people which is one of the steps to develop the kingdom. He noted issues of people’s wellbeing such as enabling them to feed well, being financially independent so that they can support their children’s education, being able to pay for their health bills, descent housing, freedom to respect and enjoy their culture and norms, enjoying human rights, among others which he said will lead the kingdom to development.
Additionally, Owek Mayiga emphasized that it is the role of the Buganda leaders to work towards improving on people’s thinking on some issues such as showing them the need to stop taking children to school bare footed, using boots while working on their farms, encouraging people to use gloves among others, to improve on the quality of their lives so that no one is left behind.
Among the issues to be focused on by the kingdom leaders in working for the Kingdom development, the Katikkiro noted some of the issues to be considered especially during this time when the kingdom is transforming from the Project to the program system, such as strengthening the kingdom culture and norms, strengthening the spirit of love for the kingdom so that they get more partnerships for the kingdom development without being misled, making sure that they put His Majesty’s directives into practice, regulating the running of work in different kingdom departments.
He also noted development of people in the kingdom by finding out wherever they are and what they go through, making sure that Buganda kingdom programs get to the kingdom people for the benefit of their wellbeing, following up on how the kingdom people benefit from the central government’s development programs, bringing the central government programs to the people in the kingdom, strengthening Buganda’s voice and interests in Uganda through encouraging Buganda people to engage in competitive leadership in the country among others.
