Uganda’s traditional kingdom of Buganda, a state within a state • FRANCE 24 English

Uganda’s traditional kingdom of Buganda, a state within a state • FRANCE 24 English

A sacred Monument about to be reborn the Royal tomb of kasubi classified by UNESCO and destroyed in a fire in 2010 stands once again it’s symbolic it’s iconic this is what buganda is about you the one thing you point and say that’s buganda jatona is about to complete the

Project of his lifetime is reconstructing a place where the four greatest sovereigns of buganda rest a millennial old monarchy that still governs 14 million people in Uganda it took the architect more than 13 years to complete this giant Hut built by hand by hundreds of workers but

The site is not yet open to visitors we’re not building to open we’re building for the future generation it has to be correct so the pressure is big and that’s why for me I’m I’m only interested in doing the right thing here modern techniques are forbidden each detail is carefully

Incorporated in a specific order following the old traditions the leopart clan one of the 52 Clans in buganda is entrusted with handling the Fabrics is carrying out a job that’s going um that’s been handed down through generations they’ve done something that they want to talk about for the rest of

Their lives the site is set to open to the public in 2024 but the tombs themselves will remain concealed Behind These Huts their visit is prohibited by the laws of the Kingdom the Ugandan Capital Kampala was built around these lands 130 years ago since then buganda

Remains at the Heart of the City the mango neighborhood houses the Historical Center of this monarchy along the Main Avenue 56 statues of animals and plants stand representing the major families Alan kmbo the most senior local guide passes by each day if you don’t belong

To a clan you have no future and you have no past because once you belong to a clan that means you have a family the only leader that is on top of all the Clans is the king at the end of the Avenue the King has his own Palace an

Immense building he rarely visits here the kingdom faced its darkest times a pioneer of Independence in the 1960s the king mutatu is forced into Exile by Milton obote a president turn dictator who abolished these traditional leaders there are lots of people that were killed on this hill and uh those were

The days when uh we had the dictators in Uganda this Palace was uh turned into a military base and the soldiers who lived here happened to have killed many people on these grounds in our Traditions such a place is considered to be unclean to the king when President Shari musini

Took office in the late 80s he facilitated the return of the new Sovereign for reconciliation after a civil war mbu then establish his Empire though rarely seen in public with a mainly ceremonial role his government is actively present just steps away from his Palace ministers manag the heritage of

Buganda over 6,000 heares of land around a 100 historical sites and shares in major businesses a true state within the state we have government doing their own things and also Wanda Kingdom but we coexist most of the work which the king once is helping the people from the

Impoverished State they are in there are so many people who come from the different counties to show their allegiance they bring in money in form of cash they bring in presents and so many other things a Kingdom founded by its loyal followers and kept alive in the minds by guardians of

Memory who is the prince hey now the those the princes and the princesses you give them other tasks John sboa passionate about the country’s complex history opened his own museum a few years ago so the king planned to kill his brother his storn brother the murals narrate the history of the 36 sovereigns

Of buganda each depicted by dozens of statues symbolizing John’s passion his love for an Empire that survived dictators and Western colonization his dream to one day receive a royal visit when the king visits you oh it’s the best thing that can happen to the world the president can change you know I’m

Not attached to the president but to the king it’s a passal emotional you can’t deny me that right we love our King one of the rare moments when the king can be seen in public is during his birth day every 13th of April like John millions of subjects eagerly await this

Event when the museum Creator May finally have the chance to meet his sovereign

The largest monarchy in East Africa can be found in Uganda. The traditional kingdom of Buganda is a true state within a state, retaining its political powers and spanning a vast part of the territory. At its helm, King Mutebi II governs 14 million people in the central part of the country, but rarely appears in public. The sovereign coexists with the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who is responsible for the resurgence of monarchies in this large African nation. At the heart of Mutebi II’s lands and the capital Kampala, UNESCO-listed royal tombs are about to reopen to the public after 13 years of renovation. FRANCE 24’s Clément Di Roma reports.
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